xRunning On Empty
Jackson Browne
(As performed live acoustically at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zJH41uWVpo)
[Intro]
(C/G C/G G) X3 Em C/G Em7 Am
[Verse 1]
C/G G C/G C/G G
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
C/G G C/G C/G G
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
C/G G C/G C/G G
In '65, I w as seventeen , running up 101
C G/B D
I don't know where I' m running now, I 'm just running on.
[Chorus]
C/G G
(Running on) Running on empty
C/G G
(Running on) Running blind
C/G G Em
Running into the sun, but running behind.
[Verse 2]
Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive,
Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive.
In 69, I was 21 and I called the road my own.
I don't know where this road turned into the one I'm on.
[Chorus]
C/G G
(Running on) Running on empty
C/G G
(Running on) Running blind
C/G G Em
Running into the sun, but running behind.
[Bridge]
Em C D G Em D C
Everyone I know ,everywhere I go, people need some reason to believe
Em C D G
If it takes all night, that'll be all right
C D C G/B Am G Em D
If I can get you to smile before I leave.
[Verse 3]
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels.
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels.
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to that pulled me through.
Looking into their eyes, I see they're running, too.
[Chorus]
C/G G
(Running on) Running on empty
C/G G
(Running on) Running blind
C/G G Em
Running into the sun, but running behind.
[Verse 5]
C/G G C/G C/G G
Honey, you really tempt me, the way you look so kind.
C D C G/B Am G Em D
I wanna know who you are but I'm running behind.
C D C G/B Am G Em D
And I don't even know what I'm hoping to find.
[Outro]
C D C G/B Am G
Running into the sun, but running behind.
