Tab Hunter - Im A Runaway

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                I'm a Runaway - Tab Hunter
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Written by: Fred Karger/Richard Quine
Released in 1958
Now on: "My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Movie and TV Soundtracks"

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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        E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm/C    x-3-x-2-3-1
C#      x-4-3-1-2-1
D#m/C#  x-4-x-3-4-2
D#7     x-x-1-3-2-3
D#m7    x-x-1-3-2-2
G#      4-3-1-1-1-x

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Capo 3rd fret


[Intro]
| C | C |

C      F     G      C
[whistling] (He's a runaway)
C      F     G      C
[whistling] (He's a runaway)


[Verse]
C               Dm/C
Give my hat and let me go
C                Dm/C
I'm not bred for travellin' slow
      C                  Dm/C
Like a buck and broncin' rodeo
      C                 Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C                 Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)


[Verse]
C              Dm/C
Got no time to be delayed
C              Dm/C
Always calls a spade a spade
C                        Dm/C
There's a lot of debts I haven't paid 
      C                 Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C                 C7
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)


[Middle 8]
     F               C
I'll beg or steal or borrow
   F             C
My saddle and my tack
    F           C         Am
I'm headin' for tomorrow 
        D(7)         Dm(7) G
And I'm never comin' back, oh


[Verse]
C                    Dm/C
Follow my tracks and you will find
C                  Dm/C
Broken hearts I've left behind
      C                Dm/C
Cause I'm just not the marryin' kind 
C                       C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)


[Verse]
C#                  D#m/C#
So many sights I've never seen
C#               D#m/C#
So many prairies in between
      C#                       D#m/C#
Got a strong young horse and a full canteen
      C#                D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)


[Verse]
C#             D#m/C#
So many gals I haven't met
C#              D#m/C#
So many cards I haven't bet
      C#                   D#m/C#
Gonna take a chance, every chance I get
      C#                D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                C#7
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)


[Middle 8]
  F#              C#
A-heading for the border
   F#              C#
As peaceful as can be
    F#              C#    Bbm
I'm off for law and order
        D#(7)              D#m(7)   G#
Long as they don't bother me


[Verse]
C#                 D#m/C#
So many nights for havin' fun 
C#               D#m/C#
So many fights I haven't won
        C#                 D#m/C#
There's not enough notches on my gun
      C#                D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#
I'm a runaway 


[Outro]
C#      F#          C#                D#m/C#
[whistling]   I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

[fade]