Running Back by Alexz Johnson
Album: The Basement Recordings I
Track 15
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
C: x32010
Em: x22000
D: xx0232
G: 320033 or 320003
Intro: C G Em D
G
The phone is off the hook and Jimmy's got a gun
Em D
Sherry's in the river and the river's gonna run again, Yeah
G
So you don't know where to go, you don't know where to hide
Em D
Holding all your tears, keeping all your pain inside
G
With your back against the wall, heart falling from your hand
Em D
you throw it in the river, the river's gonna' hand it again, Yeah
C G Em D
But you are not alone
C G Em D
When you're not safe at home
C
And you're running back
Running back
While you're on track
G
Looking for a home
For a house to call your own
Em
You need a phone
You feel all alone
D
Don't know where to start
While you're falling apart
C
And you need someone to hold
Your hands are cold
G
You feel a little older
Em
you need a shoulder
D C G Em D
but you're not alone
G
What they will believe and if you wanna change
Em D
How it's meant to be even if they think you're strange
G
Oh, you wanna live a life, you need to break away
Em D
Counting on your hands the days you have left today
C G Em D
But you are not alone
C G Em D
When you're not safe at home
C G Em D
C
And you're running back
Running back
While you're on track
G
Looking for a home
For a house to call your own
Em
You need a phone
You feel all alone
D
Don't know where to start
While you're falling apart
C
And you need someone to hold
Your hands are cold
G
You feel a little older
Em
you need a shoulder
D C
but you're not alone
C G Em D x3
C
And you're running back
Running back
While you're on track
G
Looking for a home
For a house to call your own
Em
You need a phone
You feel all alone
D
Don't know where to start
While you're falling apart
C
And you need someone to hold
Your hands are cold
G
You feel a little older
Em
you need a shoulder
D C
but you're not alone
End on C
