Run Daddy Run Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays398

Run Daddy Run by Pistol Annies is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, E and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			


Am                      E            Am 
daddy can you hear the devil drawing near 
Am                        E         Am 
like a bullet from a gun, run daddy run 

Verse 1:
 
Dm                                        Am                 
all the songs you used to sing to me would rock the birds to sleep 
Dm                                  E        
i need you now so please somehow put rockets on your feet 
E 
wow wow wow wow 


Am                      E            Am 
daddy can you hear the devil drawing near 
Am                         E         Am 
like a bullet from a gun, run daddy run 

Verse 2:
 
Dm                              Am             
saw that dark cloud coming from a million miles away 
Dm                     E 
oh how i?ve dreaded this god forsaken place 
E 
wow wow wow wow 


Am                      E             Am 
daddy can you hear the devil drawing near 
Am                         E        Am 
like a bullet from a gun, run daddy run 


Bridge
 
(This part needs to be played with more of a rhythmic groove) 
Am                              
mamas been cryin in the kitchen 
Am 
sisters been afraid of the dark 
Am                                E 
i?ve been gatherin the pieces of all these shattered hearts 
Am 
i don?t care where you go to 
Am 
i don?t care where you land 
Am                             E 
just get out of here daddy as fast as you can 
E 
wow wow wow wow 

 
Am                      E             Am 
daddy can you hear the devil drawing near 
Am                        E          Am 
like a bullet from a gun, run daddy run 
E         Am   E         Am              
run daddy run, run daddy 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