Bob Marley - Running Away: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Running Away" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Chorus:
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running
A# Cm
And ya Running Away
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running
A# Cm
And ya Running Away
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running
A# Cm
And ya Running Away
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running,
A# Cm Gm
But ya can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Ya must have done (must have done),
Cm Gm
Somet'in' wrong (something wrong)
Cm Gm
Said: ya must have done (must have done)
Cm Gm
Wo! Somet'in' wrong (something wrong)
Cm Gm Cm
Why you can't find the Place where you belong?
Gm Cm
(Running Away)
Gm Cm
(Running Away)
Gm Cm
(Running Away)
Gm Cm
(Running Away)
Gm Cm
(Running Away)
Gm Cm
Every man thinketh his Burden is the heaviest
Gm Cm
(heaviest)
Gm Cm
Every man thinketh his Burden is the heaviest
Gm Cm
(heaviest)
Cm
Ya still mean it:
Gm Cm
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Gm Cm
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Gm Cm
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Gm Cm
Who feels it knows it, Lord
Chorus:
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running
A# Cm
And ya Running Away
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running
A# Cm
And ya Running Away
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running
A# Cm
And ya Running Away
Gm Am
Ya running and ya running,
A# Cm Gm
But ya can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Can't run away from yourself
Cm Gm
Yeah-eah-eah-eah - from yourself
Cm Gm
Brr - you must have done somet'in'
Cm
Somet'in', somet'in', somet'in'
Gm
Somet'in' ya don't want nobody to know about
Cm Gm Cm Gm
Ya must have, Lord - somet'in' wrong,
Gm Cm
What ya must have done
Gm Cm Gm Cm
ya must have done somet'in' wrong
Gm Cm Gm
Why you can't find where you belong?
Cm
Well, well, well, well,
Gm Cm
ya Running Away, heh, no
Gm Cm
Ya Running Away, ooh, no, no, no,
Gm Cm
I'm not (Running Away), no, don't say that,
don't say that,
Gm Cm
'Cause (Running Away) I'm not Running Away, ooh!
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
I've got to protect my life,
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
And I don't want to live with no strife
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
It is better to live on the housetop
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
Than to live in a house full of confusion
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
So, I made my decision and I left ya
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
Now you comin' to tell me
Gm
That I'm (Running Away)
Gm
(Running Away)
Cm
But it's not true
Gm
I am not (Running Away) away
Gm
(Running Away)
You can simplify chords by removing barre
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If you are also interested in learning how to play "Running Away" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Running Away" by Bob Marley.