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Whenever I Run

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INTRO:
Am7  G/B  C  Am7  G/B  C
 Am7I've seen that G/Bdarkness on the Cedge of town,
 Am7The sun come G/Bup and the Crain fall down.
              Am7    G/B                  C      G(*1)
 And I've been a fool, yeah I've been around.
 Am7And when the G/Bworld got to Cmuch for me,
 Am7I took G/Boff and left a Cmemory.
         Am7                G/B                   C     G(*2)
 Thinking I'd find something better for me somehow,
Oh but now:
Whenever I Frun,
Instead of running into the Cblue
I Gfollow my Fheart.
And there in your Am7arms
Is Cwhere I find the love I need,
 DmAnd the best is yet to come,
                          F    Am7    F    Am7    F(*3)
 Baby you're the one I run to.
 Am7I used to G/Bquit when it Cgot too tough,
 Am7Throw in my G/Bcards when CI was down on my lucAm7k.
       G/B                      C     G(*2)
 But baby you mean too much to me,
So now:
Whenever I Frun,
Instead of running into the Cblue
I Gfollow my Fheart.
And there in your Am7arms
Is Cwhere I find the love I need,
 DmAnd the best is yet to come,
 FBaby you're the one I run Am7to.Fmaj7  
 Am7I never could stay Fmaj7in one place too long,
 Am7I never could stanFmaj7d that still.
 Am7Oh, but you changed so Fmaj7much in me,
And D7now I know I will.
 Am7I'm gonna G/Bstay where the Clove is right,
 Am7I'm so G/Btired of being a Cbird in flight.
 Am7Good G/Blove takes work
                 C       G(*4) 
 Oh, but that's alright,
That's alright.
Whenever I Frun,
Instead of running into the Cblue
I Gfollow my Fheart.
And there in your Am7arms
Is Cwhere I find the love I need,
 DmAnd the best is yet to come,
 FYou're the only oneAm7.
InFstead of running into the Cblue
I Gfollow my Fheart.
And there in your Am7arms
That's Cwhere I find the love I need,
 DmAnd the best is yet to come,
                          F    Am7    F(*3)
 Baby you're the one I run to.
                Am7    F(*3)
The one I run to.
The one I run Am7to.Fmaj7  

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Whenever I Run

by Keith Urban

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Am7

G/B

Fmaj7

INTRO:

Am7 G/B C Am7 G/B C

Am7 G/B C

I've seen that darkness on the edge of town,

Am7 G/B C

The sun come up and the rain fall down.

Am7 G/B C G

(*1)

And I've been a fool, yeah I've been around.

Am7 G/B C

And when the world got to much for me,

Am7 G/B C

I took off and left a memory.

Am7 G/B C G

(*2)

Thinking I'd find something better for me somehow,

Oh but now:

Whenever I run,

Instead of running into the blue

G F

I follow my heart.

Am7

And there in your arms

Is where I find the love I need,

And the best is yet to come,

F Am7 F Am7 F

(*3)

Baby you're the one I run to.

Am7 G/B C

I used to quit when it got too tough,

Am7 G/B C Am7

Throw in my cards when I was down on my luck.

G/B C G

(*2)

But baby you mean too much to me,

So now:

Whenever I run,

Instead of running into the blue

G F

I follow my heart.

Am7

And there in your arms

Is where I find the love I need,

And the best is yet to come,

F Am7 Fmaj7

Baby you're the one I run to.

Am7 Fmaj7

I never could stay in one place too long,

Am7 Fmaj7

I never could stand that still.

Am7 Fmaj7

Oh, but you changed so much in me,

And now I know I will.

Am7 G/B C

I'm gonna stay where the love is right,

Am7 G/B C

I'm so tired of being a bird in flight.

Am7 G/B

Good love takes work

C G

(*4)

Oh, but that's alright,

That's alright.

Whenever I run,

Instead of running into the blue

G F

I follow my heart.

Am7

And there in your arms

Is where I find the love I need,

And the best is yet to come,

F Am7

You're the only one.

F C

Instead of running into the blue

G F

I follow my heart.

Am7

And there in your arms

That's where I find the love I need,

And the best is yet to come,

F Am7 F

(*3)

Baby you're the one I run to.

Am7 F

(*3)

The one I run to.

Am7 Fmaj7

The one I run to.

About Whenever I Run Chords by Keith Urban

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