Chords for Can't Run

Tempo:
106.45 bpm
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B

E

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F#

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C#m] [B]
Can't [B] run, [E] can't hide, [B] that's no need [E] to try.
[B] You don't know when [E] or how he's coming, you [C#m] just can't get by.
[F#] This [B] old devil [E] is like a policeman [B] traveling [E] through this land.
He's serving [E] by death notice [B] to every woman and man.
[B] You're gonna need [E] a lawyer, [B] if I were you, that's [C#m] the next thing I would do.
Just as sure you [E] would sit in here tonight, one day he's got a warrant [B] for you.
[E] But you know what?
Can't run, can't hide, [F#] that's no need [E] to try.
[B] You don't know when [E] or how he's coming, you [B] just can't get by.
[E] [B]
Jesus is [C#m] a lawyer, [B] one that [E] never lost a case.
[B] If I were you, [C#m] I'd get lawyer Jesus.
[B] I wouldn't wait, [E] I'd make haste.
[B] This is something [C#m] you can't [B] get around, no matter [C#m] what you do.
[B] Just as sure [E] you're gonna hear my voice tonight, one day he's [C#m] got a warrant [B] for you.
[F#] But you know what?
[B] Can't run, [E] can't hide, that's no need to try.
You [B] don't know when or [C#m] how he's [C#] coming, you just can't get by.
[B] One more thing you see, he'll take the babies [C#m] from his [E] mother's breast.
[B]
He'll take the rich man [C#m] and everybody [E] else.
[B] Take mothers, daughters, [E] father and son.
Sometime he won't stop till he got [F#] that last one.
But [B] you can't run, [E] you can't hide, [B]
that's no need to [E] try.
[C#] You [B] don't know when or [E] how he's coming, you [E] just can't get [G#m] by.
[E] [B]
Can't [G#m] run, can't hide, you can't [B] run, can't [C#m] hide.
He [B] got your number, he knows where you [E] live.
Knows where you live and when you come home.
[B] Can't run, you can't [C#m] hide.
[F#] Well my mind, my mind goes [C#m] back [B] to a story in the Bible [E] days.
One [B] day God called a [E] man by the [B] name of Jonah.
Said now Jonah, [E] I want you to [B] go down in a place called Nineveh.
[E] And tell my people if they don't repent, I'll destroy that city.
But you know that story, Jonah didn't want to go.
So Jonah decided [C#m] that he was going down [B] to a place called [E] Joppa.
Then [B] he went on down to [D#] the shipyard.
[E] He went on [B] down to the ticket office [E] and got [B] him a ticket.
And he was on [E] his way to a place called [B] Tosh.
Then he went on [E] down on the bottom [B] deck.
Got a hole in the [E] corner and went fast [B] asleep.
What he [E] didn't know when he [B] laid down, God was looking [E] right at him.
God was looking [B] at him.
But God didn't [E] bother him.
All God [B] did was, he called a [E] wind.
And he told the wind, I want you to blow.
[B] And he told the thunder, I want you to [E] roar.
And he told the [B] lightning, I want you to [E] flam.
And he told [B] the tides, stand up [E] real high.
For I've [B] got a child that's [E] trying to run and think he [B] can hide.
And about [E] that time, the captain [B] came around and told the [E] crew member,
[C#m] Pull all the anchor, we've got to [E] get ready.
And he said, for [B] say, and then they [E] tell me, thunder [B] started to roar.
Lightning started to flam.
Tides stood up high and the wind [E] began to blow.
Captain got [B] confused, told all [E] his crew member, out of [B] all the time we've made [E] this journey,
[C#m] We [B] ain't never, ain't never had trouble before.
[C#m] And then he told all the crew member, come on the [E] top deck.
And then he [B] asked them, tell me, tell me who is your [E] God.
Who is your [B] God?
Whoever your [E] God is, [B] I want you to call him.
And about [E] that time, another man [B] came.
He said, wait a minute, [E] Captain.
[B] There's one more man and he's downstairs.
[E] He's over in [B] the corner [C#] and he's fast [E] asleep.
Captain said, let [B] me go down, I'll see about him.
Captain walked over [B] and shook old [E] man Jonah.
[C#m] And Jonah [B] stood up and the captain asked [E] him, how can [B] you sleep?
And we in a [E] storm.
[C#m] Then he asked him, [F#] tell [E] me who is your [B] God.
And Jonah [E] told him, my God [B] is the father of [E] Abraham, Isaac [B] and Jacob.
And the captain [E] said, call him.
And Jonah [B] told him, I ain't got to [E] call him.
I ain't got to [B] call him.
He already [E] know, he already [B] know that I'm trying [E] to run and I'm trying [B] to hide.
He said, well now, [E] Captain, if you want [B] peace on your [E] ship,
[C#m] you got to take [B] me on top and throw me [E] overboard.
So they took [B] Jonah up and throwed him [E] overboard.
And the Bible [B] tell me God had [C#m] a fish, [G#]
prepared [B] for him and swallowed him [E] down.
In the bottom of [B] his belly, took him around [E] and took him down in the bottom of [B] the sea.
But I'm so [E] glad tonight.
I'm so [B] glad tonight.
I'm so glad [E] tonight.
[B] It don't make no difference who you [E] get.
