Electric Light Orchestra – On The Run (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Jeff Lynne From: "Discovery" (1979) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL VOICINGS and CHORDS
       E-A-D-G_B-e
C/E    0-x-2-0-1-0
Fm/Ab  4-x-3-1-1-1
Em7-5  0-1-2-0-3-0  or
       x-7-8-7-8-x
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF
  G
  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

e ----|0---------------|0---------------|
B ----|----3---1---3---|----3---1---3---|
G --0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D ----|----------------|----------------|
A ----|----------------|----------------|
E ----|3---------------|3---------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | % | % | [Verse]
    C              E
Whatever I do, wherever I go

    Am
The same afterglow

   C7
Is keepin' me low

F                  C/E
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm/Ab                    | G | 
But don't wanna stay here too long (RIFF)
[Verse]
     C
They see you go by

  E
I tell you no lie

       Am                  C7
You're up in the sky, make everyone cry

F                  C/E
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm/Ab                  | G | % | 
But don't wanna stay around here (RIFF)
[Chorus]
           Dm
I'm on the run again

G             Dm
   I'm on the run again

G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say

        A7
When it happens this way

Dm        Em     F        | G | % |
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)
[Verse]
C                             E
 I hear them talkin' and they go on and on

                Am
They think that nothing is wrong

            C7                  F
And so they just carry on about you

                  C/E
D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm/Ab               | G |
But I gotta move out of here (RIFF)
[Verse]
C                             E
 I see them waiting there for most of the day

           Am
I know you asked them to stay

              C7
But they just won't go away

F                  C/E
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm/Ab         | G | % | 
But I gotta do it again (RIFF)
[Chorus]
           Dm
I'm on the run again

G             Dm
   I'm on the run again

G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say

        A7
When it happens this way

Dm        Em     F        | G | % | % |% |
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)
[Solo] | C | E | Am | C7 |
| F | C/E | Fm/Ab | G |
                  (RIFF)
[Verse]
  C 
I know it ain't real

    E
But when you are near

       Am                     C7
You're saying the things that I wanna hear

F                 C/E
D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm/Ab         | G | % |
But I gotta do it again (RIFF)
[Chorus]
           Dm
I'm on the run again

G             Dm
   I'm on the run again

G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say

        A7
When it happens this way

Dm        Em     F        | G | % | 
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)
[Chorus]
           Dm
I'm on the run again

G             Dm
   I'm on the run again

G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say

        A7
When it happens this way

Dm        Em     F        | G | % | % |% |
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF ritardando)
[Outro] | C G | F G | C G | F G |
C     G           F          G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run around

C     G           F         G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run

C     G           F          G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run around

C     G           F          G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run
| C G | F G | C G | F G |
C    G F   G       C     G    | F G |
Woma-a-an, I gotta move around

C    G F   G       C      G    | F G |
Woma-a-an, I gotta better way

C    G F G C G F G           C     G    | F G |
Woma-a-a-a-a-a-a-an, I gotta move around
| C G | F G | C G | F G | (fade out)