Level 42 – Running In The Family (Guitar Acoustic)
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From Running in the Family: Acoustic re-interpretations 25 years on
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[Intro]
| Bsus4 | B |
| Em G | A Bm | Em G | A Bm |
| Em G | A Bm | Em G | A Bm |
[Verse 1]
Em G A Bm Our dad would send us to our room. He'd be the voice Em G A Bm of doom, he said that we would thank him later Em G A Bm All day, he was solid as a rock. But by eight Em G A Bm o'clock we'd be crumbling.
[Verse 2]
Em G A Bm One night, my brother Joe and me. Climbed down the fami- Em G A Bm -ly tree that grew outside our bedroom window. Em G A Bm We ran, though we knew it couldn't last, running from Em G A Bm the past from things that we were born to be
[Chorus]
D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre F# G A C It runs in the family. All the things we are D A Bm are. On the back seat of the car F# G A C Bm With Jos-eph and Emily, we only see so far Bb C And we all have our daddy's eyes D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre
[Instrumental]
| Em G | A Bm | Em G | A Bm |
| Em G | A Bm | Em G | A Bm |
[Verse 3]
Em G A Bm Dad rang the officer in charge, a Em G A Bm man so large, he barely fit his circumstances Em G A Bm He said two kids out on the street were picked up Em G A Bm on the beat and in the station
[Verse 4]
Em G A Bm So there's me, with Emily and Joe Em G A Bm Daddy driving home All heading in the same direction Em G A Bm He knew, no matter what the breaks we'd make Em G A Bm same mistakes couldn't take his eyes of Joe and me
[Chorus]
D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre F# G A C It runs in the family. All the things we are D A Bm are. On the back seat of the car F# G A C Bm With Jos-eph and Emily, we only see so far Bb C And we all have our daddy's eyes D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre F# G A C Bm It runs in the family. All the things we are C Looking back, it's so bizarre
[Bridge]
Em D/F# G A Like a dream within a dream, we're all somewhere in between Em D C D Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Em D/F# G A Like a drummer plays his drum, like a father, like a son Em D Cmaj7 B7 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
N.C.
And you're gonna have to face the music
[Instrumental]
| Em G | A Bm | Em G | A Bm |
| Em G | A Bm | Em G | A Bm |
[Intermezzo]
Em G A Bm Em G A Bm Hey! Hey! we keep it running in the family. Em G A Bm Em G A Bm Hey! Hey! we keep it running in the family. Em G A Bm Em G A Bm Hey! Hey! we keep it running in the family. Em G A Bm Em G A Bm Hey! Hey! we keep it running in the family.
[Chorus]
D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre F# G A C It runs in the family. All the things we are D A Bm are. On the back seat of the car F# G A C Bm With Jos-eph and Emily, we only see so far Bb C And we all have our daddy's eyes
[Outro]
D A Bm Take me back into your arms F# G A C is no longer a mystery. That's no cause for alarm D A Bm Would have never come this far F# G A C Bm With no sense of history, it always leaves a scar Bb C And we all have our daddy's eyes D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre F# G A C O----ho yeah yeah. Running in the family D A Bm ........................ F# G A C Bm ......................... Running in the family Bb C And we all have our daddy's eyes D A Bm Looking back, it's so bizarre
[Ending]
| Em G | A Bm | Em |