Chords for Billy Strings "Running On Empty" 7/23/23 Essex Junction, VT
Tempo:
78.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Em
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
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[Em]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
[G] [C] Looking back [G] at the years gone by [C] like so many [G] summer fields
up [G] 101
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[Em]
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[C] Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
[G] [C] Looking back [G] at the years gone by [C] like so many [G] summer fields
up [G] 101
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_ _ _ [C] Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
[G] _ _ _ [C] Looking back [G] at the years gone by [C] like so many [G] summer fields
[C] In sixty [G]-five I was seventeen [C] running up [G] 101
[C] I [A] don't know where I'm running now [D] I'm just running on
[C] Running on, [G] running on empty [C] Running [G] _ wild, [C] [G] running into the sun
But I'm running [Em]
behind _ _ [C] Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
[G] _ _ [C] Try not [G] to confuse it with [C] what you do [G] to survive
[C] In sixty [D]-nine I was twenty-one [C] and I [D] called the road my home
_ [C] [Bm] I don't know when that road turned [D] into the road I'm on
[C] Running on, [G] running on empty [C] Running _ [G] wild, [C] [G] running into the sun
But I'm [Em] running behind _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Em] Everyone [C] I know, [D]
everywhere [G] I go
[Em] People [D] need some reason [C] to be I don't [G] know about anyone but [Em] me
If it [C] takes all night, [D]
that'll [G] be alright [C] If I can get [D] you to smile before [C] I [G] leave
_ _ [C] Looking [G] out at the road rushing under [C] my wheels [G] _ _ [C] I don't [G] know how to tell y'all just [C] how crazy [G] this life is
[C] I look [G] around at the friends I used to [C] turn to to pull me through
[G] _ _ [C] Looking [Bm] into their eyes I [D] see them running
_ [C] Running on, [G] running on empty [C] Running _ [G] wild, [C] running [G] into the sun
But I'm [Em] running behind
_ _ [C] Oh honey [G] you really tempt me the way [C] that you look so [G] high
_ [C] I'd rather stick [D] around but I'm running [C]
[G] behind
_ _ [C] You know I don't [D] even know what I'm hoping [C] to [G] find
Running wild, [C] running [D] into the sun But I'm [C] running [G] behind
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_ _ _ [C] Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
[G] _ _ _ [C] Looking back [G] at the years gone by [C] like so many [G] summer fields
[C] In sixty [G]-five I was seventeen [C] running up [G] 101
[C] I [A] don't know where I'm running now [D] I'm just running on
[C] Running on, [G] running on empty [C] Running [G] _ wild, [C] [G] running into the sun
But I'm running [Em]
behind _ _ [C] Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
[G] _ _ [C] Try not [G] to confuse it with [C] what you do [G] to survive
[C] In sixty [D]-nine I was twenty-one [C] and I [D] called the road my home
_ [C] [Bm] I don't know when that road turned [D] into the road I'm on
[C] Running on, [G] running on empty [C] Running _ [G] wild, [C] [G] running into the sun
But I'm [Em] running behind _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] Everyone [C] I know, [D]
everywhere [G] I go
[Em] People [D] need some reason [C] to be I don't [G] know about anyone but [Em] me
If it [C] takes all night, [D]
that'll [G] be alright [C] If I can get [D] you to smile before [C] I [G] leave
_ _ [C] Looking [G] out at the road rushing under [C] my wheels [G] _ _ [C] I don't [G] know how to tell y'all just [C] how crazy [G] this life is
[C] I look [G] around at the friends I used to [C] turn to to pull me through
[G] _ _ [C] Looking [Bm] into their eyes I [D] see them running
_ [C] Running on, [G] running on empty [C] Running _ [G] wild, [C] running [G] into the sun
But I'm [Em] running behind
_ _ [C] Oh honey [G] you really tempt me the way [C] that you look so [G] high
_ [C] I'd rather stick [D] around but I'm running [C]
[G] behind
_ _ [C] You know I don't [D] even know what I'm hoping [C] to [G] find
Running wild, [C] running [D] into the sun But I'm [C] running [G] behind
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