Running Away Chords & Tabs

by Bob Marley

[Version Description]
This version is based on the studio recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE4TpnYIsW4.

[Intro]
|: Gm Cm :|
|: Gm Cm :|

[Chorus]
     Gm             Am   
Ya running and ya running
         Bb     Cm 
And ya Running Away
     Gm             Am   
Ya running and ya running
         Bb     Cm 
And ya Running Away
     Gm             Am   
Ya running and ya running
         Bb     Cm 
And ya Running Away
     Gm             Am    
Ya running and ya running,
    Bb       Cm              Gm    
But ya can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself

[Verse 1]
              Cm              Gm   
Ya must have done (must have done),
           Cm               Gm   
Somet'in' wrong (something wrong)
                    Cm             Gm   
Said: ya must have done (must have done)
               Cm               Gm   
Wo! Somet'in' wrong (something wrong)
                        Cm              Gm    Cm
Why you can't find the Place where you belong?
   Gm         Cm
(Running Away)
   Gm         Cm
(Running Away)
   Gm         Cm
(Running Away)
   Gm         Cm
(Running Away)
   Gm         Cm
(Running Away)
 Gm                      Cm                      Gm     Cm
Every man thinketh his Burden is the heaviest (heaviest)
 Gm                      Cm                      Gm     Cm
Every man thinketh his Burden is the heaviest (heaviest)
Cm               
Ya still mean it:
Gm            Cm           
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Gm            Cm           
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Gm            Cm           
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Gm            Cm           
Who feels it knows it, Lord

[Chorus]
     Gm             Am   
Ya running and ya running
         Bb     Cm 
And ya Running Away
     Gm             Am   
Ya running and ya running
         Bb     Cm 
And ya Running Away
     Gm             Am   
Ya running and ya running
         Bb     Cm 
And ya Running Away
     Gm             Am    
Ya running and ya running,
    Bb       Cm              Gm    
But ya can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                   Gm     
Can't run away from yourself
Cm                        Gm    
Yeah-eah-eah-eah - from yourself

[Verse 2]
      Cm                  Gm      
Brr - you must have done somet'in'
                         Cm    
Somet'in', somet'in', somet'in'
                    Gm                      
Somet'in' ya don't want nobody to know about
   Cm          Gm      Cm       Gm   
Ya must have, Lord - somet'in' wrong,
 Gm                Cm 
What ya must have done
Gm            Cm    Gm           Cm
ya must have done somet'in' wrong
Gm                  Cm         Gm   
Why you can't find where you belong?
Cm                     
Well, well, well, well,
Gm               Cm     
ya Running Away, heh, no
Gm                    Cm         
Ya Running Away, ooh, no, no, no,
           Gm                Cm                            
I'm not (Running Away), no, don't say that, don't say that,
           Gm                                Cm 
'Cause (Running Away) I'm not Running Away, ooh!

[Outro]
  Gm          
(Running Away)
               Cm           
I've got to protect my life,
  Gm          
(Running Away)
                     Cm                
And I don't want to live with no strife
  Gm          
(Running Away)
                             Cm     
It is better to live on the housetop
  Gm          
(Running Away)
                         Cm              
Than to live in a house full of confusion
  Gm          
(Running Away)
                        Cm          
So, I made my decision and I left ya
  Gm          
(Running Away)
                  Cm     
Now you comin' to tell me
           Gm          
That I'm (Running Away)
  Gm          
(Running Away)
         Cm      
But it's not true
            Gm              
I am not (Running Away) away
  Gm          
(Running Away)