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From: "Mike Menton" <mmenton@cpinternet.com>
Subject:  MERLE HAGGARD, THE RUNNING KIND
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 02:11:30 -0700


"From the album, His Greatest, And His Best"
Words and Music Transcribed by Mike Menton
 
 
 
Merle Haggard

"The Running Kind"




(G)  I was born the running kind,  With leaving always on my mind,
Home was never home to me at (C) any time,
Every(D) front door found me hopin', I would find the back door open,
There just had to be an exit for the (G) running kind,


(G) Within' me there's a prison, surrounding me alone, 
As real as any dungeon with these(C) walls of stone,
I know (D) runnin's not the answer, but runnin's been my nature,
And the part of me that keeps me movin' (G) on,


(G) I was born the running kind, with leaving always on my mind,
Home was never home to me at (C) any time,
Every(D)front door found me hopin', I would find the back door open
There just had to be an exit for the (G) running kind.

(LEAD)