Take It And Run Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G][C][G][C][G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Maureen's out on [G]the street again
Didn't get the job 'cause she
missed her appointment
[C]She don't know if the kids
are fed
They've got holes in their shoes and
[G]the cold's com[C]ing quick [G]now
The power's off the bills ain't paid gotta jump
the box from the neighbor's apartment
[C]Space heaters and welfare checks are as good
as it gets in this land of hard lesson[Em]s[C]

[Verse 2]
[G]Don't talk to me if you ain't
got the [Em]answers I [C]need[G]
Yeah I've got problems
Can't you [Em]see I'm trying t[C]o[G]

[Interlude 1]
solve them?
[Em][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
Broke it off with [G]the man in her life finally got
the courage to pack up and leave now
[C]She keeps saying she'll be all rig[Cm]ht but
in her mind does [C]she really [Cm]believe [C]it
[G]Long lines on Piedmont Street but if you
hang around you might get a bed there
[C]Turn around and don't look back you've got a piece
of your [Cm]life [C]so take it and run [G]now
[Em][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[Em]The[C][G][Em][C][G]
[Am][A][C]
[D]sun is shining on you
Maureen may all your dreams come
[G]true[D][G][C][G][C][G][C][D]
[G]
Broke it off with the man in her life you know
she ain't got nothing [C]bet[Cm] ter
[C]Yeah you know she don't but she keep[Cm]s on belie[G]v
[Em]ing[C][G][Em][C][G][Em]
[G][Em][C][G][A][Am][F][C]
[D]
The sun is shin[C]ing [D]on you
Maureen may all your dreams

[Outro 1]
come true
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