All The Roadrunning
Mark Knopfler
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C Am Dm Am E|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|-9----9----5h7--7p5-7-9----7hp9- D|-------------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- F C E|---------------| B|---------------| G|--5-------5----| D|-----5h7-------| A|---------------| E|---------------|( C G C Am F C )C C G C A million miles our vagabond heelsAm F C C Clocked up beneath the cloudsG G C F They're counting down to show timeC C F F When we do it for real with the crowdsG G C Air miles are owing but they don'tF come for freeC C F F And they don't give you any for painC C G C But if it's all for nothing, all theAm F C C G C Roadrunning's been in vainAm F C CC C G C The rimshots come down like cannon fireAm F C C And thunder off the wallG G C F There's a man in every cornerC C F F And each one is giving his allG G C F This is my piper, this is my drumC C F F So you never will hear me complainContinues after the adC C G C And if it's all for nothing, all theAm F C Roadrunning's been in vainF G G G F All the roadrunningC C C C All the roadrunningC C G Well, if you're inclined to go up onC the wallAm F C C It can only be fast and highG G C F And those who don't like the dangerC C F F Soon find something different to tryG G C F And when there is only a ringin' in your earsC C F F And an echo down memory laneC C G C Then if it's all for nothing, all theAm F C Roadrunning's been in vainF G G G F All the roadrunningC C C All the roadrunningF G G G F All the roadrunningC C C C All the roadrunningC C G C The show's packing up, I sit and watchAm F C C The convoy leaving townG G C F There's no pretending, I'm not a foolC C F F For riding around and aroundG G C Like the pictures you keep of yourF old wall of deathC C F F You showed me one time on a planeC C G C But if it's all for nothing, all theAm F C C G C Roadrunning's been in vainAm F C CC C G C A million miles of vagabond skyAm F C C Clocked up above the cloudsG G C F I'm still your man for the roamingC C F F For as long as there's roamin' allowedG G C F There'll be a rider and there'll be a wallC C F F As long as the dreamer remainsC C G C And if it's all for nothing, all theAm F C Roadrunning's been in vain