The Running Kind Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

The Running Kind by Radney Foster is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 
 
(A) I was born the running kind 
With leaving always on my mind 
Home was never home to me at (D) any time 
Every (E) front door found me hopin' 
I would find the back door open 
There just had to be an exit for the (A) running kind 
 
(A) Within' me there's a prison  
Surrounding me alone  
As real as any dungeon with these (D) walls of stone 
I know (E) runnin's not the answer, but runnin's been my nature 
And the part of me that keeps me movin' (A) on 
  
Solo 
 
(A) I was born the running kind  
With leaving always on my mind 
Home was never home to me at (D) any time 
Every (E) front door found me hopin' 
I would find the back door open 
There just had to be an exit for the (A) running kind 
 
Outro 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante