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Linda Ronstdadt    When We Ran     written by John Hiatt
Carlos Vega           drums
Bob Glaub             bass
Benmont Tench         keyboards
Bernie Leadon         acoustic guitar
Mike Campbell         lead guitar
Waddy Wachtel         guitar
Andy Fairweather Low  guitar
Ab Bb Ab Bb  C
CCould have been the Amkiss of my life
Could have been the Fdeath of Cme
Could have been that FI was just too sDmcaredG  
To Gwait around and AmseeC  
CYou could have been a gAmuardian angle
I could have been the Fwicked Cone
Besides the Fbuttons on our DmshirtsG  
What else did we leave uAmndonCe
When we Fran
When we Cran
When we Fran           
Was it just the Amtime slippin' through our Chands
Right through our Chands
Maybe I was Amtryin' to tell ya
I'd never known a Flove so Cstrong
Maybe in the Fshadows of the DmnightG  
We just couldn't tell right from AmwronCg
Maybe its a Amreal-life story
Livin' with the Fsad regCrets
Maybe you   wFere just a sweet dDmream babyG  
Somethin' that I can't AmforgCet
When we Fran
When we Cran
When we Fran           
Was it just the Amtime slippin' through our Chands
Right through our Chands
AbYou only had to say the Bbword
I would have turned around Aband heard
But as it is we can't turn BbbackF  D  
The mind's just a Bmloose cannon, baby
And the memories, rGolling dDice
We found Gsomething one time, EmbabyA  
But we thought about it BmtwicDe
And we rGan
When we Dran
When we Gran   and we Dran  and we Gran  and we Dran       
From Linda Ronstadt  "We Ran"
Elektra Records 1998
Careers BMG Publishing Inc(BMI)

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When We Ran

by John Hiatt

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Linda Ronstdadt When We Ran written by John Hiatt

Carlos Vega drums

Bob Glaub bass

Benmont Tench keyboards

Bernie Leadon acoustic guitar

Mike Campbell lead guitar

Waddy Wachtel guitar

Andy Fairweather Low guitar

Ab Bb Ab Bb C

C Am

Could have been the kiss of my life

F C

Could have been the death of me

F Dm G

Could have been that I was just too scared

G Am C

To wait around and see

C Am

You could have been a guardian angle

F C

I could have been the wicked one

F Dm G

Besides the buttons on our shirts

Am C

What else did we leave undone

When we ran

Am C

Was it just the time slippin' through our hands

Right through our hands

Maybe I was tryin' to tell ya

F C

I'd never known a love so strong

F Dm G

Maybe in the shadows of the night

Am C

We just couldn't tell right from wrong

Maybe its a real-life story

F C

Livin' with the sad regrets

F Dm G

Maybe you were just a sweet dream baby

Am C

Somethin' that I can't forget

When we ran

Am C

Was it just the time slippin' through our hands

Right through our hands

Ab Bb

You only had to say the word

I would have turned around and heard

Bb F D

But as it is we can't turn back

The mind's just a loose cannon, baby

G D

And the memories, rolling dice

G Em A

We found something one time, baby

Bm D

But we thought about it twice

And we ran

When we ran

G D G D

When we ran and we ran and we ran and we ran

From Linda Ronstadt "We Ran"

Elektra Records 1998

Careers BMG Publishing Inc(BMI)

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