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D/a

A

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x3

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F#m

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F#m

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D

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E

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E

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A

D/a

A

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back at the years gone by, like so many summer fields In sixty-five I was seventeen, and running up 101

D/a

A

E

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

D/a

A

Running on, running on empty Running on, running blind Running on, running into the sun

F#m

But I'm running behind Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive In sixty-nine I was twenty-one, and called the road my own I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on Running on, running on empty Running on, running blind Running on, running into the sun But I'm running behind

F#m

D

E

A

Everyone I know, everywhere I go

F#m

E

D

People need some reason to believe

A

I don't know about anyone but me

F#m

D

E

A

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

D

E

D

A

Bm

A

If I can get you to smile before I leave Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels I look around for the friends I used to turn to, to pull me through Looking into their eyes I see them running too Running on, running on empty Running on, running blind Running on, running into the sun But I'm running behind

D/a

A

D/a

A

Honey you really tempt me, you know the way you look so kind

D/a

E

D/a

A

Bm

A

I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind

D/a

E

D/a

A

Bm

A

You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find

D/a

E

D/a

A

Bm

A

Running into the sun but I'm running behind |

D/a

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D/a

A

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x10

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D

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E

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D

A

Bm

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A

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E

A

B

E

A

E

Well, she was standing at the load-in, when the trucks rolled up

A

E

A

E

She was sniffing all around like a half-grown female pup

A

E

C#m

She wasn't hard to talk to, looked like she had nowhere to go

E

A

B

E

A

E

So I gave her a pass so she could get in and see the show

E

A

B

E

A

E

Well, I sat her down right next to me and I got her a beer

A

E

A

E

While I mixed that sound on the stage so the band could hear

A

E

C#m

The more I watched her watch them play, the less I thought of to say

E

A

B

E

A

E

And when they walked offstage, the drummer swept that girl away

A

E

A

But Rosie you're alright (you wear my ring)

A

E

A

When you hold me tight (Rosie, that's my thing)

A

E

C#m

When you turn out the lights (I got to hand it to me)

A

A

E

E

B

A

E

B

A

Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie

E

A

E

A

E

Well I guess I might've known from the start, she'd come for a star

A

E

A

E

Could've told my imagination not to run too far

A

E

C#m

With all the times that I've been burned, by now you'd think I'd learned

E

A

B

E

E

A

That it's who you look like, not who you are

A

E

A

But Rosie you're alright (you wear my ring)

A

E

A

When you hold me tight (Rosie, that's my thing)

A

E

C#m

When you turn out the lights (I got to hand it to me)

A

A

E

E

B

A

E

B

A

Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie

A

E

B

A

Rosie

G

D

A

G

When you look over your shoulder

D

A

G

And you see the light that you have left behind

D

A

G

Bm

When you think it over, do you ever wonder?

G

A

G

A

D

What it is that holds your life so close to mine

D

A

G

D

A

G

You love the thunder, and you love the rain

D

A

G

What you see revealed within the anger is worth the pain

D

A

Bm

And before the lightning fades and you surrender

G

A

G

A

D

You've got a second to look at the dark side of a man

D

A

G

D

A

G

You love the thunder, and you love the rain

D

A

G

D

A

G

You know your hunger, oo, like you know your name

D

A

Bm

D

A

Bm

I know you wonder how you ever came

G

A

G

A

D

To be a woman in love with a man in search of the flame

G

D

A

G

Draw the shades and light the fire

D

A

G

For the night it holds you, and it calls your name

D

A

G

Bm

And just like your lover knows your desire

G

A

G

A

D

And the crazy longing that time will never tame

D

A

G

D

A

G

You love the thunder, and you love the rain

D

A

G

D

A

G

You know your hunger, oo, like you know your name

D

A

Bm

D

A

Bm

I got your number, if it s still the same

G

A

G

D

And you can dream, but you can never go back the way you came

D

A

G

D

A

G

You love the thunder, and you love the rain

D

A

G

D

A

G

You know your hunger, oo, like you know your name

D

A

G

D

A

G

You love the thunder, and you love the rain

D

A

G

D

A

G

I got your number, oo love the rain

D

A

G

La la la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la la...

