VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by LyricLighthouse
To learn Blues Traveler - Run-Around chords with lyrics, familiarize yourself with these chords: C, Am, D, G, Am, C, D. Start with a comfortable 37 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 76. Given the song's key of G, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.
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G Oh, once
C D upon a midnight,
G here
C you are with something in
D my head.
G C I couldn't
Am escape that
D G memory of
Am a phone call and of what
D you said.
G C Like a game show,
Am you just made
D a parting
G gift.
I could
C not
Am believe my
D eyes.
G When I
C saw through the
Am parts of a
D trusted
G friend who needs
C to humor me
Am and tell me
D lies.
G Yeah,
C humor me
Am and tell me
G lies.
C I'll lock
Am you and see
D I don't
G mind.
C As we
Am sit so
D shall we
G fight.
And when the
Am feeling of help
D still be
Em there.
And now an
Am answer
D will
G reappear.
What
C will
Am be,
D will
G be.
I
C still can't
Am see it.
Oh, but
G leave me
C Am alone.
D G Why you
C wanna see me
Am run
D around?.
G And if
C you're
Am a pirate,
D you'd better think up
C where all the
Am facets
D of love
G are.
I'll meet you now.
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C.
Shaking in
D confidence,
C but a great
Am many
G things.
But being there
Am I can
D see it.
A
G coward like
C a nervous
Am magician waiting in the
D wings.
G Of a
Am mad friend with a
D killer of the
G right.
Am Nobody thinks or
D expects too
G much.
Am.
Hollywood's calling for
D the movie
G rights.
And
C baby
Am let's keep in
D touch.
G Hey
C baby
Am let's keep
D in touch.
G When
C I'm all out
Am of touch, I
D want you to reach
G me.
C And show me all
Am the things no one
D else can
G see.
C So watch out
Am for your weak
D mind as
G well.
Am Soon if we're lucky we'd be
D unable to
G tell what's
C yours and
Am mine.
D A
G vision's fine and it's
C not that I can
Am write.
So don't
D defeat me
G like Buddy
C and
Am Al.
D G Why you wanna
C see me
Am run
D around?.
G And if
C you're a
Am pirate,
D you'd better think
G up
C where all the facets
Am of
D love
G are.
I'll meet you
C now.
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G C It's true
Am hear they say
D the
G party's big and I
C've got some news for
D you.
G Can see
C my ship's still still
Am steering.
So while they
D wouldn't use
G trumpet.
It ain't a
C whole lot that
Am you can
D do.
G Yeah all the
C company's
Am torn and
D winds got me
G colder.
C Perhaps I've
Am grown a little
D cynical.
G But I
Am don't know matter what the
D waitress says.
G I should
Am drink and then always be
D pure.
G Yeah, I will
C drink it and
Am always
D be full.
G Oh,
C I
Am copy and
D I un
G-tick.
I could
C be able to,
Am but I
D don't quit.
G I
C still got this
Am dream that you
D just can't
G shake.
I
C love you to the
Am point you can no
D longer care.
G Well,
C alright,
Am okay, so
D be that
G way.
I'm
C hoping, praying
Am that someday
D love is
G anybody
C else.
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D G Why you wanna
C get me
Am runnin'
D around?.
G Ain't it
C sure if I
Am let
D these things
G up.
C When all I got
Am is to slow me
D down?.
G Oh,
C yeah.
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D G Why you wanna
C get me
Am runnin'
D around?.
G Ain't it
C sure if I
Am let
D these things
G up.
When all I got is to slow me
C down?.
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