Band on the run    (intro)    (midi)

 

    D - G - D - G     - D - Gm - D - Gm

 

        D                                          G

1. Stuck inside these four walls, sent inside forever,

      D                               G                    

    never seeing no one, nice again

            D    Gm        D    Gm      D     - Gm

    like you, Mama, you, Mama you.

 

+ Am - D - Am - D - Am (2x)

 

   Am                                         - D

2.        If I ever get out of here,        thought of giving it all away

Am                                    - D

    to a registered charity,         all I need is a pint a day,

         Am

    if I ever get out of here, if we ever get out of here.

 

+ D - C        - D - C     - C - F - C  F

 

                    C                                F                                                C

3. Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash, as we fell into the sun,

                C                             F                                                            Em

  and the first one said to the second one there, I hope you're having fun.

 

  G                 C    Em              Am

Band on the run, band on the run,

              F                      C                        F

and the jailer man and sailor Sam were searching every one

             C      F               - C            F                - C

for the band on the run,        band on the run,

          F               - C            F                 - C

band on the run,        band on the run.

 

                    C                             F                                                       C

4. Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh, seeing no one else had come,

                C                                F                                                      Em

    and a bell was ringing in the village square for the rabbits on the run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  G                 C    Em              Am

Band on the run, band on the run,

              F                      C                         F

and the jailer man and sailor Sam were searching every one

             C      F               - C             F                - C

for the band on the run,          band on the run.

 

+ Em - G - C     - Em - C - Am     - F - C - F - F

 

                  C      F               - C           F                        - C

Yeah, the Band on the run,        the band on the run,

  C     F                - C            F                 - C

band on the run,         band on the run.

 

                    C                                    F                                           C

5. Well, the night was falling as the desert world began to settle down,

               C                                            F

    in the town they're searching for us everywhere,

                                     Em

    but we never will be found.

 

  G                 C    Em              Am

Band on the run, band on the run,

                F                           C                            F                    Am

And the county judge, who held a grudge will search for evermore

             C      F               - C          F                         - C

for the band on the run,        the band on the run,

          F              - C             F                 - C

band on the run,        band on the run.

 

    Em - G - C

 

    (Paul McCartney & Wings)