{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":591385,"song":"Runaway Children","artist":"Joe Purdy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11571327-runaway-children-chords-by-joe-purdy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/591385?type=chord","rating":0.05384,"votes":0,"content":"A note:  [[JP is one of the absolutely most inspiring and artistic independent acts\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo IV, notes and chords relative to capo\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]:\r\nxx023x[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]:\r\nx4x23x[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]:\r\nx2023x[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A/D[/ch]:\r\nx0223x[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]:\r\nxx203x[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]:\r\nxxx033[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\n(D0 - G2 - B3 - A4 - D0 - G2 - B3 - G2 - D0 - A2 - G2 - B3 - A0 - D2 - G2 - B3 - G2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was born an only child, on a warm Jersey night[/tab]\r\n\r\nMy mother was a dressmaker, my father drove a truck\r\n\r\nMy family never was much good when it came to money luck, no\r\n\r\nMe and my best friend took to stealing, when we were only 16\r\n\r\nOne year in the county jail, made a man out of Tommy and me, yeah\r\n\r\n\r\nCaught the train to New York, 'cause we thought we were so tough\r\n\r\nStarted fighting for quick cash, we decided we didn't need money that bad\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A/D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A/D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were the runaway children, always lost in the dark[/tab]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A/D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrying to forget where we came from, trying to make a new start[/tab]\r\n\r\nOh but it was so hard\r\n\r\nEarned my first honest dollar working at the mill outside of town,\r\n\r\nTommy went elsewhere, never did like the sound of a poor man crying\r\n\r\n\r\nSo Tommy got mixed up with people, the kind of people you just don't get mixed up with\r\n\r\nThey beat him so badly, he almost didn't live to regret what he did\r\n\r\nOh thank God that he did\r\n\r\n\r\nOh but it was so hard\r\n\r\n\r\nTommy moved 8 years ago, out to Las Vegas\r\n\r\nNow he sweeps the floors in the casinos, oh and he gambles when he's able,\r\n\r\nWhen will he ever learn, when will he ever learn?\r\n\r\n\r\nMe I went back home, oh and I made it just in time\r\n\r\nTo say sorry for what I'd done, right before my mother died\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I drive a truck, just like I swore I never would\r\n\r\nBut I need the money worse than I need the luck\r\n\r\nI know my old man did just the best that he could with what he had\r\n\r\nIt's funny the things we finally learn how to ...\r\n\r\n\r\nOh it's still so hard","plain_text":"A note:  [[JP is one of the absolutely most inspiring and artistic independent acts\n\n\nCapo IV, notes and chords relative to capo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  C#/D  B/D  A/D\n\n D              C#                            B/D\n\n\n\nD       C#/D   B/D  A/D\n\n\nMy mother was a dressmaker, my father drove a truck\n\nMy family never was much good when it came to money luck, no\n\nMe and my best friend took to stealing, when we were only 16\n\nOne year in the county jail, made a man out of Tommy and me, yeah\n\n\nCaught the train to New York, 'cause we thought we were so tough\n\nStarted fighting for quick cash, we decided we didn't need money that bad\n\n\nEm7  A/D          D      B/D     G\n\nEm7  A/D          D      B/D\n\n\nOh but it was so hard\n\nEarned my first honest dollar working at the mill outside of town,\n\nTommy went elsewhere, never did like the sound of a poor man crying\n\n\nSo Tommy got mixed up with people, the kind of people you just don't get mixed up with\n\nThey beat him so badly, he almost didn't live to regret what he did\n\nOh thank God that he did\n\n\nOh but it was so hard\n\n\nTommy moved 8 years ago, out to Las Vegas\n\nNow he sweeps the floors in the casinos, oh and he gambles when he's able,\n\nWhen will he ever learn, when will he ever learn?\n\n\nMe I went back home, oh and I made it just in time\n\nTo say sorry for what I'd done, right before my mother died\n\n\nNow I drive a truck, just like I swore I never would\n\nBut I need the money worse than I need the luck\n\nI know my old man did just the best that he could with what he had\n\nIt's funny the things we finally learn how to ...\n\n\nOh it's still so hard","chords":["A","D","C#","B","A/D","Em7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}