Take it on the run (video) (intro) (midi)

G

1. Heard it from a friend who

C

heard it from a friend who

D G - C - D

heard it from another you been messin' around.

G

They say you got a boy friend,

C

you're up there every weekend,

D G

they're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down.

G

2. But I know the neighbourhood,

C

and talk is cheap when the story is good,

D G

and the tales grow taller on down the line.

G

But I'm telling you, babe,

C

that I don't think it's true, babe,

D G - G - D

and even if it is, keep this in mind.

Em

You take it on the run, baby,

C

if that's the way you want it, baby,

D G - G - D

then I don't want you around.

Em - C

I don't believe it, not for a minute

Am D

you're under the gun, so you take it on the run.

G

3. You're thinking up your white lies,

C

you're putting on your bedroom eyes,

D G

you say you're coming home, but you won't say when.

G

But I can feel it coming,

C

if you leave tonight, keep running,

D G - G - D

and you need never look back again.

Em

You take it on the run, baby,

C

if that's the way you want it, baby,

D G - G - D

then I don't want you around.

Em - C

I don't believe it, not for a minute,

Am D

you're under the gun, so you take it on the run.

+ Em - C - Am - Bm - D (4x)

+ CHORUS (2x)

G

Heard it from a friend who

C

heard it from a friend who

D C G

heard it from another you been messin' around.

(REO Speedwagon)