The Great Escape
The Great Escape

The Great Escape easy guitar chords by Ian Hunter

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • F

  • D#m

    6

  • E

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • F

  • D#m

    6

  • E

    • Verse 1
    On 
    the night 
    of 
    my 
    21st birthday 
    I 

    was 
    playing 
    in 
    a pub 
    back 
    room 

    When 
    a 
    local 
    dude 
    informed 
    me 
    of 
    my 
    im

    pending 
    doom 

    cpparently I'd 
    sullied 
    the 
    reputation 
    of 

    The 
    best 
    left 
    hook 
    in 
    the 
    business, 

    now 
    he's 
    looking 
    for 
    my 
    blood 

    Verse 2

    There's 
    a thug 
    in 
    every 
    doorway 
    and 

    it's 
    coming 
    up 
    to closing 
    time 

    The 
    best 
    left 
    hook 
    in 
    the 
    business 
    puts 

    his 
    chair 
    right 
    next 
    to mine 

    My 
    heart 
    was 
    pulsing 
    like 
    a 
    funny 
    car 

    just 
    before 
    the start 
    of 
    a 
    race 

    This 
    ain't 
    no 
    time 
    to 
    panic 
    boy, 

    better 
    get 
    your 
    head 
    on 
    straight 

    Verse 3

    I 
    left 
    my 
    guitar 
    on 
    top 
    of 
    the 
    bar, 

    my 
    jacket 
    and 
    coat 
    on 
    the seat 

    I'm 
    over 
    the 
    counter, 
    up 
    the 
    back 
    stairs, 

    they 
    all 
    thought 
    I 
    was 
    taking 
    a 
    leak

    I 
    fly 
    through 
    the 
    air 
    with 

    the 
    greatest 
    of 
    ease 

    Out 
    of 
    the 
    window 
    and 
    into 
    the 
    breeze 

    I 
    land 
    on 
    my feet 
    and 
    I'm pick

    ing 
    up speed 

    cnd all 
    I 
    could 
    think 
    of 
    was, 

    "You'll 
    never 
    catch 
    me" 

    Verse 4
    Chorus: 
    When 
    you 

    got 
    to 
    get 
    away 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    get 
    away 

    When 
    you 
    got 
    to 
    get 
    away, 
    it's 
    true 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    get 
    away 

    When you 
    got 
    to 
    get 
    away 

    Espe
    cially 
    if 
    the 
    other 
    guy 
    is 
    bigger 

    than 
    you 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    rhyme, 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    reason, 

    just 
    people 
    going 
    over 
    the top 

    The 
    winners 
    are losers, 

    the 
    losers 
    are 
    covered 
    in 
    blood 
    and 
    they 
    can't 
    get 
    it 
    off 

    I 
    fly 
    through 
    the 
    air 
    with 

    the greatest 
    of 
    ease 

    Out 
    of 
    the 
    window, 
    over 
    the trees 

    I 
    land 
    on 
    my 
    feet 
    and I'm 

    picking 
    up 
    speed 

    cnd all 
    I 
    could think 
    of 
    was, 

    "you'll 
    never 
    catch 
    me" 

    Chorus 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 6

    That 
    was 
    my 
    great 
    escape 

    That 
    was 
    my 
    big 
    adventure 

    That 
    was 
    my 
    brush 
    with 
    danger 

    That 
    was 
    my 
    clamo, baby 

    I 
    heard 
    alarm 
    bells 
    ringing 

    I 
    heard 
    the 
    fat 
    lady 
    singing 

    I 
    seen 
    the 
    club 
    when 
    he 
    came 
    out 
    swingin' 

    I 
    seen 
    his 
    eyes 
    when 
    I 

    gave 
    him 
    the 
    finger 

    Those 
    days 
    are 
    over, 

    it's 
    been 
    good 
    to 
    know 
    yah 

    You're 
    just 
    a 
    stone 
    age 
    daydream ... 

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