Great Big Sea - Hit The Ground And Run

here’s a song from gbs’s 2010 album , “safe upon the shore” . this song was co – written by
alan doyle and russell crowe .

– standard tuning –

– capo 2nd fret –

– chords : –
D : xx0232
A : x0222
xg : 320033
Em : 022000

[ intro ]
D , A , D

[ verse 1 ]
D
there’s a wedding in the chapel ,
G
and the bride is oh so happy ,
D A
and Daddy’s got a shotgun in his hand ,
D
the groom is sweatin’ bullets ,
G
as the priest steps to the pulpit ,
D A D
he’s about to make this boy into a man .

[ chorus ]
D
sweet jesus in the garden ,
G
can you grant this boy a pardon ,
D A
for its true he really don’t know what he’s done ,
D
better lock the church door tight ,
G
’cause at the slightest crack of light ,
D A D
that boy is gonna hit the ground and run ,
A D
he’s gonna run he’s gonna fly ,
( D )
he’s out the door and down the street ,
Em A
and he won’t say goodbye ,
D
the diapers and the diatribes ,
G D
of her Daddy on the rum ,
A D
that boy is gonna hit the ground and run .

[ verse 2 ]
was it the rubbing or the tugging ,
put a bun in nancy’s oven ,
she’s praying she’s not starting to show ,
but the wedding’s set for april ,
and she’s known since november ,
she ain’t got hells chance of a ball of snow .

[ chorus ]

[ instrumental ]
A , D
D , Em , A
D , G , D
D , A , D

[ verse 3 ]
what in the lords name was he thinking ,
you can’t blame this all on drinking ,
you can count the family teeth upon one hand ,
by midnight he was muddled ,
and her gene pool is a puddle ,
that boy might be the Daddy of his old man .

[ chorus ]
that boy is gonna hit the ground and run ,
that boy is gonna hit the ground and run .