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Lee Williams And The Spiritual Qcs - (Live) Cant Run chords, practice playing E, B and E in sequence. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 52 BPM before aiming for the song's 105 BPM. Considering the song's key of B Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ Can't [B] run, _ [E] can't hide, _ [B] that's no need [E] to try.
[B] You don't know when [E] or how he's coming, you [C#m] just can't get by.
[F#] This [B] old devil _ [E] is like a policeman _ [B] traveling _ _ [E] through this land.
He's serving _ [E] by death notice [B] to _ every woman and man.
_ [B] You're gonna need [E] a lawyer, _ [B] _ _ if I were you, that's [C#m] the next thing I would do.
Just as sure you [E] would sit in here tonight, one day he's got a warrant [B] for you.
[E] But you know what?
Can't run, _ can't hide, [F#] _ that's no need [E] to try.
[B] You don't know when [E] or how he's coming, you [B] just can't get by.
[E] _ _ [B] _ _
Jesus is [C#m] a lawyer, _ _ [B] _ one that [E] never lost a case.
[B] _ If I were you, [C#m] I'd get lawyer Jesus.
[B] _ I wouldn't wait, [E] I'd make haste.
[B] _ This is something [C#m] you can't [B] get around, no matter [C#m] what you do.
[B] _ Just as sure [E] you're gonna hear my voice tonight, one day he's [C#m] got a warrant [B] for you.
[F#] But you know what?
[B] Can't run, _ _ [E] can't hide, _ that's no need to try.
You [B] don't know when or [C#m] how he's [C#] coming, you just can't get by.
[B] One more thing you see, _ _ he'll take the babies _ [C#m] from his [E] mother's breast.
[B]
He'll take the rich man [C#m] and everybody [E] else.
[B] Take mothers, daughters, [E] father and son.
Sometime he won't stop till he got [F#] that last one.
But [B] you can't run, _ [E] you can't hide, [B] _
that's no need to [E] try.
[C#] You [B] don't know when or [E] how he's coming, you _ [E] just can't get [G#m] by.
[E] _ _ [B]
Can't [G#m] run, can't hide, you can't [B] run, can't [C#m] hide.
He [B] got your number, he knows where you [E] live.
_ Knows where you live and when you come home.
[B] Can't run, _ you can't [C#m] hide.
_ [F#] Well my mind, my mind goes [C#m] back _ [B] to a story in the Bible [E] days.
_ One [B] day God called a [E] man by the [B] name of Jonah.
Said now Jonah, [E] I want you to [B] go down in a place called Nineveh.
[E] _ And tell my people if they don't repent, I'll destroy that city.
But you know that story, Jonah didn't want to go.
So Jonah decided [C#m] that he was going down [B] to a place called [E] Joppa.
Then [B] he went on down to [D#] the shipyard.
[E] He went on [B] down to the ticket office [E] _ and got [B] him a ticket.
And he was on [E] his way to a place called [B] Tosh.
Then he went on [E] down on the bottom [B] deck.
Got a hole in the [E] corner and went fast [B] asleep.
What he [E] didn't know when he [B] laid down, God was looking [E] right at him.
God was looking [B] at him.
But God didn't [E] bother him.
All God [B] did was, he called a [E] wind.
And he told the wind, I want you to blow.
[B] And he told the thunder, I want you to [E] roar.
And he told the [B] lightning, I want you to [E] flam.
And he told [B] the tides, _ stand up [E] real high.
For I've [B] got a child _ that's [E] trying to run and think he [B] can hide.
And about [E] that time, the captain [B] came around and told the [E] crew member,
[C#m] Pull all the anchor, _ we've got to [E] get ready.
And he said, for [B] say, and then they [E] tell me, thunder [B] started to roar.
_ Lightning started to flam.
Tides stood up high and the wind [E] began to blow.
Captain got [B] confused, told all [E] his crew member, out of [B] all the time we've made [E] this journey,
[C#m] We [B] ain't never, ain't never had trouble before.
[C#m] And then he told all the crew member, come on the [E] top deck.
And then he [B] asked them, tell me, tell me who is your [E] God.
Who is your [B] God?
_ Whoever your [E] God is, [B] I want you to call him.
And about [E] that time, another man [B] came.
He said, wait a minute, [E] Captain.
[B] There's one more man and he's downstairs.
[E] _ He's over in [B] the corner [C#] and he's fast [E] asleep.
Captain said, let [B] me go down, I'll see about him.
Captain walked over [B] and shook old [E] man Jonah.
[C#m] And Jonah [B] stood up and the captain asked [E] him, how can [B] you sleep?
And we in a [E] storm.
[C#m] Then he asked him, [F#] _ tell [E] me who is your [B] God.
And Jonah [E] told him, my God [B] is the father of [E] Abraham, _ Isaac [B] and Jacob.
And the captain [E] said, call him.
And Jonah [B] told him, I ain't got to [E] call him.
I ain't got to [B] call him.
He already [E] know, he already [B] know that I'm trying [E] to run and I'm trying [B] to hide.
He said, well now, [E] Captain, if you want [B] peace _ on your [E] ship,
[C#m] you got to take [B] me on top and throw me [E] overboard.
So they took [B] Jonah up and throwed him [E] overboard.
And the Bible [B] tell me God had [C#m] a fish, _ [G#]
prepared [B] for him and swallowed him [E] down.
In the bottom of [B] his belly, _ took him around [E] and took him down in the bottom of [B] the sea.
But I'm so [E] glad tonight.
I'm so [B] glad tonight.
I'm so glad [E] tonight.
[B] It don't make no difference who you [E] get. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of Memphis Gospel Live! album.

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