We Can Run

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[Intro]
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 1]
A E
We don't own this place, though we act as if we did,
D E
It's a loan from the children of our children's kids.
Bm A
The actual owners haven't even been born yet.
[Verse 2]
A E
But we never tend the garden and rarely we pay the rent,
D E
Most of it is broken and the rest of it is bent
Bm A
Put it all on plastic and I wonder where we'll be when the bills hit.
[Chorus]
A E
We can run, but we can't hide from it.
D E
Of all possible worlds, we only got one:
A
We gotta to ride on it.
A E
Whatever we've done, we'll never get far from what we leave behind,
F#m D
Baby, we can run, run, run, but we can't hide.
[Verse 3]
A E
I'm dumpin' my trash in your back yard
D E
Makin' certain you don't notice really isn't so hard
Bm A
You're so busy with your guns and all of your excuses to use them.
[Verse 4]
A E
Well, it's oil for the rich and babies for the poor,
D E
We got everyone believin' that more is more,
Bm A
If a reckoning comes, maybe we will know what to do then.
[Chorus]
A E
We can run, but we can't hide from it.
D E
Of all possible worlds, we only got one:
A
We gotta to ride on it.
A E
Whatever we've done, we'll never get far from what we leave behind,
F#m D
Baby, we can run, run, run, but we can't hide.
E A
Oh no, we can't hide.
[Bridge]
F#m E D
All these complications seem to leave no choice,
F#m E D
I heard the tongues of billions speak with just one voice,
F#m E
Saying, "Just leave all the rest to me,
D C#m
I need it worse than you, you see."
Bm
And then I heard...
N.C.
The sound of one child crying.
[Interlude]
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 5]
A E
Today I went walking in the amber wind,
D E
There's a hole in the sky where the light pours in
Bm A
I remembered the days when I wasn't afraid of the sunshine.
[Verse 6]
A E
But now it beats down on the asphalt land
D E
Like a hammering blow from God's left hand
Bm A
What little still grows cringes in the shade like a bad vine.
[Chorus]
A E
We can run, but we can't hide from it.
D E
Of all possible worlds, we only got one:
A
We gotta to ride on it.
A E
Whatever we've done, we'll never get far from what we leave behind,
F#m D
Baby, we can run, run, run, but we can't hide.
E A
No baby, we can't hide.

We Can Run chords and lyrics

Free chords for We Can Run by Grateful Dead. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
A   E   F#m  D
A   E   D
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
N.C.
The sound of one child crying.
[Interlude]
A   E   F#m  D
A   E   D
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]

We Can Run Chords by Grateful Dead

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