A Good Day To Run

Intro:  G  D/F#  G
G
I'm tired of working every day for a dollar.
                                   D/F#
About to choke on my own blue collar.
C/D              G
This ain't gonna last.
G
Misled by the grand illusion.
                           D/F#
I've come to this conclusion.
C/D                     G
I can't make a move too fast.
Em/D                  D/F#
It was written in the sky today,
C/D            G       Em                D/F#        G
By the morning sun. It sure looks like a good day to run.

(go to chorus and 1st. ending)

Verse 2

G
My baby's been working as a cashier.
                                       D/F#
She didn't get a vacation this past year.
C/D             G
Now it won't be long.
G
We don't need no destination.
                                          D/F#
Just a tank of gas and a good clear station,
C/D                  G
Playing our favorite song.
Em/D                      D/F#
There're some places that we ain't been,
C/D                  G
Some things we ain't done.
       Em                D/F#        G
And it sure looks like a good day to run.

(go to chorus and 2nd ending)


Chorus

G                C/D
Wide open down a two-lane highway,
D/F#                      G
It's about time that some things went my way.
G                     C/D
Throwing troubles out to the wind and,
    D/F#                          G
I'm praying that they never catch up again.
G                C/D               D/F#
I'm gonna say my worrying days are done.
    C/D               D
And this looks like a good day to

               C/D  G  D/F#  G
   1st Ending:  run.          (go to verse 2)

               G    D/F#  G  G  C/D  D/F#  G
   2nd Ending:  run.  (Instrumental - first 3 lines of chorus; then sing:)

                     G                C/D               D/F#
               Yeah, I'm gonna say my worrying days are done.
                   C/D               D/F#        C/D   G
               And this looks like a good day to run___.
                 G           C/D  G     G           C/D   G
               A good day to run__.   A good day to run.
                  G               C/D           G
               We got a good good day__, Whoa - oh.