Intro: EmD G, EmD/F#GVerse:
EmDG
Puerto Rico all day on the beach
EmD/F#G
Blue water, white sand at her feet
EmDG
Too bad it’s just a magazine
EmD/F#G
It’ll always be that place she’s never seen
Chorus:
DA
She’s home running away
BmD
From the same old same old everyday
GD/F#EmA
In day out, predictable routine
DA
Ohhh she stays home running away
Bm
To the place in her mind
D
where he’ll take her someday
GD/F#EmA
When he gets the time, until then she’s home
DABmEmD/F#G
Running Away
Verse 2:
EmDG
Fancy lunch with her best friend Ruby Mae
EmD/F#G
Dinner plans with her husband start at eight
EmDG
But the dream ends with supper on the stove
EmD/F#G
The kitchen’s about as far as she can go
Chorus:
DA
She’s home running away
BmD
From the same old same old everyday
GD/F#EmA
In day out, predictable routine
DA
Ohhh she stays home running away
Bm
To the place in her mind
D
where he’ll take her someday
GD/F#EmA
When he gets the time, until then she’s home
DABmAGD/F#EmA
Running Away
Bridge:
GDEmD/F#
He walks in the door with her dreams in his hands
GD/F#EmAA two week vacation `cause he knows she’s been
Chorus:
DA
She’s home running away
BmD
From the same old same old everyday
GD/F#EmA
In day out, predictable routine
DA
Ohhh she stays home running away
Bm
To the place in her mind
D
where he’ll take her someday
GD/F#EmA
When he gets the time, until then she’s home
DABmG
Running Away
DABmGAD
Running Away
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