Electric Light Orchestra - On The Run Chords

SPECIAL VOICINGS and CHORDS

       E-A-D-G_B-e
C/E    0-x-2-0-1-0
Fm/Ab  4-x-3-1-1-1
Em7-5  0-1-2-0-3-0  or
       x-7-8-7-8-x

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RIFF
  G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|0---------------|0---------------|
B|----3---1---3---|----3---1---3---|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|

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INTRO
| G | % | % | % | 


VERSE
    C              E
Whatever I do, wherever I go
    Am
The same afterglow
   C7
Is keepin' me low
F                  C/E
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
    Fm/Ab                    | G | 
But don't wanna stay here too long (RIFF)


VERSE
     C
They see you go by
  E
I tell you no lie
       Am                  C7
You're up in the sky, make everyone cry
F                  C/E
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
    Fm/Ab                  | G | % | 
But don't wanna stay around here (RIFF)


CHORUS
           Dm
I'm on the run again
G             Dm
   I'm on the run again
G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say
        A7
When it happens this way
Dm        Em     F        | G | % |
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)


VERSE
C                             E
 I hear them talkin' and they go on and on
                Am
They think that nothing is wrong
            C7                  F
And so they just carry on about you
                  C/E
D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
    Fm/Ab               | G |
But I gotta move out of here (RIFF)


VERSE
C                             E
 I see them waiting there for most of the day
           Am
I know you asked them to stay
              C7
But they just won't go away
F                  C/E
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
    Fm/Ab         | G | % | 
But I gotta do it again (RIFF)


CHORUS
           Dm
I'm on the run again
G             Dm
   I'm on the run again
G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say
        A7
When it happens this way
Dm        Em     F        | G | % | % |% |
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)


SOLO
| C | E | Am | C7 | 
| F | C/E | Fm/Ab | G |
                  (RIFF)


VERSE
  C 
I know it ain't real
    E
But when you are near
       Am                     C7
You're saying the things that I wanna hear
F                 C/E
D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
    Fm/Ab         | G | % |
But I gotta do it again (RIFF)


CHORUS
           Dm
I'm on the run again
G             Dm
   I'm on the run again
G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say
        A7
When it happens this way
Dm        Em     F        | G | % | 
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)


CHORUS
           Dm
I'm on the run again
G             Dm
   I'm on the run again
G           Em7-5
   But it's like what they say
        A7
When it happens this way
Dm        Em     F        | G | % | % |% |
You gotta do it again and again (RIFF ritardando)


CODA
| C G | F G | C G | F G |

C     G           F          G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run around
C     G           F         G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run
C     G           F          G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run around
C     G           F          G
 Run around gotta go, gotta run


| C G | F G | C G | F G |


C    G F   G       C     G    | F G |
Woma-a-an, I gotta move around
C    G F   G       C      G    | F G |
Woma-a-an, I gotta better way
C    G F G C G F G           C     G    | F G |
Woma-a-a-a-a-a-a-an, I gotta move around


| C G | F G | C G | F G |

(fade out)