Renegade Chords
by Styx
Renegade by Styx is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, F, G, Bb and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse: (spoken)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life
from the long arm of the law
Law man has put an end to my running
and I'm so far from my home
Oh Mama, I can hear you crying
you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows
and I don't have very long
C D F G
The jig is up,
C D F G
the news is out
C D F G F
They finally found me
C D F G
The renegade
C D F G
who had it made
C D F G F
Retrieved for a bounty
F
Never more to go astray
G
This'll be the end today
D F G D F G F
Of the wanted man
Riff: D F G D F G F
Verse:
Bb A G A Bb A G A Bb A G
Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head
Bb A G A Bb A G A Bb A G
Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive' and it's for sure he'll see me dead
Bb A G A Bb A G A Bb A G
Dear Mama I can hear you cryin', you're so scared and all alone
Bb A G A Bb A G A Bb A G
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long
C D F G C D F G
The jig is up, the news is out
C D F G F
They finally found me
C D F G C D F G
The renegade who had it made
C D F G F
Retrieved for a bounty
F
Never more to go astray
G
The judge'll have revenge today
D F G D F G F
On the wanted man