Runaway chords by Ed Sheeran (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(E minor) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) (A minor/C) (G major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) (A minor/C) (G major)
Verse 1
(E minor) I've known it for a long time
(C major) Daddy wakes up (G major) to a drink at nine
(E minor) Disappearing all night
(C major) I don’t wanna know (G major) where he's been lying
(E minor) I know what I wanna do
Wanna (C major) run away, (G major) run away with you
(E minor) Gonna grab clothes,
six in the (C major) morning, (G major) go
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Pre-chorus 1
(A minor) How (E minor) long you (G major) leav (D major) ing?
Well, dad just (A minor) don’t expect (E minor) me back
this (G major) eve (D major) ning
Oh it could (A minor) take a bit (E minor) of time to (G major) heal (D major) this
It’s been a long (B7#9) day,
thumb on side of the (B major) roadway, but
Chorus 1
I love him from my (E minor) skin to my bones (C major) (G major)
But I don’t wanna (E minor) live in his home (A minor/C) (G major)
There’s nothing to (E minor) say 'cause he knows (C major) (G major)
I’ll just run a (E minor) way and be on my own (A minor/C) (own) (G major)
Verse 2
(E minor) I’ve never seen my dad cry
(C major) Cold as stone (G major) in the kitchen light
(E minor) I'll tell you it's about time
But (C major) I was raised (G major) to keep quiet
(E minor) This is what I’m gonna do
Gonna (C major) run away, (G major) gonna make that move
(E minor) Gonna grab clothes
and when it’s (C major) morning, (G major) go
Pre-chorus 2
(A minor) How (E minor) long you (G major) leav (D major) ing?
Well, dad just (A minor) don’t expect (E minor) me back
this (G major) eve (D major) ning
Oh it could (A minor) take a bit (E minor) of time to (G major) heal (D major) this
It’s been a long (B7#9) day,
thumb on side of the (B major) roadway, but
Chorus 2
I love him from my (E minor) skin to my bones (C major) (G major)
But I don’t wanna (E minor) live in his home (A minor/C) (G major)
There’s nothing to (E minor) say 'cause he knows (C major) (G major)
I’ll just run a (E minor) way and be on my own (A minor/C) (own) (G major)
Verse 3
(E minor) Backpack and a flat cap turned to the (C major) back
As I packed (G major) my clothes up
(E minor) My dad wasn’t down with that
plan to at (C major) tack, intends (G major) to show love
(E minor) I don’t wanna live this way
Gonna (C major) take my things (G major) and go, but
(E minor) If things change in a matter of days
I could (C major) be persuaded (G major) to hold on
Pre-chorus 3
(A minor) Mama (E minor) was the same
None of us are (G major) saints,
I guess that (D major) God knows that
(A minor) I don’t wanna (E minor) run away
And one of these (G major) days I might (D major) just show that
(A minor) Put my home (E minor) in a suitcase,
tie both (G major) shoe laces, (D major) and hope that
(B7#9) Things change, but for now I'll leave town
with a (B major) backpack on my... (shoulder)
Chorus 3
I love him from my (E minor) skin to my bones (C major) (G major)
But I don’t wanna (E minor) live in his home (A minor/C) (G major)
There’s nothing to (E minor) say 'cause he knows (C major) (G major)
I’ll just run a (E minor) way and be on my own (own)
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