Al Stewart – Running Man (Guitar)

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CHORDS
                            MIDDLE 8               SOLO
       E-A-D-G-B-e          E-A-D-G-B-e            E-A-D-G-B-e
C/D    x-x-0-0-1-0    F     x-x-3-2-1-1     Am     x-0-x-2-1-0
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1    Fmaj7 x-x-3-2-1-0     Dm/A   x-0-x-2-3-1
Bb/D   x-x-0-3-3-1    F/Eb  x-x-1-2-1-1     C/A    x-0-x-5-5-3
A/C#   x-4-2-2-2(0)   Bb/D  x-x-0-3-3-1     Dm*/A  x-0-x-7-6-5
Bdim   x-2-3-4-3-x    Bbm/D x-4-3-3-2-x

           Dm
Before the phone hits the receiver

       C/D 
You're halfway to the door

                Bb/D
The voice said 'get out while you can,

                 Gm               C
There's just ten minutes, nothing more'

         Dm
Time for only the essentials

       C/D 
Better gather them and run

          Bb/D
The false name inside the passport,

    Gm                C
The gold bars and the gun

          Gm7                          Am7
And once again they've come out of the past

                Bb                                 C
And though your mind is cool your heart is beating fast

            A/C#
You've been through it all before

              Dm            Bdim                A/C#
Each time you wish a little more that you could ask

Dm                    C/D
What do you want from me?

C/D                   Bbmaj7
What do you need from me?

        Bbmaj7          C
There's no rest for the running man

    Am                Bbmaj7
Why can't you let him be?

       Dm
It's a long and twisting journey

         C/D 
From the sweeping northern plains

       Bb/D
To the outcrops of the jungle

        Gm               C
Bowed beneath the tropic rains

       Dm
In the customs hall the officer

C/D 
Takes you to one side

        Bb/D
And his eyes reveal no feeling

       Gm            C
As you hand over the bribe

          Gm7                         Am7
And once again you've bought a little time

          Bb                        C
And once again you're fading out of sight

          A/C#
Still the fox is growing older

      Dm             Bdim            A/C#
As he calls over his shoulder to the night:

Dm                    C/D
What do you want from me?

C/D                   Bbmaj7
What do you need from me?

Bbmaj7          C
No rest for the running man

    Am                Bbmaj7
Why can't you let him be?

F               Fmaj7
Here, come over here

          F/Eb
Beneath a sympathetic moon

              Bb/D          Bbm/Db          F
We'll sit and talk over old times without a fear

        Fmaj7          F/Eb
Another beer, from the cafes of the night

             Bb/D          Bbm/Db            [ Am ]
The tumbling rhythms of guitars ring loud and clear

       Dm
One by one they've nailed the others

        C/D 
But you always got away

        Bb/D
What it is that keeps you just that step ahead

Gm          C
 No one can say

   Dm
In one last raid the agents

       C/D 
Of the dawn break down the door

     Bb/D
Of a house where you were standing

      Gm             C
Maybe just an hour before

              Gm7                   Am7
And still the thread continues to unwind

             Bb                             C
You take the hidden roads that only you can find

                A/C#
And should they come upon your tracks

               Dm               Bdim            A/C#
There's just a question hanging back you left behind

Dm                    C/D
What do you want from me?

C/D                   Bbmaj7
What do you need from me?

Bbmaj7          C
No rest for the running man

    Am                Bbmaj7
Why can't you let him be?

| Dm C | C Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
                              What do you want from me?

| Dm C | C Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
                              What do you need from me?