Run Right Back Chords

KeyAb Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

Run Right Back by Moon Taxi is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Ab with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G/D, C/E, G, C and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Ab
Text
16
Speed
  			 
 

Intro 
G/D  C/E  G/D  C/E 

To match recording, continue as intro (G/D-C/E) 
For easy strum-and-sing, use simple chords 

verse 1 
G              C                G          C 
Meet me in the middle, you know I need you close 
      G                     C               G                C 
Over this highway, it's the little things I seem to miss the most 
   G               C           G          C 
Oh is that you out walking, or do I see a ghost 
     G              C                 G             C 
Am I dreaming am I wishing, or just a little bit of both 


       Em        G         C 
'Cuz I run right back from Carolina 
      Em        G         C 
And I run right back from New Orleans 
       Em       G        C 
'Cuz I can't forget the times I held you 
     Em        G         C 
And all those songs you sang with me 
     Em        G         C 
And all those songs you sang with me 

verse 2 
     G                     C            G             C 
I've been down through the valley, alleyways and boulevards 
       G             C            G                C 
Oh but I would go forever just to get to where you are 
    G                 C         G              C 
And we all have our stories and we all made it through 
        G               C            G               C 
Oh but I don't know if I would have made it without you 
        G               C            G               C 
Oh but I don't know if I would have made it without you 


       Em        G         C 
Yeah I run right back from Carolina 
      Em        G         C 
And I run right back from New Orleans 
       Em       G        C 
'Cuz I can't forget the times I held you 
     Em        G         C 
And all those songs you sang with me 
       Em        G         C 
Yeah I run right back from Carolina 
      Em        G         C 
And I run right back from New Orleans 
       Em       G        C 
'Cuz I can't forget the times I held you 
     Em        G         C 
And all those songs you sang with me 

Instrumental 
G/D  C/E  G/D  C/E 
G/D  C/E  G/D  C/E 
C 
G 
G/D  C/E  G/D  C/E 
G/D  C/E  G/D  C/E 

verse 3 
G                C       G               C 
We all have our stories; we all made it through 
        G               C            G               C 
Oh but I don't know if I would have made it without you 
        G               C            G               C 
Oh but I don't know if I would have made it without you 


       Em        G         C 
Yeah I run right back from Carolina 
      Em        G         C 
And I run right back to Tennessee 
       Em       G        C 
'Cuz I can't forget the times I held you 
     Em        G         C 
And all those songs you sang with me  
    	

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