Electric Light Orchestra – On The Run (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Jeff Lynne From: "Discovery" (1979) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL VOICINGS
       g-C-E-A
Em7-5  0-2-0-1
RIFF
  G
  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A ----|----------------|----------------|
E ----|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|
C ----|4-4-2-2-0-0-2-2-|--------%-------|
g --0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | % | % | [Verse 1]
    C              E
Whatever I do, wherever I go

    Am
The same afterglow

   C7
Is keepin' me low

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

    Fm                       | G |
But don't wanna stay here too long (RIFF)
[Verse 2]
     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
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm                     | 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 3]
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
D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm                  | G |
But I gotta move out of here (RIFF)
[Verse 4]
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
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm            | 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 | Fm    | G |
                  (RIFF)
[Verse 5]
  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
D-d-d-don't wanna lose it

    Fm            | 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)