Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You) chords by
The Temptations
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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RUN AWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD
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The Temptations
You played hooky from school
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And you can't go out to play, yeah
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Mama said for the rest of the week
In your room you
gotta stay, yeah
Now you feel like
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The whole world's pickin on you
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But deep down inside you know
it ain't true
You've been punished
cause your mother
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Wants to raise you the right way, yeah
But you don't care
Cause you already made up your mind
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You want to run away, yeah
You're on your way
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Run away child, running wild
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Run away child, running wild
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Better come back home
Better come back home
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Where you belong
Where you belone
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Roaming through the city
Going nowhere fast
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You're on your own at last
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Hey it's getting late,
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where will you sleep
Gettin kind- a hungry
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You forgot to bring something
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to eat
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D
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Oh lost with no money, you start to cry
B
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But remember you left home
Wanting to be grown
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So dry your weepin eyes
Siren screamin down,
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neon light is flickin
You want your mama
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Ah there's nothing for you
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You're frightened and confused
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I want my mama
But she's much too far away
She can't hear a word you say
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You heard some frightening
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news on the radio
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About little boys running away from home
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And their parents don't
see them no more
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You want to hitch a ride and
go home
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But your mama told you
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never trust a stranger
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And you don't know
which way to go
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Streets are dark and deserted
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Not a sound nor sign of life
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How you long to
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hear your mother's voice
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Cause you're lost and alone
But remember you make the choice
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Run away child, running wild
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Better go back home
where you belong
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Run away child, running wild
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Better go back home
where you belong
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You're lost in this great big city
(Go back home where you belong)
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Not one familiar face
Ain't it a pity
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(Go back home where you belong)
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Oh run away child, running wild
You better go back home
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where you belong
Mama, mama please
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come and see about me
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G
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But she's much too far away
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She can't hear a word you say
I want my mama
You're frightened and confused
Which way will you choose

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