Foals – The Runner (Guitar)

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(NOTE: Dm* is the barre (higher scale) form of Dm that plays on 5th fret, You can see it where the chords have been shown.) [Verse 1]
Dm                    Gm
Shadow, see how far I go

 Bb                                                   Dm
(Step by step, I'll keep it up, I won't slow, I gotta go)

Dm                                   Gm
Walk through the embers, through the rows

 Bb                                                         Dm
(With every shadow step I take, I'll make sure that I won't break)

Dm                        Gm
Show them all just what I know

 Bb                                                         Dm
(While the years, they come and go, I won't let myself get slow)

Dm                            Gm
'Cause they all just come and go

 Bb                                                             Dm
(With every step that I will take, I'll make sure that I won't break)
[Chorus]
Dm       Gm         Gm
Oh, if I fall down, fall down

     Bb        C
Then I know to keep on running

Dm       Gm         Gm
Oh, if I fall down, fall down

     Bb        C
Then I know to keep on running
[Verse 2]
Dm                            Gm
And if it hurts, don't let it show

 Bb                                                    Dm
(Step by step, I'll keep it up, I won't slow, I gotta go)

Dm                         Gm
While the seasons come and go

 Bb                                                          Dm
(With every shadow step I take, I'll make sure that I won't break)

Dm               Gm
Shadow chiaroscuro

 Bb                                                         Dm
(While the years, they come and go, I won't let myself get slow)
[Chorus]
Dm             Gm         Gm
When I, when I fall down, fall down

     Bb        C
Then I know to keep on running

Dm         Gm         Gm
Oh, when I fall down, fall down

      Bb          C       Dm
Won't you come to keep me running?

C               Dm
Yeah, I keep on running

C               Dm
Well, I keep on running
[Bridge]
Bb
Loneliness of the long distance runner

Bb
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further

Bb
Loneliness of the long distance runner

Bb
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further

Dm
Loneliness of the long distance runner

Bb
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further

Dm                C             Bb
Loneliness of the long distance runner

Dm                      C          Bb
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further
[Chorus]
Dm         Gm         Gm
Oh, when I fall down, fall down

     Bb        C
Then I know to keep on running

Dm       G          Gm
Oh, if I fall down, fall down

     Bb        C
Then I know to keep on running (Woah)
[Outro]
Dm*               Gm
Fall down, when I slow down (Keep on running)

Gm       C         Dm
Slow down (Keep on running)

Dm*    Gm
Oh, I slow down (Keep on running)

Bb          Dm    C       Dm
When I fall down, keep on running

C       Dm
Keep on running

C       Dm
Keep on running

C       Dm
Keep on running