Electric Light Orchestra - On the Run

      
 
 SPECIAL VOICINGS and CHORDS
 
 E-A-D-G_B-e
 C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
 Fm/Ab 4-x-3-1-1-1

 Em7-5 0-1-2-0-3-0 or
 

 x-7-8-7-8-x

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 
 RIFF
 G 
  
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 

 e|0---------------|0---------------|
 B|----3---1---3---|----3---1---3---|
 G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
 D|----------------|----------------|
 A|----------------|----------------|
 E|3---------------|3---------------|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 
 INTRO
 | G | % | % | % |
 
 VERSE
     C              E        
 Whatever I do, wherever I go
     Am            
 The same afterglow
    C7            
 Is keepin' me low
 F                  C/E    
  D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
 Fm/Ab | G |
 But don't wanna stay here too long (RIFF)
 
 VERSE
      C            
 They see you go by
   E              
 I tell you no lie
        Am                  C7          
 You're up in the sky, make everyone cry
 F                  C/E    
  D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
 Fm/Ab | G | % |
 But don't wanna stay around here (RIFF)
 
 CHORUS
            Dm       
 I'm on the run again
 G           Dm       
  I'm on the run again
 G         Em7-5             
  But it's like what they say
         A7              
 When it happens this way
 Dm Em F | G | % |
 You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)
 
 VERSE
 C                             E           
  I hear them talkin' and they go on and on
                 Am              
 They think that nothing is wrong
             C7                  F  
 And so they just carry on about you
                   C/E    
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
 Fm/Ab | G |
 But I gotta move out of here (RIFF)
 
 VERSE
 C                             E              
  I see them waiting there for most of the day
            Am                
 I know you asked them to stay
               C7           
 But they just won't go away
 F                  C/E    
  D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
 Fm/Ab | G | % |
 But I gotta do it again (RIFF)
 
 CHORUS
            Dm       
 I'm on the run again
 G           Dm       
  I'm on the run again
 G         Em7-5             
  But it's like what they say
         A7              
 When it happens this way
 Dm Em F | G | % | % |% |
 You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)
 
 SOLO
 | C | E | Am | C7 |
 | F | C/E | Fm/Ab | G |
 (RIFF)
 
 VERSE
   C                 
 I know it ain't real
     E                
 But when you are near
        Am                     C7          
 You're saying the things that I wanna hear
 F                 C/E    
 D-d-d-don't wanna lose it
 Fm/Ab | G | % |
 But I gotta do it again (RIFF)
 
 CHORUS
            Dm       
 I'm on the run again
 G           Dm       
  I'm on the run again
 G         Em7-5             
  But it's like what they say
         A7              
 When it happens this way
 Dm Em F | G | % |
 You gotta do it again and again (RIFF)
 
 CHORUS
            Dm       
 I'm on the run again
 G           Dm       
  I'm on the run again
 G         Em7-5             
  But it's like what they say
         A7              
 When it happens this way
 Dm Em F | G | % | % |% |
 You gotta do it again and again (RIFF ritardando)
 
 CODA
 | C G | F G | C G | F G |
 
 C     G           F          G        
  Run around gotta go, gotta run around
 C     G           F         G  
  Run around gotta go, gotta run
 C     G           F          G        
  Run around gotta go, gotta run around
 C     G           F          G 
  Run around gotta go, gotta run
 
 | C G | F G | C G | F G |
 
 C G F G C G | F G |
 Woma-a-an, I gotta move around
 C G F G C G | F G |
 Woma-a-an, I gotta better way
 C G F G C G F G C G | F G |

 Woma-a-a-a-a-a-a-an, I gotta move around
 

 
 | C G | F G | C G | F G |
 
 (fade out)