James Taylor – Runaway Boy (Guitar)
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Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1988 album, "Never Die Young."
[Intro]
Cadd9 Am7 Dm Dm9 G Cadd9 Am7 Dm Dm9 G
[Verse 1]
C F Fetch down the fiddle, rosin up the bow C F C G Don't play me nothing on the radio C F Don't make me remember the Alamo G5 C F G/F F I'm feeling like a little bit of Cotton Eyed Joe
[Verse 2]
C F No raging Cajun crawfish stew C F G5 Fat batter coming in a loumamalou C F Boy howdy and howdy damn do C G5 C Am Bsus2 C/Bb Bb Something like fine setting eyes on you
[Chorus]
C Let me come down Bb F/A C I won't never go back up again F/A Bb5add9 F/A Oh, hold me down C Let me come home Bb F/A C I won't never go away no more F/A Bb5add9 C Oh, let me come down
[Verse 3]
F Dm F/A Bb C In a younger day back in Tennessee F Bb Gm7 C7 The muddy Mississippi used to call to me F Dm Am7 Bb Float on a river and set yourself free F Bb Dm7 Run from the farm and the family tree G9 C Run from the runaway boy yeah.
[Interlude]
F C F C7 G C F C G N.C. C F G
F C F C7 G C F C G N.C. C F
[Verse 4]
Cadd9 F So I've been all the places that I ever want to be Cadd9 F C I've seen all the people that I ever want to see Cadd9 F I'm sick and tired of being lonely and free F G6 C F Fadd9 I'm ready today for what's waiting on me
[Verse 5]
C F I'm gotta give up believing I was born to run C F C G5 Stop acting like a man that gets shot from a gun C F I'm putting down roots, I want to soak up sun F C G C Bbadd9 C/Bb Bb And stay right here until my days are done
[Chorus]
C Let me back down Bb F/A C I will never go up again F/A Bb5add9 F/A Hold me down, tie me on down C Let me go home Bb F/A C I will never go away no more F/A Bbadd9 C Oh, let me come home F/A Bb C Am7 Dm9 G7sus4 Oh, let me go down
[Outro]
C Am7 Dm9 G7sus4 C Am7 Dm9 G7sus4 C Am7 Dm9 G7sus4