C F G


[Verse]

C
When I was younger 
F              C  G  Am (Or: C  E/C  Am)*
All I had to do 
                       G
Was hold your hand and drink you in 
F
make some time for you
       Am                       G
I went stumbling through the darkness
      F
Of a thousand half-lit bars
        C                                   G
I don't know what I was running from but I must've run to far


[Chorus]
         F
Now I'm reaching
         F
Back for something
         Am
But I'm coming
         Am
Up with nothing
       G                          F
It's a long long way from where I was to where I am
F
God have mercy on a runaway man
F                   G   C        F  G
God have mercy on a runaway man


[Verse]

C
Key under your doormat
F                          C  G  Am (Or: C   E/C   Am)
The porch light you left lit **
                      G               F
The years dragged on burned away just like a cigarette
Am                       G
The price of all those nights
       F
Never worth the mornings cost
   C                             G
Oh no amount of wishing's gonna bring back what I lost


[Chorus]
         F
Now I'm reaching
         F
Back for something
         Am
But I'm coming
         Am
Up with nothing
       G                          F
It's a long long way from where I was to where I am
F
God have mercy on a runaway man
F                   G    C
God have mercy on a runaway man


[Instrumental]
F    Am   F    Am
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh

       G                          F
It's a long long way from where I was to where I am
F
God have mercy on a runaway man
F                   G    C
God have mercy on a runaway man
F                
God have mercy on a runaway man
F                   G    C
God have mercy on a runaway man