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Runaway Children chords by 
Joe Purdy 
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Key: F# major•BPM: 120
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was born an only child
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On a warm Jersey
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night.
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My mother was a dressmaker,
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My father drove a truck
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My family never was much good
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When it came to money-luck...no.
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Verse 2
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Me and my best friend took to stealing
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When we were only
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16.
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And one year in the county jail
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Made a man out of Tommy and me.
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Verse 3
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We caught the train to New York,
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We thought we were so tough
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We started fighting for quick cash,
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We decided we didn't need the money
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that bad.
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Verse 4
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We were the runaway children
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Always lost in the dark
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Trying to forget where
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we came from,
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Trying to make a new start.
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Oh, but it was so hard.
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Verse 5
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Earned my first honest dollar
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Workin' at the mill outside
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of town
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Tommy went elsewhere
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Never did like the sound of a poor man
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cryin'.
Verse 6
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Tommy got mixed up with people,
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The kind of people you just don't
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get mixed up with
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And they beat him so bad,
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he...
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He almost didn't live to
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regret it...but he did.
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Uh, thank God he did.
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Verse 7
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We were the runaway children
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Still lost in the dark
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Trying to forget where
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we came from
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Trying to make a new start
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Oh, but it was so hard...so hard...it was
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just so hard.
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Verse 8
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But Tommy moved eight years ago
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Out to Las Vegas
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Now he sweeps the floors
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in the casinos
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Oh, and he gambles
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when he's able.
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When will he ever learn?
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When will he ever learn?
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Verse 9
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And me, I went back home,
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Oh, and I made it just in time
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To say I'm sorry for
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what I'd done
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Right before my mother died.
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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Now I drive a truck
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Just like I swore I never would,
But I need the money worse than I
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need the luck.
I know my old man just did the best that he
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could with what he had.
It's funny the things we finally
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learn how to have of
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Verse 11
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were just runaway children
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Lost in the dark
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Trying to forget where
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we came from
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Oh but we never,
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we never made it that far...never made it that far.
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Oh, but it's still so
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hard...it's still so hard.
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