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Runaground

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1/16

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 16Position: 77

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Tuning: Standard 
Simple but effective.. :D
Intro,
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-10------7-10-----7-10-8-7---------------|
G|-77-9-------77-9------77-9-------9--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|  X2
EmFor every wGoman you will lDeave an open doAor
EmYou find yoGurself thinking Dwhy cant I have mAore? 
EmYou say theres Gnothing you can DdoA  
EmYou tried your Gbest but you were Donly being yAou
EmOh no
GShes gone
DBack wherever she came froAm
EmYou watched
GHer go
Your Dreactions far too sloAw
EmRunagroundG  
RunaDgrounAd
RuEmnagroundG  D  A  
You dont know what youve got until youve lost it all
Might I suggest you find a softer place to fall
You take for granted all the riches of your world
You may have oysters but you'll never find a pearl
Oh no
Shes gone
Back wherever she came from
You watched
Her go
Your reactions far too slow
Oh no
Shes gone
Back wherever she came from
You watched
Her go
Your reactions far too slow
EmRunaground
GRunaground
DRunagrounAd
EmRunaground
GRunaground
DRunagrounAd
Shes moving on
The love has gone
You left the door wide open
Shes moving on
The just has gone
This angers felt not spoken
It got too old
Was too controlled
Could have gone on forever
The love has gone
Shes moving on
When she said now you never
Runaground
Runaground
Runaground
Runaground
Runaground
Runaground
Runaground
....Oh no.

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Runaground

by James

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Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: Standard

Simple but effective.. :D

Intro,

e|------------------------------------------------|

B|------7-10------7-10-----7-10-8-7---------------|

G|-77-9-------77-9------77-9-------9--------------|

D|------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------| X2

Em G D A

For every woman you will leave an open door

Em G D A

You find yourself thinking why cant I have more?

Em G D A

You say theres nothing you can do

Em G D A

You tried your best but you were only being you

Oh no

Shes gone

D A

Back wherever she came from

You watched

Her go

D A

Your reactions far too slow

Em G

Runaground

D A

Runaground

Em G D A

Runaground

You dont know what youve got until youve lost it all

Might I suggest you find a softer place to fall

You take for granted all the riches of your world

You may have oysters but you'll never find a pearl

Oh no

Shes gone

Back wherever she came from

You watched

Her go

Your reactions far too slow

Oh no

Shes gone

Back wherever she came from

You watched

Her go

Your reactions far too slow

Runaground

D A

Runaground

D A

Runaground

Shes moving on

The love has gone

You left the door wide open

Shes moving on

The just has gone

This angers felt not spoken

It got too old

Was too controlled

Could have gone on forever

The love has gone

Shes moving on

When she said now you never

Runaground

....Oh no.

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