Runaway
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Intro: E A D G B E
D#
I've got my things packed
My favorite pillow
Cm
Got my sleeping bag
Climb out the window
D#
All the pictures and pain
I left behind
Cm
All the freedom and fame
I've gotta find
F
And I wonder
A# D# Cm
How long it'll take them to notice that I'm gone
F
And I wonder
A#
How far it'll take me
(refrão)
Cm A#
To run away
It don't make any sense to me
Cm G#
Run away
This life makes no sense to me
Cm A#
Run away
It don't make any sense to me
Cm G#
Run away
It don't make any sense to me
Cm A#
I was just trying to be myself
Cm
Have it your way I'll meet you in hell
G# Cm
It's all these secrets that I shouldn't tell I've got to run away
A#
It's hypocritical of you
Cm
Do as you say not as you do
G#
I'll never be your perfect girl
Cm
I've got to run away
D#
I'm too young to be
Taken seriously
Cm
But I'm too old to believe
All this hypocrisy
F
And I wonder
A# D# Cm
How long it'll take them to see my bed is made
F A#
And I wonder
If I was a mistake
Cm A#
I might have nowhere left to go
Cm
But I know that I cannot go home
G#
These words are strapped inside my head
Cm
Tell me to run before I'm dead
A#
Chase the rainbows in my mind
Cm
And I will try to stay alive
G#
Maybe the world will know one day
Why won't you help me
Cm A#
run away
It don't make any sense to me
Cm G#
Run away
This life makes no sense to me
Cm
Run away
G
I could sing for change
On a Paris street
Cm
Be a red light dancer
In New Orleans
G
I could start again
To the family
Cm
I could change my name
Come and go as I please
G# G
In the dead of night
Cm A# A
You'll wonder where I've gone
G#5 G5
Wasn't it you
G#5
Wasn't it you
G5 Cm
Wasn't it you that made me run away
A#
I was just trying to be myself
Cm
Have it your way I'll meet you in hell
G# Cm
All these secrets that I shouldn't tell I've got to run away
A#
It's hypocritical of you
Cm
Do as you say not as you do
G#
Never be your perfect girl
Cm A#
I've got to run away
It don't make any sense to me
Cm G#
Run away
This life makes no sense to me
Cm A#
Run away
It don't make any sense to me
Cm G#
Run away
D#
It don't make any sense to me
This life makes no sense to me
It don't make no sense to me
It don't make any sense to me
Life don't make any sense to me
How to play Runaway
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.