Standard (EADGBE)

E - - 3 - -|

B - - 3 - -|

G - 2 - - -|

Intro

Verse i

 The Kentucky pill

 And a cow tipping expedition

 And I've seen a fuller moon

 Swinging wanton premonition

Pre-chorus i

 Did ya ever expect to have more fame than this or that?

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 Cause there's believing and there's taking off your hat

 [violin part: ]

 And there's reading and there's reading this or that

 [violin part: - ]

Chorus i

 I'm running for my old playmates

 I'm running through the town

 I'm running with a gun

 That's gonna shoot my playmates down

 pick Intro again: -

Verse ii

 Did you punch all those clocks?

 Did you seal up those time bandits?

 If you're playing on the swings

 You can't be in the sand pit

Pre-chorus ii

 I lied to you when you wore those other clothes

 [ pick ]

 I was into your thinking: where can I get one of those?

 [ pick ]

 I woulda picked your brains I would've paid you through the nose

 [ - ]

Chorus ii

 I'm running for my old playmates

 I'm running through the town

 I'm running with a gun

 That's gonna shoot my playmates down

Bridge i

 I am running

 Oh I'm running

 Oh oh yes I'm running

 Oh I'm running

 Oh oh oh

 [ pick - ]

Verse iii

 And the girls that you see

 They're all faster than a train

 You see the same girl

 But you won't see that face again

Pre-chorus iii

 Left the changes down to fate and happenstance

 [pick ]

 Picked a viewpoint oh and how my girl can dance

 [ pick ]

 Followed empty, realized she was watering the plants

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Chorus iii

 I'm running for my old playmates

 I'm running through the town

 I'm running with a gun

 That's gonna shoot my playmates down

Bridge ii

 Oh I'm running

 Oh I'm running

 Oh oh yes I'm running

 Oh I'm running

 Oh oh oh

Outro

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