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NOW I RUN
Capo 1
INTRO:  [guitar]
  G5    D    Cadd9`
         Mmm____
  G5    D    Cadd9`
Mmm
VERSE:  [guitar]
                G5        D          Cadd9`
  Tell me how the circle ends there's no beginning
                G5                  D           Cadd9`
  Everything that came before will come 'round a-gain and I
            Em           D               C`              D`
  Look in the mirror my father's eyes look back at me   mmm
VERSE:  [tutti]
             G5  D,           Cadd9`
  He gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom
               G5  D,                      Cadd9`
  And I pray I'm strong enough to walk in his shoes and I
            Em  D,                        C`                 D`
  I hope that I become half the man he'd want me to be 'cos I feel you
PRE-CHORUS:
       Am7`                             C`
Guiding me__ showin' me the way when I'm misdirected I
                          C`                    D`
Know you're not here but I feel connected__ 'cos everything
CHORUS:
       Am7`                     C`
That I am comes from a better man__ and
                  G`                    D`
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
     Am7`                        C`
History right there for all to see__
           C`             Am`
I'm just my father's son
[breakdown]
       Cadd9(M7#11)       C5`
Taught me to walk now I run
RE-INTRO:  [guitar]
  G5         D    Cadd9`
      Now I run
VERSE:  [tutti]
                 G5  D,        Cadd9`
  Sometimes when I lose my-self   in my weakness
               G5  D,                    Cadd9`
  I can feel the touch of his unmis-takable hands and they're
           Em  D,                   C`                  D`
  Pushing me forward back into the circle a-gain and I hope my sons
PRE-CHORUS-2:
      Am7`             C`
See in me__ the kind of man that
      C`          D`
He was to me__ and everything
CHORUS-SHORT:
       Am7`                     C`
That I am comes from a better man__ and
                  G`                    D`
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
     Am7`                        C`
History right there for all to see__
           C`             Am`
I'm just my father's son__
        Cadd9`
Taught me to walk now I
INTERLUDE: (part verse)                 [breakdown]
  Em7  D,    Cadd9`      Em7  D,     Cadd9`            D`
Ruh-_____un       I ruh-__uh-__un          he's the best and the
PRE-CHORUS-3:      [build]
        Am7`                                  C`
Worst in me__ some-times I don't know where my common sense is I
                      C`                D`
May be a sinner but my best defence is__ everything
CHORUS-LONG:
       Am7`                     C`
That I am comes from a better man__ and
                  G`                    D`
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
     Am7`                        C`
History right there for all to see__
           G`             D`
I'm just my father's son__ yeah-__
  Am7`    C`
eah
           C`             Am`
I'm just my father's son__
[breakdown]
       Cadd9(M7#11)  C5  
Taught me to walk        now I run

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Now I Run

by Shannon Noll

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Am7

Em7

NOW I RUN

Capo 1

INTRO: [guitar]

G5 D Cadd9

Mmm____

G5 D Cadd9

Mmm

VERSE: [guitar]

G5 D Cadd9

Tell me how the circle ends there's no beginning

G5 D Cadd9

Everything that came before will come 'round a-gain and I

Em D C D

` `

Look in the mirror my father's eyes look back at me mmm

VERSE: [tutti]

G5 D Cadd9

, `

He gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom

G5 D Cadd9

, `

And I pray I'm strong enough to walk in his shoes and I

Em D C D

, ` `

I hope that I become half the man he'd want me to be 'cos I feel you

PRE-CHORUS:

Am7 C

` `

Guiding me__ showin' me the way when I'm misdirected I

C D

` `

Know you're not here but I feel connected__ 'cos everything

CHORUS:

Am7 C

` `

That I am comes from a better man__ and

G D

` `

All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my

Am7 C

` `

History right there for all to see__

C Am

` `

I'm just my father's son

[breakdown]

Cadd9 C5

(M7#11) `

Taught me to walk now I run

RE-INTRO: [guitar]

G5 D Cadd9

Now I run

VERSE: [tutti]

G5 D Cadd9

, `

Sometimes when I lose my-self in my weakness

G5 D Cadd9

, `

I can feel the touch of his unmis-takable hands and they're

Em D C D

, ` `

Pushing me forward back into the circle a-gain and I hope my sons

PRE-CHORUS-2:

Am7 C

` `

See in me__ the kind of man that

C D

` `

He was to me__ and everything

CHORUS-SHORT:

Am7 C

` `

That I am comes from a better man__ and

G D

` `

All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my

Am7 C

` `

History right there for all to see__

C Am

` `

I'm just my father's son__

Cadd9

Taught me to walk now I

INTERLUDE: (part verse) [breakdown]

Em7 D Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9 D

, ` , ` `

Ruh-_____un I ruh-__uh-__un he's the best and the

PRE-CHORUS-3: [build]

Am7 C

` `

Worst in me__ some-times I don't know where my common sense is I

C D

` `

May be a sinner but my best defence is__ everything

CHORUS-LONG:

Am7 C

` `

That I am comes from a better man__ and

G D

` `

All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my

Am7 C

` `

History right there for all to see__

G D

` `

I'm just my father's son__ yeah-__

Am7 C

` `

eah

C Am

` `

I'm just my father's son__

[breakdown]

Cadd9 C5

(M7#11)

Taught me to walk now I run

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