[Verse] G F C G F C This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue G F C Two young lovers with nothin' better to do G F C Than sit around the house get high and watch the tube G F C And here's what happened when they decided to cut loose G F C They headed down to, oh, old El Paso G F C That's where they ran into a great big hassle G F C Billy Joe shot a man while robbin' his castle G F C G Bobbie Sue took the money and run [CHORUS] F C F C G Go on, take the money and run F C F C G Go on, take the money and run F C F C G Go on, take the money and run F C F C G Go on, take the money and run [Verse] G F C Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas G F C You know he knows just exactly what the facts is G F C He ain't gonna let those two escape justice G F C He makes his living off of other people's taxes G F C Bobbie Sue, whoa whoa, she slipped away G F C Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day G F C They got the money, hey, you know they got away G F C G They headed down south and they're still running today, singin' [CHORUS] F C F C G Go on, take the money and run F C F C G Go on, take the money and run F C F C G Go on, take the money and run F C Go on, take the money and run