Key: B
Introduction:
B
I'm aware of the danger. I think it's okay.
B7/A
I was never that young, I was born old and gray.
G#m
Alone and in shambles, it's alright, it's okay.
F#
The storm cloud has broken, The haze burned away.
verse 2
B
I was 23 miles from the Chesapeake Bay.
B7/A
I'd worn through my shoes, always walking away.
G#m
Seems like all of my troubles they roll and tumble this way.
F#
The bottle is broken, the ghost has escaped.
Bridge
B B7M
Oh no, I can't walk around with my feet off the ground.
G#m
And when they hit, although we are strangers,
C#
Run away, run away, run away, I have.
F#
oh-oh-oh
F#
oh-oh-oh
B B7/A G#m F#
oo-oo-oo
verse 3
B
I didn't talk much to strangers, I bled my friends dry.
B7/A
Hard, hard livin', yet I was hardly alive.
G#m
But I kept on rollin' and now I know why.
F#
The storm clouds have broken a hole in the sky.
verse 4
B
We'll get away from the shelter, get away from the storm.
B7/A
Get away from the mountains, get away from the shore.
G#m
Get away from the hang-ups that destroy the mind.
F#
Get away from the darkness, get away from the light.
Bridge
B B7M
Oh no, I can't walk around with my feet off the ground.
G#m
And when they hit, although we are strangers,
C#
Run away, run away, run away, I have.
Outro
F#
oh-oh-oh
F#
oh-oh-oh
G#m C#
Get away, get away, get away, ah-ah-ah
Bass riff for verses