Running To Stand Still

Awesome song that uses basic chord progression. Keepin' it simple!! Listen to song to

exact chord changes.

D and G to start with some slide guitar and piano

Verse 1:

D G

So she woke up, woke up from where she was, lyin' still

D G

Said "I, I gotta do somethin' about where we're goin'"

D

Stepped on steam train

G

Stepped out of the driving rain, maybe

D G

Run from the darkness, in the night.

Chorus:

Singing

A

Ah,

C/G G

Ah-la-la-la-de-day

A C/G G

Ah-la-la-la-de-day

D G

Ah-la-la-de-day

Verse 2:

D G

Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth

D G

I see seven towers, but I only see one way out

D

You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking

G

scream without raising your voice

D

You know I took the poison

G

From the poison stream, then I floated, out of here

Chorus:

Singing

A

Ah,

C/G G

Ah-la-la-la-de-day

A C/G G

Ah-la-la-la-de-day

D

Ah-la-la-de-day

Interlude/Bridge:

D G

Oooooooooooo, Ooo Ooo Ooo Oooooo

D G

Oooooooooooo, Ooo Ooo Ooo Oooooo

Verse 3:

D

She runs through the streets with eyes painted red

G

Under a black belly of clouds in the rain

D

in through a doorway, she brings me

G

white gold and pearls stolen from the sea

D G

she is raging she is raging and storm blows up in her eyes

Ending Chorus:

She will,

A C/G G A

suffer the needle chill,

C/G G D

She's running to stand, still.

Harmonica Riff played over D and G chord progression to end song.

E A D G B E

C/G 3 3 5 5 5 x