Intro -x4-: Am  F C

Am
  I've known it for a long time
F                   C              
Daddy wakes up to a drink at night
Am
  Disappearing all night
F                        C                        
I don't wanna know where he's been lying
Am
  I know what I wanna do
        F            C           Am
I wanna runaway, runaway with you
                               F        C
Gonna grab clothes, six in the mornin', go


 Dm  Am       C   G
"How long you leavin'?"
               Dm              Am        C   G
"Well dad just don't expect me back this evening."
            Dm            Am      C    G
Oh it could take a bit of time to heal this
            Em
It's been a long day
                     Am           F 
Thumb on side of the roadway, but


                    Am                F  C
I love him from the skin to my bones
                  Am               Dm C
But I don't wanna live in his home
                   Am                  F C
There's nothing to say cause he knows
              Am                   F    Am 
I'll just runaway and be on my own ohh, mmm


Am
  I've never seen my dad cry
F                    C            
Cold as stone in the kitchen light
Am
  I'll tell you it's about time
F                   C         
But I was raised to keep quiet
Am
  And this is what I'm gonna do
      F              C             Am
Gonna runaway, gonna make that move
                                  F        C
Gonna grab clothes, and when it's mornin', go


 Dm  Am       C   G
"How long you leavin'?"
               Dm              Am        C   G
"Well dad just don't expect me back this evening."
            Dm            Am      C    G
Oh it could take a bit of time to heal this
            Em
It's been a long day
                     Am           F 
Thumb on side of the roadway, but


                    Am                F  C
I love him from the skin to my bones
                  Am         Dm C
But I don't wanna miss home
                   Am                  F C
There's nothing to say cause he knows
              Am                   F    Am 
I'll just runaway and be on my own ohh, mmm


Am                                      F
Back pack, and a flat cap turned to the back
                          C  Am
Cause I packed my clothes up
                                     F                  C      
My dad wasn't down with that plan to attack, intends to show love
Am
  I don't wanna live this way
      F                  C  
Gonna take my things and go
Am
  If things change in a matter of days
      F               C       Dm
Could be persuaded to hold up


                 Am
And mama was the same
               C
None of us are saints
                 G         Dm
I guess that God knows that
                  Am
I don't wanna runaway
                 C                 G        Dm
And one of these days I might just show that
                 Am
Put my home in a suitcase
         C              G        
Tie both shoe laces and hope that
Em                       
 Things change but for now I'll leave town 
       Am             Dm 
With a backpack on my shoulder


                    Am                F  C
I love him from the skin to my bones
                  Am         Dm C
But I don't wanna miss home
                   Am                  F C
There's nothing to say cause he knows
              Am                   F    Am 
I'll just runaway and be on my own ohh, mmm