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[Intro]
  G    D    Am    Cx3
G  C  G  G
[Verse 1]
GLejos and Mary lay dazed in Liula
Dreaming of tropical signsC  
As DLejos lay sleeping
She knelt over him weeping
Feeling the Cweight of his GcrimesC  G  C  
It seems he Gcut a man down in a Tennessee G7town
And he's just licking his wounds for a Cspell
But it Dwon't take long for the boys to catch on
And soon he'll be running like D7hell
[Chorus]
CRun DLejos Grun
CThis ain't Fno Ctime for that Gball and chaDin
CRun DLejos Emrun
DClimb on that pony and Cride like you ain't never done
[Instrumental]
  G    D    Am    Cx2
G  C  G  G
[Verse 2]
Well, their Glove it was long
It was gentle and strong, and for a while she forgot his siCns
And she Dkissed him for love
She kissed him for luck
She kissed him one Ctime for the GkidC  G  C  
Well, they Gcame in without a warning, in the hours before morning
 G7They come a-blasting through the windows and the Cwalls
And when the Dsmoke it did clear
Somebody cried out he ain't here
Killed ourselves a woman, that's D7all
[Chorus]
CRun DLejos Grun
CThis ain't Fno Ctime for that Gball and chaDin
CRun DLejos Emrun
DClimb on that pony and Cride like you ain't never done
CRide like you ain't never done
[Outro]
  G    D    Am    Cx3
G  Am  G

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Narrow Escape

by Ray LaMontagne

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G D Am C

G C G G

[Verse 1]

Lejos and Mary lay dazed in Liula

Dreaming of tropical signs

As Lejos lay sleeping

She knelt over him weeping

C G C G C

Feeling the weight of his crimes

G G7

It seems he cut a man down in a Tennessee town

And he's just licking his wounds for a spell

But it won't take long for the boys to catch on

And soon he'll be running like hell

[Chorus]

C D G

Run Lejos run

C F C G D

This ain't no time for that ball and chain

C D Em

Run Lejos run

D C

Climb on that pony and ride like you ain't never done

[Instrumental]

G D Am C

G C G G

[Verse 2]

Well, their love it was long

It was gentle and strong, and for a while she forgot his sins

And she kissed him for love

She kissed him for luck

C G C G C

She kissed him one time for the kid

Well, they came in without a warning, in the hours before morning

G7 C

They come a-blasting through the windows and the walls

And when the smoke it did clear

Somebody cried out he ain't here

Killed ourselves a woman, that's all

[Chorus]

C D G

Run Lejos run

C F C G D

This ain't no time for that ball and chain

C D Em

Run Lejos run

D C

Climb on that pony and ride like you ain't never done

Ride like you ain't never done

[Outro]

G D Am C

G Am G

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