Verse 1:
[C]If I could wake my crooked heart
[C]If I was there right from the start
To [F]feel what it was like to be turned [C]on
[C]If you could fight the battling wind
[C]To miss the mark correct within
[F]If your wish came true, your dreams made [C]real.
[Am]Running for [C]cover
[Am]Running to [C]hide
Verse 2:
[C]If I could be a wiser man
[C]To rest my head and trust the plan
Im [F]fighting like a child to get my [C]way
[C]If I could see the garden place
[C]Before the fall, would things have changed?
[F]I wasn't there, and [G]neither were you
But I [F]take the blame, as [G]you should too,[C] my friend.
Now we're [Am]Running for [C]cover
[Am]Running to [C]hide
Yeah, we're [Am]Running for [C]cover
[Am]Running to [C]hide
Bridge:
[Fm]We've been trying with
each other to unravel the age old [C]story
[Fm]But I'm starting to think that
there's a reason we don't [C]understand
[Fm]And it's easy to blame someone
else for my [G]wants and my[Am] worries
[Fm]But I know, I accept that it's just a part of who I [C]am
Now we're [Am]Running for [C]cover
[Am]Running to [C]hide
[Am]And you say it's [G]not my [C]problem
Out of [Am]sight, [G]out of [C]mind
Yes, we're [Am]Running for [C]cover
Yeah, we're [Am]running[G] afraid [C]
As we [Am]run with [G]one [Am]another
Of the [Am]mess [G]that we've [Am]made