Tom Petty - Running Mans Bible

running man’s bible

tom petty & the heartbreakers – mojo , june 2010 – track 3

note : Am is struck with a downstroke , then sharp upstrokes . the “x’s” below are chord hits .

short intro and lyric chord pattern . . . . Am ( 4x ) – C ( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x )

Am
you’re with me tonight on this dark highway . . . C ( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x ) ( repeat C
( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x ) pattern after every lyric line )
we’ve run it together so many times
we’ve run it for money , we’ve run it for music
we’ve run it to pay for our innocent crimes
i took on my father and i’m still walkin
took on all comers in some shape or form
and i see with the eyes of something wounded
something still standing after the storm

Am C F
here’s one to glory and survival . . . . . Am ( 4x ) – C ( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x ) ( twice )

Am C F D
and staying alive , it’s the running man’s bible . . . . . C ( 4x ) – D ( three times )

Am
i been next in line , i been next to nothing . . . . C ( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x )
been next to bystanders who shoulda said something
it was not in my vision , it was not in my mind
to return from a mission , a man left behind

Am C F
here’s one to glory and survival . . . . . Am ( 4x ) – C ( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x ) ( twice )

Am C F D
and staying alive , it’s the running man’s bible . . . . . C ( 4x ) – D ( three times )

Am
i don’t speak of the times ive nearly died . . . . C ( 2x ) – D ( 1x ) – C ( 1x )
i don’t speak of out lasting those who are gone
or the things i’ve done i care not to remember
or the desperate measures that might have been wrong
honey here’s one to glory , here’s to bad weather
and all the hard things weve been through together
here’s to the golden rule and survival
and to staying alive , it’s the running man’s bible

Am C F
here’s one to glory and survival .

Am C F D
and staying alive , it’s the running man’s bible . . . . . C ( 4x ) – D ( three times )

fade out over Am – C – D – C chord pattern , solo on top .