Runaway Children
Runaway Children

Runaway Children chords by Joe Purdy

N/A
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    was 
    born 
    an 
    only 
    child 

    On 
    warm 
    Jersey 

    night. 

    My 
    mother 
    was 
    dressmaker, 

    My 
    father 
    drove 
    a truck 

    My 
    family 
    never 
    was 
    much 
    good 

    When 
    it came 
    to money-luck...no. 

    Verse 2

    Me 
    and 
    my 
    best 
    friend 
    took 
    to stealing 

    When 
    we 
    were 
    only 

    16. 

    And one 
    year 
    in 
    the county 
    jail 

    Made 
    a man 
    out 
    of 
    Tommy 
    and me. 

    Verse 3

    We 
    caught 
    the train 
    to New 
    York, 

    We 
    thought 
    we 
    were so 
    tough 

    We 
    started 
    fighting 
    for quick 
    cash, 


    We 
    decided 
    we didn't 
    need 
    the 
    money 

    that 
    bad. 

    Verse 4

    We 
    were 
    the 
    runaway 
    children 

    Al
    ways 
    lost 
    in the 
    dark 

    Try
    ing 
    to 
    for
    get 
    where 

    we came 
    from, 

    Trying 
    to make 
    a new 
    start. 

    Oh, 
    but it 
    was so 
    hard. 

    Verse 5

    Earned 
    my 
    first 
    honest 
    dollar 

    Workin' 
    at the 
    mill 
    out
    side 

    of 
    town 

    Tommy 
    went 
    elsewhere 

    Never 
    did 
    like 
    the 
    sound 
    of a 
    poor 
    man 

    cryin'. 

    Verse 6
    Tommy 
    got 
    mixed 
    up 
    with 
    people, 

    The 
    kind 
    of 
    people 
    you 
    just 
    don't 

    get 
    mixed 
    up 
    with 

    And they 
    beat 
    him so 
    bad, 

    he... 

    He almost 
    didn't 
    live 
    to 

    regret 
    it...but he 
    did. 

    Uh, 
    thank 
    God 
    he did. 

    Verse 7

    We 
    were 
    the 
    runaway 
    children 

    Still 
    lost 
    in 
    the 
    dark 

    Try
    ing 
    to 
    forget 
    where 

    we came 
    from 

    Trying 
    to make 
    a new 
    start 

    Oh, 
    but 
    it 
    was 
    so 
    hard...so hard...it was 

    just 
    so 
    hard. 

    Verse 8

    But Tommy 
    moved 
    eight 
    years 
    ago 

    Out 
    to 
    Las 
    Ve
    gas 

    Now 
    he 
    sweeps 
    the floors 

    in 
    the casinos 

    Oh, 
    and he gambles 

    when he's 
    able. 

    When 
    will 
    he 
    ever 
    learn? 

    When 
    will 
    he ever 
    learn? 

    Verse 9

    And me, 
    went 
    back 
    home, 

    Oh, 
    and I 
    made 
    it 
    just 
    in 
    time 

    To 
    say 
    I'm 
    sorry 
    for 

    what 
    I'd done 

    Right 
    before 
    my 
    mother 
    died. 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 10
    Now 
    drive 
    a truck 

    Just 
    like 
    swore 
    I nev
    er would, 

    But I 
    need 
    the money 
    worse 
    than I 

    need 
    the luck

    I know 
    my 
    old 
    man 
    just 
    did 
    the best 
    that he 

    could 
    with what 
    he had. 

    It's funny 
    the things 
    we 
    finally 

    learn 
    how 
    to have 
    of 

    We 
    Verse 11
    were 
    just 
    runaway 
    children 

    Lost 
    in the dark 

    Try
    ing 
    to 
    forget 
    where 

    we came 
    from 

    Oh 
    but 
    we nev
    er, 

    we 
    never 
    made 
    it 
    that 
    far...never made 
    it 
    that 
    far. 

    Oh, 
    but it's 
    still 
    so 

    hard...it's still 
    so 
    hard. 


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