Running On Fumes
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
2nd traste
[Intro]
A F#m D A A F#m D E
[Verse 1]
A F#m D A
Left home long ago, I think about my eighteenth year
F#m D E A
Since then I'm chasin' rodeos, and I've had me a couple beers
F#m D A
I have loved some women, and most of all I've loved the road
F#m D E A
Each year I make it clear, it just gets harder to go home
[Chorus]
D E F#m D
Rode em' down too many times, and I've been down on my luck
A F#m D E
Got to know some runaways and some bad ones that buck
D E F#m D
But the walls are closing in on me in these tiny hotel rooms
F#m E A
Runnin' ninety miles an hour chasin' dreams and I'm running on fumes
A F#m D E
[Verse 2]
A F#m D A
Stopping in at a truck stop long after midnight
F#m D E
Can of chew and a Redbull washed down my Marlboro light
A F#m D A
Slip a fifty in that Cadillac well it's sure to make us there
F#m D E A
The wrecks and ride's the only suicide that you can watch at the county fair
[Chorus]
D E F#m D
Rode em' down too many times, and I've been down on my luck
A F#m D E
Got to know some runaways and some bad ones that buck
D E F#m D
But the walls are closing in on me in these tiny hotel rooms
F#m E A
Runnin' ninety miles an hour chasin' dreams and I'm running on fumes
A F#m D E
[Verse 3]
A F#m D A
I might look like superman when I show up Saturday night
F#m D E
But I know this rodeo, It ain't nothin' but kryptonite
A F#m D A
It sure takes a lot of tape to keep a cowboy from going to hell
F#m D E A
Heroes never look like me, but when I'm winnin' you can kinda tell
[Chorus]
D E F#m D A
Rode em' down too many times, and I've been down on my luck
F#m D E
Got to know some runaways and some bad ones that buck
D E F#m D
The walls are closing in on me in these tiny hotel rooms
F#m E A
Runnin' ninety miles an hour chasin' dreams and I'm running on fumes
F#m E A
I'm running ninety miles an hour chasing dreams and I'm running on fumes
How to play Running On Fumes
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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.