The Temper Trap - On the Run

      Song:         On The Run
Artists:      The Temper Trap
Album:        Thick As Thieves (2016)
URL:          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJFU5UFPmw
Tuning:       Standard

Capo 2


CHORDS:
              EADGBe
G             320003
Em            022000
Bm            X24432
D/A           X00232
C/G           332010             
Am            X02210


Riff 1: (Bass Line: [No Capo] Repeats throughout)

G||———————————————————————————-——————-
D||——————————————————————————-————————
A||—7-7-7-7-————————————————————————-—
E||—————————5-5-5-5-—2-2-2-2–-3-3-3-3—

G||———————————————————————————-——————-
D||——————————————————————————-————————
A||—7-7-7-7-————————————————————————-—
E||—————————5-5-5-5-—2-2-2-2–-3-3-3-3—



INTRO: 
(Deep bass line and ethereal keyboards over)
|D   A  |F#m  G  |


VERSE 1:
D                A
Time is the only truth,
            F#m
Is the only friend that we have.
                G              
To look forward to,
D             A
Space, was an all night groove.
              F#m
Honey, I sink deeper in,
                 G
Trying to get to you.

 
CHORUS 1:
D
And it feels like we are always,
A
We’re on the run.
F#m
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
G
We’re on the run.


VERSE 2:
D                A
Home, was a place I knew.
    F#m
But burin’ desire,
               G              
To get back to you,
D                 A
When, I’m full of years.
              F#m
Wash, my sins away, my dear.
                          G
Can you tell the night is through?


CHORUS 2:
D
‘Cause it feels like, we are always,
A
We’re on the run.
F#m
And it feels like, we are always,
G
We’re on the run.


CHORUS 3:
D
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
A
We’re on the run.
F#m               D            
We’re on the run, we’re on the run, 
G
Run, run, run, r-u-n.


:: INSTRUMENTAL 1 ::  (building to crescendo)
|D  A |F#m  G  |
|D  A |F#m  G  |


VERSE 3: (Megaphone voice) 
Bm                      G
Farther on, the soul is waiting to arrive,
D
The soul is waiting to arrive.  (Drum rolls)
Bm                     G
Walk along, walk along a crooked line,
D                                        A
The soul is waiting to arrive, Uh-oh-ooh.


VERSE 4:
D
Oh-oh-ooh, Oh-oh-ooh, 
A
Where are we going’ to run,
F#m       G
Ohoo-oooh,Ohoo-oooh,  
D
Oh-oh-ooh, Oh-oh-ooh, 
A
Where are we going’ to run,
F#m       G
Ohoo-oooh,Ohoo-oooh,  


CHORUS 4:
D
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
A
Yeah, it feels like we are always.
F#m
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
G
We’re on the run, run, r-u-n.


CHORUS 5 & CODA:
D
Yes, it feels like we are always,
A
Yeah, it feels like we are always.
F#m
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
G
We’re on the run, run, run, run,

R-u-n. (Cesura)


[End]