Running Away Chords
Running Away by Sly & The Family Stone is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C5+, Dm7, Bb, Am7, Eb, Gm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C C5+
Running away to get away
Dm7 Bb
Ha ha ha ha You're wearing out your
Am7 Dm7
Shoes
Am7 Dm7
Look at you, fooling you
C C5+
Making blues of night and day
Dm7 Bb
Hee hee hee hee You're stretching out your
Am7 Dm7
Dues
Am7 Dm7
Look at you, fooling you
Interlude
|Bb|Eb|Dm7|Eb|Bb|Eb|Dm7|Gm|Dm7|G7|
C C5+
Shorter cut is quicker but
Dm7 Bb
Ha ha ha ha Time is here to
Am7 Dm7
Stay
Am7 Dm7
Look at you, fooling you
C C5+
The deeper in debt the harder you bet
Dm7 Bb
Hee hee hee hee Need more room to
Am7 Dm7
Play
Am7 Dm7
Look at you, fooling you
Interlude
|Bb|Eb|Dm7|Eb|Bb|Eb|Dm7|Gm|Dm7|G7|
C C5+
Another day you're farther away
Dm7 Bb
Ha ha ha ha A longer trip back home
Am7 Dm7 Am7 Dm7 Am7 Dm7 Am7 Dm7 and fade