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Born To Run

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AWell I never did crawl and I Dnever did Gtoe Dthat Aline
ANo man is a master to Dme I Gain't Dthat Akind
I just pDut on my Gtraveling Dshoes
If you wanna win you Gjust can't Dlose the Etime
Or stay Abehind
Well I was Dborn to Arun
To get Dahead of the Arest
And aDll that I Awanted was to Ebe the Abest
Just to Dfeel Afree and Dbe someoAne
I was Dborn to be Afast I was Eborn to Arun
A                           D          G     D    A
Well I take the chances sometimes I've made mistakes
ABut you don't get nothing unDless you Gtake Dthe Abreaks
DLiving as dangerous as GdynamDite
Sure makes you feel nervous but it Gmakes you Dfeel alrigEht
Makes you feel Aalright
Well I was Dborn to Arun
To get Dahead of the Arest
And aDll that I Awanted was to Ebe the Abest
Just to Dfeel Afree and Dbe someAone
I was Dborn to be Afast I was Eborn to Arun
SOLO   in A   then  B chord
BNobody's gonna make me do Ethings Atheir EwaBy
BBy the time you figure it Eout it's AyesEterdaBy
Well it Ecomes to he who Awaits I'm Etold
EBut I don't need it when I'm Aold Eand gF#ray
Yea I want it Btoday
Well I was Eborn to Brun
To get Eahead of the Brest
And Eall that I Bwanted was to F#be the Bbest
Just to Efeel Bfree and Ebe someoBne
I was Eborn to be Bfast I was F#born to Brun

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Born To Run

by Emmylou Harris

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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A D G D A

Well I never did crawl and I never did toe that line

A D G D A

No man is a master to me I ain't that kind

D G D

I just put on my traveling shoes

G D E

If you wanna win you just can't lose the time

Or stay behind

D A

Well I was born to run

D A

To get ahead of the rest

D A E A

And all that I wanted was to be the best

D A D A

Just to feel free and be someone

D A E A

I was born to be fast I was born to run

A D G D A

Well I take the chances sometimes I've made mistakes

A D G D A

But you don't get nothing unless you take the breaks

D G D

Living as dangerous as dynamite

G D E

Sure makes you feel nervous but it makes you feel alright

Makes you feel alright

D A

Well I was born to run

D A

To get ahead of the rest

D A E A

And all that I wanted was to be the best

D A D A

Just to feel free and be someone

D A E A

I was born to be fast I was born to run

SOLO in A then B chord

B E A E B

Nobody's gonna make me do things their way

B E A E B

By the time you figure it out it's yesterday

E A E

Well it comes to he who waits I'm told

E A E F#

But I don't need it when I'm old and gray

Yea I want it today

E B

Well I was born to run

E B

To get ahead of the rest

E B F# B

And all that I wanted was to be the best

E B E B

Just to feel free and be someone

E B F# B

I was born to be fast I was born to run

About Born To Run Chords by Emmylou Harris

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