Band On The Run - Paul McCartney

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                Band on the Run – Paul McCartney and Wings
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Written by: Paul and Linda McCartney
From: "Band on the Run" (1973)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro 1]
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[Part 1]
         
Stuck inside t

              
hese four wall

   
s
            
Sent inside fo

         
rever
         
Never seeing n

       
o one
         
Nice again 
       
Like you,  mam

      
a you,  mama y

  
ou


[Intro 2]
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[Part 2]

 If I ever get

 out of here
             
 Thought of gi

            
ving it all aw

ay

 To a register

ed charity
             
 All I need is

        
 a pint a day
     
If I ever get 

out of here
       
(If we ever ge

t out of here)


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[Intro 3]
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[Verse]
             
Well, the rain

              
 exploded with

   
 a mighty cras

h
         
As we fell int

        
o the sun
             
And the first 

              
one said to th

  
e second one t

here
         
I hope you're 

       
having fun


[Bridge]
            
Band on the ru

           
n, band on the

 
 run
         
And the jailer

         
 man and sailo

r Sam
         
Were searching

   [
 every one


[Chorus]
            
For the band o

         
n the run 
      
Band on the ru

       
n
      
Band on the ru

       
n
      
Band on the ru

       
n


[Verse]
             
Well, the unde

              
rtaker drew a 


heavy sigh
         
Seeing no one 

              
else had come
             
And a bell was

              
 ringing in th

  
e village squa

re
              
For the rabbit

         
s on the run


[Bridge]
            
Band on the ru

           
n, band on the

 
 run
         
And the jailer

         
 man and sailo

r Sam
         
Were searching

   [
 every one


[Chorus] (part)
            
For the band o

         
n the run 
      
Band on the ru

       
n


[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
             
Yeah the band 

         
on the run 
      
Band on the ru

       
n
      
Band on the ru

       
n
      
Band on the ru

       
n


[Verse]
             
Well, the nigh

              
t was falling 

       
as the desert 

world
         
Began to settl

      
e down
             
In the town th

              
ey're searchin

         
g for us every

where
              
But we never w

            
ill be found


[Bridge]
            
Band on the ru

           
n, band on the

 
 run
         
And the county

           
 judge who hel

d a grudge
         
Will search fo

     [
r ever - more


[Chorus]
            
For the band o

         
n the run 
      
Band on the ru

       
n
      
Band on the ru

       
n
      
Band on the ru

       
n


[Coda]
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