Runnin' Blue chords by Rick Derringer

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
G 
Listen to me lady,
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Bb 
so it's understood
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F 
C 
This runnin' 'round life ain't
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Am 
B 
doin' me no  good
Baug 
C 
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I get tired, yeah,
Dm 
G 
Em 
G 
so  tired of payin' dues
Am 
C 
D 
But it seems there's no way around it
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No end to     runnin'
blues
G 
Em 
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Verse 2
A 
D 
G 
Bb 
Well, I like to have my fun,
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C 
I like to run around
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Em 
And I ain't no stranger in
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Am 
Baug 
nobody's town
C 
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D 
I get tired, yeah,
G 
Em 
Gm 
so tired of changin' views
Am 
C 
D 
And the road don't get no shorter
Runnin' 'round,
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runnin'  blues
G 
Edim 

Verse 3
A 
D 
G 
Well, this runnin' 'round life
C 
might seem nice and easy
G 
Dm 
But when you're blowin' with the wind
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Em 
D 
Sometimes it gets real breezy
C 
C#dim 
Dm 
It gets tired, I feel like
D 
Edim 
Gm 
I was born to lose
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Am 
C 
And there ain't no way around it
D 
F#dim 
B 
Ebdim 
No end to runnin' blues

Interlude 1
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Baug 
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Dm 
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Em 
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D 
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D 
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Am 
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D 
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Verse 4
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Got no holes in my pockets,
C 
Am 
no holes in my shoes
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F 
I don't know if I'm leavin' Detroit
G 
or headin' into Baton Rouge
C 
C#dim 
Dm 
I get tired, yeah,
G 
so tired of changin' views
Gm 
Am 
C 
And there ain't no way around it
D 
No way around runnin'
blues
G 
Gm 
Edim 

Verse 5
Adim 
D 
G 
Left my billfold at the airport,
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Bb 
G 
my suitcase on a train
Em 
I can't find my umbrella
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G 
Baug 
and it sure looks like rain
C 
Gm 
C 
C#dim 
G 
Baug 
I get tired, so tired
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Eb 
D 
Gm 
of playin' the blues
Am 
C 
And the road don't get no shorter
D 
F#dim 
When you got the runnin'
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Edim 
Em 
A 
D 
blues

Verse 6
G 
Em 
Baug 
Well, the night life ain't no good life,
C 
D 
but it's my life too
G 
Em 
Eb 
And once you're bound to the highway,
D 
B 
Baug 
ain't nothin' you can do
C 
I get tired,
C#dim 
Dm 
G 
Em 
so  tired of payin' dues
Am 
C 
There ain't no way around it
D 
No way around runnin' blues