Running On Empty chords
Jackson Browne *

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Looking out at

             
 the road rush

             
ing under my w

       \ 
heels
             
Looking back a

             
t the years go

             
ne by, like so

             
 many summer f

       \ 
ields
             
In sixty-five 

             
I was seventee

             
n, and running

      
 up 101
             
I don't know w

             
here I'm runni

              
ng now, I'm ju

   
st running on

             
Running on, ru

         
nning on empty
             
Running on, ru

      
nning blind 
             
Running on, ru

              
nning into the

             
 sun, but I'm 

           
running behind

  
.

             
Gotta do what 

             
you can just t

             
o keep your lo

          \ 
ve alive
             
Trying not to 

             
confuse it wit

             
h what you do 

            \ 
to survive
             
In sixty-nine 

             
I was twenty-o

             
ne, and called

             
 the road my o

wn
             
I don't know w

             
hen that road 

              
turned onto th

  
e road I'm on.

             
Running on, ru

         
nning on empty
             
Running on, ru

      
nning blind 
             
Running on, ru

              
nning into the

             
 sun, but I'm 

           
running behind

  
.

           

          
Everyone I kno

             
w, everywhere 

  
I go
           
People need so

             
me reason to b

 
elieve;
             
I don't know a

             
bout anyone bu

           
t me
           
If it takes al

            
l night, that'

           
ll be all righ

t
             
If I can get y

             
ou to smile be

              
fore I leave

             
Looking out at

             
 the road rush

             
ing under my w

         \ 
heels
             
I don't know h

             
ow to tell you

              
 all just how 

             
crazy this lif

         \ 
e feels
             
I look around 

             
for the friend

             
s I used to tu

              
rn to, to pull

    
 me through
             
Looking into t

             
heir eyes I se

       
e them running

 too

             
Running on, ru

         
nning on empty
             
Running on, ru

      
nning blind 
             
Running on, ru

              
nning into the

             
 sun, but I'm 

           
running behind

  
.

             
Honey you real

             
ly tempt me; y

             
ou know the wa

              
y you look so 

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kind
            
I'd love to st

              
ick around but

             
 I'm running b

        
ehind
             
You know I don

             
't even know w

             
hat I'm hoping

           
 to find
             
Running into t

             
he sun but I'm

            
 running behin

    
d.



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