Running Deer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I promised you if [Am]you'd
love [Em]me
That I'd never ever [Am]go
[C]Want you to know now[D] that I meant tha[G]t
[C]Just didn't kno[D]w they'd
need me so
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[Verse 2]
[Em]My body's here in the [Am]city[Em]
But my soul is back [Am]at home
[C]My people nee[D]d my educatio[G]n
[C]Pleading eyes won't [D]leave my head [G]alone.

[Verse 3]
[C]So this is Run[D]ning Deer run[G]ning[C]
To [D]the home I left be[G]hind[C]
This is [D]running deer [G]running
[C]Before I run[D] out of my mind.
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[Verse 4]
[Em]
I told you bout the reserva[Am]tion[Em]
And the way that I was [Am]raised[C]
How my fam[D]ily never had [G]much[C]
Well now I've [D]got some
debts to pay
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[Verse 5]
[Em]
You were born here in [Am]the city
[Em]You've seen the hunger and t[Am]he pain
[C]My people liv[D]ed like that
for cen[G]turies
[C]That's what I have [D]got to try and [G]change.

[Outro 1]
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