Runnin Down A Dream - Tom Petty

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Runnin' Down A Dream chords
Tom Petty  1989 (Full Moon Fever) * 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runnin%27_Down_a_Dream

[Intro]



[Verse]

             
It was a beaut

             
iful day, the 

sun beat down
             
I had the radi

            
o on, I was dr

ivin'
              
Trees flew by,

              
 me and Del wa

              
s singin', Lit

                 
tle Runaway 
      
I was flyin'

[Chorus]

            
Yeah I'm runni

         
n' down a drea

m
              
That never wou

          
ld come to me
*            
Workin' on a m

            
ystery, goin' 

            
wherever it le

ads
             
Runnin' down a

 
 dream   

[Verse]

  
I felt so good

, like anythin

g was possible
             
I hit cruise c

              
ontrol, and ru

        
bbed my eyes
                                   
The last three days, the rain was un-stoppable 
             
It was always 

            
cold, no sunsh

ine

[Chorus]

             
Yeah I'm runni

         
n' down a drea

m
              
That never wou

          
ld come to me
*            
Workin' on a m

            
ystery, goin' 

            
wherever it le

ads
             
Runnin' down a

 
 dream

[Bridge]

             
ououou   ououo

       
u   ououou
             
ououou   ououo

       
u   ououou

[Verse]

  
I rolled on, a

s the sky grew

 dark
             
I put the peda

              
l down, to mak

       
e some time

There's something good, waitin' down this road
             
I'm pickin' up

             
, whatever's m

ine

[Chorus]

             
Yeah I'm runni

         
n' down a drea

m
              
That never wou

          
ld come to me
*            
Workin' on a m

            
ystery, goin' 

            
wherever it le

ads
             
Runnin' down a

 
 dream



             
Yeah I'm runni

         
n' down a drea

m
              
That never wou

          
ld come to me
*            
Workin' on a m

            
ystery, goin' 

            
wherever it le

ads
             
Runnin' down a

 
 dream



[Outro]

             
ououou   ououo

       
u   ououou
             
ououou   ououo

       
u   ououou

             
ououou   ououo

       
u   ououou
             
ououou   ououo

       
u   ououou . .

 . .

* some folks prefer D instead of A here

* Alternates:

Capo II

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