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acoustic version of
"Run" from the new album "contra"
all the verses follow the same pattern
DEvery Adollar Gcounts
And Devery Amorning Ghurts
We Dmostly Awork to Glive
UntDil we Alive to Gwork
GShe said, "You Aknow,
GThere's nowhere else to Ago."
But Gchange in Arows
It Gstruck me that the Atwo of us could GRUN.D  A  
                                      G      D       A
                                      G      D       A
                                      G      D       A
DWorlds Aaway from Gcars
And Dall the Astyles and Gbars
Where a Dlittle bit of Acompetition means so Gmuch
And a Dlittle bit of change is Aall your little fingers Gtouch
GI said, "You Aknow,
There's Gnowhere else to Ago."
But Gchange in Arows
It Gstruck me that the Atwo of us could GRUN.D  A  
                                      G      D       A
                                      G      D       A
                                      G      D       A
CHORUS
It's only with Gyou
It's the Donly else where to Ago
And I could take Gtwo
But I Dreally couldn't ever Aknow
Honey with Gyou
And a Dlittle powered radiAo
We could Gtry.D  A  
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Run

by Vampire Weekend

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acoustic version of

"Run" from the new album "contra"

all the verses follow the same pattern

D A G

Every dollar counts

D A G

And every morning hurts

D A G

We mostly work to live

D A G

Until we live to work

G A

She said, "You know,

G A

There's nowhere else to go."

G A

But change in rows

G A G D A

It struck me that the two of us could RUN.

G D A

D A G

Worlds away from cars

D A G

And all the styles and bars

D A G

Where a little bit of competition means so much

D A G

And a little bit of change is all your little fingers touch

G A

I said, "You know,

G A

There's nowhere else to go."

G A

But change in rows

G A G D A

It struck me that the two of us could RUN.

G D A

CHORUS

It's only with you

D A

It's the only else where to go

And I could take two

D A

But I really couldn't ever know

Honey with you

D A

And a little powered radio

G D A

We could try.

best way to do this is play along with the song the strumming changes a few

About Run Chords by Vampire Weekend

Learn how to play Run by Vampire Weekend with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Run chords”, “Run guitar chords”, or “Vampire Weekend Run chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Run chords and for experienced players who want accurate Run lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include D, A, G.

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What key is "Run" in?

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