Chords for Dr. C. J. Johnson (1965) “You Better Run”
Tempo:
58.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
D#
F
G#
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Well, if God calls, know that something's bound to [F] be taught,
and He's blessed there are.
Closed his heart and there's this thing to come on and say,
close his mind and say, don't you [C#] leave him not to be found.
But if they had a rhyme, [G#]
[D#] a few [F#] bags,
well, if you don't believe that I'm singing [Bm] it right,
you can take a [F]
hint.
Feel it tonight, you can breathe in again,
and you will [D#] understand that my [F#] Susan Lindner,
he was the oldest man to have lived nine hundred and [G#] six.
And I can't imagine what I have [C#] done.
Time to feel better.
I'm here to make you feel
[B] [F#]
better.
Well, he was [F] a great fellow.
[E] He took a new place and left.
[D#] Fighting the [D] cattle, he prayed to the Lord to [G#] stop the sun and dark.
Stop the sun and dark.
And then [F] he was at the foot of the hill.
He said, I [Dm] don't mind if you just stand [D#] still and run.
You better [F#] run.
Come on.
Are you there?
[F#]
[D#] [F#] You there?
[D#]
[G] We see so [G#m] well.
And Nicodemus, a ruler [F] of the Jews,
oh, well, he came to Jesus.
He came by night.
He said, I want [N] to be born into the heavenly light.
And Christ spoke to Nicodemus and had the dream.
He said, if you want to get ahead, [E] you must be born again.
Oh, oh, oh, Nicodemus couldn't [C#] understand.
How could a [F#] man be born?
Oh, he was so bold.
Oh, but he knew better.
I'm here to make you feel better.
[N] [G]
The river backed Samson from his bed.
He's the strongest man that ever lived [D#] on earth.
And one day, as he was walking in the dung,
well, [F#] Samson's banker had never found out.
So well, his [F] wife, she came and sat upon his knee.
She said, now, please tell him where your banker might [G#] be.
And he told him, well, thank the Lord.
In my hair, you [D] see my hair.
Jesus, the cleanest of your hands.
A banker will become as a [F#] natural man.
Now, but you better run.
Come on.
Say [Dm] [N] it.
and He's blessed there are.
Closed his heart and there's this thing to come on and say,
close his mind and say, don't you [C#] leave him not to be found.
But if they had a rhyme, [G#]
[D#] a few [F#] bags,
well, if you don't believe that I'm singing [Bm] it right,
you can take a [F]
hint.
Feel it tonight, you can breathe in again,
and you will [D#] understand that my [F#] Susan Lindner,
he was the oldest man to have lived nine hundred and [G#] six.
And I can't imagine what I have [C#] done.
Time to feel better.
I'm here to make you feel
[B] [F#]
better.
Well, he was [F] a great fellow.
[E] He took a new place and left.
[D#] Fighting the [D] cattle, he prayed to the Lord to [G#] stop the sun and dark.
Stop the sun and dark.
And then [F] he was at the foot of the hill.
He said, I [Dm] don't mind if you just stand [D#] still and run.
You better [F#] run.
Come on.
Are you there?
[F#]
[D#] [F#] You there?
[D#]
[G] We see so [G#m] well.
And Nicodemus, a ruler [F] of the Jews,
oh, well, he came to Jesus.
He came by night.
He said, I want [N] to be born into the heavenly light.
And Christ spoke to Nicodemus and had the dream.
He said, if you want to get ahead, [E] you must be born again.
Oh, oh, oh, Nicodemus couldn't [C#] understand.
How could a [F#] man be born?
Oh, he was so bold.
Oh, but he knew better.
I'm here to make you feel better.
[N] [G]
The river backed Samson from his bed.
He's the strongest man that ever lived [D#] on earth.
And one day, as he was walking in the dung,
well, [F#] Samson's banker had never found out.
So well, his [F] wife, she came and sat upon his knee.
She said, now, please tell him where your banker might [G#] be.
And he told him, well, thank the Lord.
In my hair, you [D] see my hair.
Jesus, the cleanest of your hands.
A banker will become as a [F#] natural man.
Now, but you better run.
Come on.
