First position chords Barred power chords (matches original)
E|---------------------| -------------------
E 02210x E x799xx
A x0222x A 577xxx
C#m x4665x C#m x466xx
B x244xx B 799xxx
F#m 2442xx F#m 2442xx
[Verse 1]
E
Sit and watch my TV set
A
What is on will make it better (will make it better)
E
I wanna call and ask, what's up?
A
Gonna dial, but then I stopped (why don't you call?)
[Pre-Chorus 1]
EC#mA
To the end, my friend
EC#mA
Oh what a lie-----, oh what a lie
EC#mA
If I could pretend
EC#mA
If I could lie-----, if I could lie
AB
But I can't say
AB
No I can't stay
[Chorus 1]
EC#mAB
I run, run, run, run, run away
EC#mAB
Get, get, get, get, get away
EC#mAB
I run, run, run, run, run away
EC#mAB
Get, get, get, get, get away
ABC#m
But I'll be back someday
ABC#m
I'll be back someday
[Verse 2]
E
I like to read to you at night
A
Like to read 'til you feel better (until you're better)
E
Now's the time for us to begin
A
Not the time for us to give in (it's not the time)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
EC#mA
To the end, my friend
EC#mA
Oh what a lie-----, oh what a lie
EC#mA
If I could pretend
EC#mA
If I could lie-----, if I could lie
AB
But I can't say
AB
No I can't stay
[Chorus 2]
EC#mAB
I run, run, run, run, run away
EC#mAB
Get, get, get, get, get away
EC#mAB
I run, run, run, run, run away
EC#mAB
Get, get, get, get, get away
ABC#m
But I'll be back someday
ABC#m
I'll be back someday
[Bridge]
EA
You know that feeling when you're cold
BEAB
How do you make it go away? (how do you make it go away?)
EA
You know that feeling when you're cold
BEAB
How do you make it go away? (how do you make it go away?)
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F#mA
To the end, my friend, oh what a lie
C#mB
(Lie, lie, lie, lie)
Oh what a lie
F#mA
If I could pretend, if I could lie
C#mB
(Lie, lie, lie, lie)
If I could lie
AB
But I can't say
AB
No I can't stay
[Chorus 3]
EC#mAB
I run, run, run, run, run away
EC#mAB
Get, get, get, get, get away
EC#mAB
I run, run, run, run, run away
EC#mAB
Get, get, get, get, get away
ABC#m
But I'll be back someday
ABC#m
I'll be back someday
ABC#m
But I'll be back someday
ABC#m
I'll be back someday