Can't Run But
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Rhythm Of The Saints."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
Am6
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
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Can't run but
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A cooling system
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Burns out in the Ukraine
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Trees and umbrellas
Protect us from the new rain
Armies of engineers
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To analyze the soil
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The food we contemplate
The water that we boil
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
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Can't run but
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Oo -- we Oo -- we
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I had a dream about us
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In the bottles and the bones of the night
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I felt a pain in my shoulder blade
Was like a pencil point? A love bite?
A couple was rubbing against us
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Rubbing and doing that new dance
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The man was wearing a jacket and jeans
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The woman was laughing in ad--vance
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
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Can't run but
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A winding river
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Gets wound around a heart. Pull it
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Tighter and tighter
Until the muddy waters part
Down by the river bank
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A blues band arrives
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The music suffers, baby
The music business thrives, oh
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Ebass F#bass Gbass G#bass
Can't run but
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Oo -- we Oo -- we
Fade:
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