Hit The Ground And Run Chords

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Hit The Ground And Run by Great Big Sea is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			

Intro 
D, A, D 

verse 1 
          D 
There's a Wedding in the chapel, 
        G 
And the bride is oh so happy, 
     D                           A 
And Daddy's got a shotgun in his hand, 
    D 
The groom is sweatin' bullets, 
       G 
As the priest steps to the pulpit, 
      D                 A          D 
He's about to make this boy into a man. 

Chorus 
      D 
Sweet Jesus in the Garden, 
        G 
Can you grant this boy a pardon, 
        D                                   A 
For its true he really don't know what he's done, 
       D 
Better lock the church door tight, 
              G 
'Cause at the slightest crack of light, 
     D            A                  D 
That boy is gonna hit the ground and run, 
           A              D 
He's gonna run he's gonna fly, 
(D) 
He's out the door and down the street, 
    Em               A 
And he won't say Goodbye, 
    D 
the Diapers and the diatribes, 
       G            D 
Of her Daddy on the rum, 
                  A                  D 
That boy is gonna hit the ground and run. 

verse 2 
Was it the rubbing or the tugging, 
Put a bun in Nancy's oven, 
She's praying she's not starting to show, 
But the wedding's set for April, 
and she's known since November, 
She ain't got hells chance of a ball of snow. 

Chorus 

Instrumental 
A, D 
D, Em, A 
D, G, D 
D, A, D 

verse 3 
What in the Lords name was he thinking, 
You can't blame this all on drinking, 
You can count the family teeth upon one hand, 
By Midnight he was muddled, 
And her gene pool is a puddle, 
That boy might be the Daddy of his old man. 

Chorus 
That boy is gonna hit the ground and run, 
That boy is gonna hit the ground and run. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante