D

[Verse 1]
D          C
I just run 'round like a fool
D              C
Stay in trouble all the time
D             C
Got put behind bars, yeah
      D                C      D
Served two years on the county line

[Verse 2]
D            C
Life ain't no good at all
D                  C
Behind these county walls
D                 C
On a cold concrete pedestal, oh
D        C             D
Wrote the words to this song

[Chorus]
D            C
And how can I slow down
G                D
When I can't stop runnin'
D     C      G            D
My own shadow scares me to death

[Verse 3]
D                C
Got caught in Carolina town
D             C
When Woodrough sheriff come around
D                  C
He caught me in the bed
D       C                D
With the county sheriff's wife

[Chorus]
D            C
And how can I slow down
G                D
When I can't stop runnin'
D     C      G            D
My own shadow scares me to death

[Instrumental]
D

[Verse 4]
D                C
Got caught in Carolina town
D             C
When Woodrough sheriff come around
D                  C
He caught me in the bed
D       C                D
With the county sheriff's wife

[Chorus]
D            C
And how can I slow down
G                D
When I can't stop runnin'
D     C      G            D
My own shadow scares me to death