C

C7

You take Sally, and I'll take Sue

F

There ain't no difference between the two

C

F

G

C

Cocaine, running all round my brain Heading down Scott, turning up Main Looking for that girl who sells cocaine Cocaine, running all round my brain

E

Mmm, mama, come here quick

F

That old cocaine 'bout to make me sick

C

F

G

C

Cocaine, running all round my brain Late last night about a quarter past four Ladani come knocking down my hotel room door Where's the cocaine? I said it's running all round my brain I was talking to my doctor down at the hospital He said, son it says here your 27, but that's impossible Cocaine, you look like you could be 45 Now I'm losing touch with reality and I'm almost out of blow It's such a fine line I hate to see it go Cocaine, running all round my brain

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G

Bm

Now the seats are all empty

C

Em

Let the roadies take the stage

C

G

C/g

Pack it up and tear it down

G

Em

They're the first to come, and the last to leave

C

Em

Working for that minimum wage

C

G

C/g

They'll set it up in another town

Em

B7

Tonight the people were so fine

C

A7

They waited there in line

G

Em

And when they got up on their feet

C

G

They made the show

G

Bm

And that was sweet but I can hear the sound

C

Em

Of slamming doors and folding chairs

C

D

G

C/g

And that's a sound they'll never know

G

C

Now roll them cases out and lift them amps

G

C

Haul them trusses down and get 'em up them ramps

G

Bm

'Cause when it comes to movin' me

C

D

You know, you guys are the champs

G

C

But when that last guitar's been packed away

G

C

Em

You know that I still want to play

C

So just make sure you got it all set to go

D

Em

G

Before you come, for my piano | | | | | | | |

Em

B7

But the band's on the bus

C

A7

And they're waiting to go

G

Em

We've got to drive all night

D

C

G

And do a show in Chicago

G

Bm

Or Detroit, I don t know

C

D

Em

We do so many shows in a row

C

D

G

And these towns all look the same

G

We just pass the time in the hotel rooms

C

Em

And wander round backstage

C

Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd

D

And we remember why we came | | | | | | | |

G

Em

Now, we got Country and Western on the bus, R&B

C

G

D

We got Disco and 8-tracks and cassettes in stereo

G

We've got rural scenes and magazines

C

Em

And we've got truckers on CB

C

D

G

And we got Richard Pryor on the video

G

We got time to think of the ones we love

C

Em

While the miles roll away

C

But the only time that seems too short

D

Is the time that we get to play

G

C

People you've got the power over what we do

G

C

You can sit there and wait, or you can pull us through

G

/b

C

D

Come along, sing the song, you know that you can't go wrong

G

/b

'Cause when that morning sun comes beatin' down

C

Em

You're going to wake up in your town

C

But we'll be scheduled to appear

G/b

C

D

A thousand miles away from here

G

Em

C

D

G

Em

C

D

People stay just a little bit longer

G

Em

C

D

G

Em

C

D

We want to play ay just a little bit longer

G

Em

C

D

Now, the promoter don't mind

G

Em

C

D

And the union don't mind

G

Em

If we take a little time

C

D

And we leave it all behind

Em

And sing one more song

G

Em

C

Oh oh, won't you stay ay

D

G

Em

C

D

Just a little bit longer........

G

Em

C

D

Em

Please, please, please, say you will, say you will

G

Em

C

Oh won't you stay.....

D

G

Em

C

D

Just a little bit longer

G

Em

C

Oh-oh, please, please, stay

D

G

Em

C

D

Just a little bit more Yeah! Woo!

G

Em

C

D

Now, the promoter don't mind

G

Em

C

D

And the roadies don't mind

G

Em

If we take a little time

C

D

And we leave this all behind

Em

And sing one more song