Run for Your Life The Beatles
Run For Your Life
(Lennon/McCartney)
The Beatles
Rubber Soul (1965)
Intro:
The song opens with an acoustic guitar playing a D. Then two electric guitars
enter:
e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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An acoustic guitar plays straight chords and accompanies the vocals:
[verse 1]
Well I'd ra[D]ther see you dead little girl
Than to [Bm]be with another man
You be[D]tter keep your head little girl
Or you w[Bm]on't know where I am
[cborus] E
You better run for your life if you can little girl
H[Bm]ide your head in the s[E]and little girl
C[Bm]atch you with another m[G]an
T[F#]hat's the [Bm]end little girl.[D]
e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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[verse2]
Well you k[D]now that I'm a wicked guy
And I was b[Bm]orn with a jealous mind
And [D]I can spend my whole life
Tryin' just to m[Bm]ake you tow the line.
[cborus]
You better run for your life if you c[E]an little girl
H[Bm]ide your head in the s[E]and little girl
C[Bm]atch you with another m[G]an
T[F#]hat's the [Bm]end little girl.[D]
[solo]
e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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[verse 3]
L[D]et this be a sermon
I mean e[Bm]very thing I said
B[D]aby I'm determined
That I'd r[Bm]ather see you dead
[cborus]
You better run for your life if you c[E]an little girl
H[Bm]ide your head in the s[E]and little girl
C[Bm]atch you with another m[G]an
T[F#]hat's the [Bm]end little girl.[D]
e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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[verse 4]
I'd ra[D]ther see you dead little girl
Than to [Bm]be with another man
You be[D]tter keep your head little girl
Or you w[Bm]on't know where I am
[cborus]
You better run for your life if you c[E]an little girl
H[Bm]ide your head in the s[E]and little girl
C[Bm]atch you with another m[G]an
T[F#]hat's the [Bm]end little girl.[D]
e. guitar 1
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e. guitar 2
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(repeat and fade) No No No
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