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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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Picked a viewpoint oh and how my girl can dance

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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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