Intro -x4-: Bm  G D

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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