Runaway Child, Running Wild Chords by The Temptations

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_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] You play hooky from school and you can't go out to play, yeah.
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ Mama [Am] said, put a rest and a week in your room, you gotta say, [Ab] yeah.
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_ [F] Oh, how you feel like a homeless being only, _ _ [Bbm] but we gotta say, no one is you.
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_ _ _ _ You've been put in spit, cause your mother wants to feed you the right way, yeah.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ When you don't care, and what's your home, let it need to be mine, you're gonna run away, [Eb] yeah.
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ You're on your [Ab] way, [Bb] runaways [Eb] now, running [Bbm] wild, runaways now, running wild.
You're back home, _ [Bb] where you _ belong, _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ roaming through the city, going nowhere fast, [Db] on your own at last.
[Bbm] It's getting late, where will you sleep? _ _ _ _
Getting kinda hungry, if you forgot to bring something to eat.
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But remember, you left home, want to be grown, [Bb] so dry your weeping eyes. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Sirene [Bbm] screaming down the unladen street, you want your mama. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Your father's moving home, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ but she's much too far away.
She can't [Eb] hear a word you [Bbm] say, you've heard some frightening news on the radio.
_ About little boys running away from home, and their parents don't see them no more.
You want us from the head down, _ _ _ but your mama told you never trust a stranger.
And you don't know which way to go.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Streets are dark and deserted, not a sound, not a sign of life.
Oh, how you long to hear your mother's _ voice, cause you're lost and alone.
But remember, you made the choice.
Oh, runaway child, running wild.
_ You better go back home, where you [Bb] belong. _ _ _
Runaway child, running wild.
You better go back [Bbm] home, where you belong. _ _
You're lost in this great big city. _
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Not [Bbm] one familiar face, ain't it a pity? _
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_ [G] [Bbm] Oh, runaway child, [Bb] running wild. _
You [Bbm] better go back home, where you belong.
Oh, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
Mama, _ _ mama, mama, please, come and see about me.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ she's not too far away, can't hear a word she says. _ _ _ _
Oh, _ _ you're frightened and confused, which way will you choose? _ _ _
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