Say [Dm] [N] it.
Key:
F#
D#
F
G#
C#
F#
D#
F
Well, if God calls, know that something's bound to [F] be taught,
and He's blessed there are.
Closed his heart and there's this thing to come on and say,
close his mind and say, don't you [C#] leave him not to be found.
But if they had a rhyme, _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ a few [F#] bags,
well, if you don't believe that I'm singing [Bm] it right,
you can take a [F]
hint.
Feel it tonight, you can breathe in again,
and you will [D#] understand that my [F#] Susan Lindner,
he was the oldest man to have lived nine hundred and [G#] six.
And I can't imagine what I have [C#] done.
Time to feel better.
I'm here to make you feel _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#]
better.
Well, he was [F] _ _ _ a great fellow.
[E] He took a new place and left.
[D#] Fighting the [D] cattle, he prayed to the Lord to [G#] stop the sun and dark.
Stop the sun and dark.
And then [F] he was at the foot of the hill.
He said, I [Dm] don't mind if you just stand [D#] still and run.
You better [F#] run.
Come on.
Are you there?
[F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [F#] You there?
[D#] _
_ [G] We see so [G#m] well.
And Nicodemus, a ruler [F] of the Jews,
oh, well, he came to Jesus.
He came by night.
He said, I want [N] to be born into the heavenly light.
And Christ spoke to Nicodemus and had the dream.
He said, if you want to get ahead, [E] you must be born again.
Oh, oh, oh, Nicodemus couldn't [C#] understand.
How could a [F#] man be born?
Oh, he was so bold.
Oh, but he knew better.
I'm here to make you feel better. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
The river backed Samson from his bed.
He's the strongest man that ever lived [D#] on earth.
And one day, as he was walking in the dung,
well, [F#] Samson's banker had never found out.
So well, his [F] wife, she came and sat upon his knee.
She said, now, please tell him where your banker might [G#] be.
And he told him, well, thank the Lord.
In my hair, you [D] see my hair.
Jesus, the cleanest of your hands.
A banker will become as a [F#] natural man.
Now, but you better run.
Come on.
Say [Dm] _ _ _ [N] it. _ _
and He's blessed there are.
Closed his heart and there's this thing to come on and say,
close his mind and say, don't you [C#] leave him not to be found.
But if they had a rhyme, _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ a few [F#] bags,
well, if you don't believe that I'm singing [Bm] it right,
you can take a [F]
hint.
Feel it tonight, you can breathe in again,
and you will [D#] understand that my [F#] Susan Lindner,
he was the oldest man to have lived nine hundred and [G#] six.
And I can't imagine what I have [C#] done.
Time to feel better.
I'm here to make you feel _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#]
better.
Well, he was [F] _ _ _ a great fellow.
[E] He took a new place and left.
[D#] Fighting the [D] cattle, he prayed to the Lord to [G#] stop the sun and dark.
Stop the sun and dark.
And then [F] he was at the foot of the hill.
He said, I [Dm] don't mind if you just stand [D#] still and run.
You better [F#] run.
Come on.
Are you there?
[F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [F#] You there?
[D#] _
_ [G] We see so [G#m] well.
And Nicodemus, a ruler [F] of the Jews,
oh, well, he came to Jesus.
He came by night.
He said, I want [N] to be born into the heavenly light.
And Christ spoke to Nicodemus and had the dream.
He said, if you want to get ahead, [E] you must be born again.
Oh, oh, oh, Nicodemus couldn't [C#] understand.
How could a [F#] man be born?
Oh, he was so bold.
Oh, but he knew better.
I'm here to make you feel better. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
The river backed Samson from his bed.
He's the strongest man that ever lived [D#] on earth.
And one day, as he was walking in the dung,
well, [F#] Samson's banker had never found out.
So well, his [F] wife, she came and sat upon his knee.
She said, now, please tell him where your banker might [G#] be.
And he told him, well, thank the Lord.
In my hair, you [D] see my hair.
Jesus, the cleanest of your hands.
A banker will become as a [F#] natural man.
Now, but you better run.
Come on.
Say [Dm] _ _ _ [N] it. _ _