Chords for LAURA NYRO He's a Runner & Save the Country 1969

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I would like you to listen to these words just for a moment if you would, please.
Thank you.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ I'm not scared of [F] dying [C] and I don't really care.
_ [G] If it's peace you [C] find in dying, well, then let [G#] the time [G] be near. _
[C] If it's peace you find in dying [G] when dying time is here, _
[C] just bundle up my coffin [G] because it's [C] cold way down there.
Crazy cold way down there. _
When I [F] die, [G] when I'm [F] gone,
[C] _
[G] there'll be one child born _ [C] and a world to [G] carry on.
Those [Cm] words written by a young lady who writes [Dm] some pretty good songs.
[C] The name, well, I'll tell you that in a minute.
But the song she's written are things [G] like Stone Soul Picnic, which was recorded [C] by the Fifth Dimension.
[G] _ Sweet [F] Blindness, [C] which is sung by Frank [G] Sinatra.
She's just awful [Cm] good [G] and not only is she a [C] great songwriter,
but she happens to [G] be one of the most talked about singers we have in the country [C] today.
First time on television, [G] so I'm kind of doubly [F] happy that I can introduce her to you.
[E] Ladies and gentlemen, [G] Miss Laura Nero.
_ [D] _ _ _ Shhh.
[F] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Breathe,
_ _ [G] a _ runner
[Am] and you're on _ [Gm] _
_ _ [A#] _ me.
[F] _ Soon _ there'll [Gm] _ be _
[A] no _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] woman _ _
[Am] a vampire
_ _ _ [Gm] who can [A#] make [F] him stay. _
Woman,
[Dm] _ _ [Am] girl,
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ you can't
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ fool
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ me. _
[C] He's a [Dm] runner,
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] he's a runner,
_ _ [Am] and you're _ [Gm] on the way.
_ _ _ [F] _
Wait _ [Gm] for me _
in [A] that _ train. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Woman, _ _
_ [Am] she'll _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A#] make him [F] stay. _
Don't [Dm] touch _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] her. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] He's a runner.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
They'll [C] call the running.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ He'll know [C] he's got to.
_ [F] _ _ Don't ask [C] him not _ to.
[F] Oh, why _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] did he leave me?
[Gm] And a runner [A#] _ will [F]
smile at _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] me.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He's a runner.
_ [Am] It's a _ runner.
[A#]
He's on the way.
[F] _ _ _
Soon [Gm] there'll be
_ [Dm] _ no _ [G] [A] man. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Woman,
_ _ [Am] a vampire
_ _ _ [Gm] who can make him [F] stay.
_ Woman,
_ [Dm]
girl,
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ you can't _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ He's a runner. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ Wait
_ _ for
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Come _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
on people,
come _ [G] [D] on,
[Bm] come on down to [F#m] the [G] glory river.
Gonna wash you up
and wash [C] you down.
[D] Gonna let the [F#m] devil down.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Come [Em] on people,
[D] _ come [G] on,
[D] _
[Bm] there's a king [F#m] at the [G] glory river
and the precious [D] king
[G] loves the [C] people the same.
[D]
Babes in the [F#m] blinking sun
_ [C] stay in shallow [A] cotton.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Glory in [G] my soul,
[D]
pure as gold,
[G] it takes [D] me to the glory.
[Bm] Gonna light [F#m] the history [G] of war.
[D] Now _
_ _ _ save the people, _
_ _ save the children, _ _
_ _ save the
_ war.
_ _ Now _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] come on people,
come on children,
[Bm] come on down _ [F#m] [G] to the river.
Gonna wash you [D] up
[G] and wash [C] you down.
Gonna let the devil [F#m] _ down.
Let the [C] devil,
let
the [A] devil down.
_ _ [D] Come on people, _
_ [G] [D] come on,
[Bm] keep the dream
of the two young brothers.
Gonna take [D] that dream
[G] and ride [C] that dog.
_ [G] We can build a dream
[F#m] with love I know.
[G] We can build a dream
[F#m] with love I know.
[G] We can build a dream
[F#m] with love I [G] know.
We can build a dream
[F#m] with _ _ love [D] I _ _ _ _ _ know.
It takes me to the glory.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Now
_ _ _ save the people,
_ _ _ save the children,
_ _ _ save the country.
_ _ Everybody save the country. _
Everybody save the country.
[C] Save the country,
[Am] save the country,
[B] save the country. _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] Now _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _