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Reckless Kelly - Hit The Ground Runnin' Chords

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Hit The Ground Runnin' Chords

(ver. 1)
Reckless Kelly
You can bang this one out in E, A, B and D and it still has a cool rock vibe. But to play it like
the CD, you'll need to finesse it a bit. The first 6 lines of the song (Pre Verse) are played with an E5
at the 7th fret then it transitions to traditional E chords. The Asus4 is played at the 5th fret. It takes
a non traditional fingering of the A chord to make this smooth. Switch the ring and pinky so the pinky 
is on the A string, ring finger on the D string. Keep the bar,index and ring fingers planted and jump over
the D string with the pinky from A string to G string 7th fret. The pinky hammers on the G string
here...listen to the track and you'll get the timing.

Once you're into the Verse, it's first position chords to get that cool open B and E string droan under the
E chord. And you can play the Asus4 at the second fret by hammering on the B string 3rd fret.

The D E setup in the phrases of the lead sections.../  /... is played as partial bar chords 7th and 9th frets.

Chords 	  	  	 Pre Verse Chords     Partial Bar Chords                 

E 	 022100 	  	 E5 	 0799XX      D     XX777XX
A 	 X02220 	  	 A 	 577655      E     XX999XX
Asus4 	 X02230 	  	 Asus4 	 557755
B 	 X24442 	  	 B 	 799877
D 	 XX0232 	  	 


Intro
E5 (x4)

Pre Verse

E5
My thoughts are out the door, my words about to pour
E5                                           B      A       Asus4  A  Asus4
The boots are on the boards, I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
E5
My eyes are up ahead, I'm lonely in this bed
E5                                      B      A       Asus4  A  Asus4
My home is in my head, I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
E5            
My choices have been made, my dues have all been paid
E5                                          B      A       Asus4  A  Asus4
I gotta burn before I fade. I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
                        E
I be runnin' when I hit ground
 
Verse
E
I don't turn my porch light on when I leave home
E                                             A       Asus4  A  Asus4
Cause I'm gone a lot and I ain't got nothing to steal
E
I don't kiss my baby goodbye
E
See, I got no baby 'cause I'm gone a lot
E                       A       Asus4  A  Asus4
And I don't know how to deal
                                        E
And I keep looking for something that's real

Choeus
                 A   
Goin' out on the road
      Asus4           E
Gonna ramble all over America
                  A    
I was born on the run
        Asus4              E
And I'm never gonna settle down
               A     
Baby, I'm on a roll
Asus4             E
Rollin' all over America
             D            
And when the sun comes up, honey
A                      E
I'll be running when I hit the ground

Verse
E
I don't set my suitcase down when I get to town
E                                                    A    Asus4  A  Asus4         
Cause I'm gone a lot and I know I'll be leaving real soon
E
And I don't know just where I'm bound
E
But someday I'll come back around
E                               A    Asus4  A  Asus4 
And you know I'll be looking for you
                                E
Yeah, I'm sure to be looking for you

Chorus
                 A    
Goin' out on the road
      Asus4            E
Gonna ramble all over America
                  A   
I was born on the run
        Asus4              E
And I'm never gonna settle down
               A    
Baby, I'm on a roll
Asus4             E
Rollin' all over America
         D              
When the sun comes up, honey
A                      E          /D E/        
I'll be running when I hit the ground

A Asus4 E   /D E/ (x3)  D   A   E   

Verse

E
All I need's this old guitar
E
She seen a lot of miles
E
And she makes me a living
E                       A    Asus4  A  Asus4 
But she ain't made me a star
E
So I gotta keep my meal ticket dry
E
She's a six string box, ain't worth a lot of money
E                      A    Asus4  A  Asus4 
But she keeps this boy alive
                         E
Yeah, she keeps this boy alive

Chorus
                     A   
I'm goin' out on the road
      Asus4            E
Gonna ramble all over America
                  A    
I was born on the run
       Asus4              E
And I'm never gonna settle down
               A   
Baby, I'm on a roll
Asus4            E
Rollin' all over America
         D
When the sun comes up, honey
A                      E          /D E/
I'll be running when I hit the ground

A Asus4 E /D E/ (x4)    E

E                      A  Asus4    E
I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
                         A   Asus4   E
I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
                         A   Asus4   E
I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
                         A  Asus4    E
I'm gonna hit the ground runnin'
 
            
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