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Run Away Baby

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[Guitar intro]
G(DG7rumsF7)C7  G7  D7  
  Am     Bm    C    Dx3
[Chorus]
GDon't you wish we could Drun away baby
EmFind ourselves a little Cspace
GJust you and me and a sunDny day, hey, hey
EmIn some secret hiding plaCce
[Verse]
CSpread a blanket by the riverside
DLay back and dreamG  
AThrow our clothes in a big pile
CWash each other Ddown in a cool stream
GDon't you wish we could Drun away baby
EmWe don't have to go too Cfar
GWe don't need any Dair tickets darlin'
EmLet's just hop inside my Ccar
CCheck into a no tell motel
DHave them hold our Gcalls
AGet as crazy as we can in an hour
CShake the pictures Doff of those thin walls
EmOh oh oh oh oh D,
CI don't want to sound like BmI'm complaining
EmOh oh oh oh D,
I'm just Amlooking for some Bmblue skiesC  
It's been Draining so Emlong
G D Em C
G D Em C
C C D G A A C D
EmOh oh oh oh oh D,
CI don't want to sound like BmI'm complaining
EmOh oh oh oh D,
I'm just Amlooking for some Bmblue skiesC  
It's been rDaining
GDon't you wish we could Drun away baby
EmFind ourselves a little Cspace
GJust you and me and a sunDny day, hey, hey
EmIn some secret hiding plaCce
GDon't you wish we could Drun away
EmDon't you wish we could Crun away
GDon't you wish we could Drun away baby
EmDon't you wish we could Crun away
       Am       Bm       C  DRun away,
       Am       Bm     CRuDn away, run away,
       Am       Bm       C  Dhey, Ghey, Ghey

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Run Away Baby

by REO Speedwagon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Guitar intro]

G G7 F7 C7 G7 D7

(Drums)

Am Bm C D

[Chorus]

G D

Don't you wish we could run away baby

Em C

Find ourselves a little space

G D

Just you and me and a sunny day, hey, hey

Em C

In some secret hiding place

[Verse]

Spread a blanket by the riverside

D G

Lay back and dream

Throw our clothes in a big pile

C D

Wash each other down in a cool stream

G D

Don't you wish we could run away baby

Em C

We don't have to go too far

G D

We don't need any air tickets darlin'

Em C

Let's just hop inside my car

Check into a no tell motel

D G

Have them hold our calls

Get as crazy as we can in an hour

C D

Shake the pictures off of those thin walls

Em D

Oh oh oh oh oh ,

C Bm

I don't want to sound like I'm complaining

Em D

Oh oh oh oh ,

Am Bm C

I'm just looking for some blue skies

D Em

It's been raining so long

G D Em C

C C D G A A C D

Em D

Oh oh oh oh oh ,

C Bm

I don't want to sound like I'm complaining

Em D

Oh oh oh oh ,

Am Bm C

I'm just looking for some blue skies

It's been raining

G D

Don't you wish we could run away baby

Em C

Find ourselves a little space

G D

Just you and me and a sunny day, hey, hey

Em C

In some secret hiding place

G D

Don't you wish we could run away

Em C

Don't you wish we could run away

G D

Don't you wish we could run away baby

Em C

Don't you wish we could run away

Am Bm C D

Run away,

Am Bm C D

Run away, run away,

Am Bm C D G G

hey, hey, hey

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