RUN FOR THE ROSES
Dan Fogelberg

(Unhurried waltz temp)
(Capo to taste.  I usually capo one fret, but I am not sure
whether this is the original key or not.)

INTRO:
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            C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 
            B7B7 Piano Chord 

EE Piano Chord 
            C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 
            B7B7 Piano Chord 


(VERSE 1)
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            C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 
            B7B7 Piano Chord 

Born in the valley, and raised in the trees
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             C#mC#m Piano Chord 
        AA Piano Chord 
       B7B7 Piano Chord 

Of Western Kentucky, on wobbly knees
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       C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 
         AmAm Piano Chord 

With Mama beside you, to help you along,
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        C#mC#m Piano Chord 
         F#mF#m Piano Chord 
       B7B7 Piano Chord 

You'll soon be a-growing up strong.

(VERSE 2)
All the long lazy mornings, in pastures of green,
The sun on your withers, the wind in your mane
Could never prepare you for what lies ahead:
The run for the roses so red.  And it's

(CHORUS)
AA Piano Chord 
           B7B7 Piano Chord 
       G#mG#m Piano Chord 

Run for the roses as fast as you can
AA Piano Chord 
              B7B7 Piano Chord 
            G#mG#m Piano Chord 

Your fate is delivered.  Your moment's at hand.
AA Piano Chord 
          B7B7 Piano Chord 
             G#mG#m Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 

It's the chance of a lifetime, in a lifetime of chance,
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
                          B7B7 Piano Chord 

And it's high time you joined in the dance.
DD Piano Chord 
                           AA Piano Chord 

It's high time you joined in the dance.

:Repeat Intro:

(VERSE 3)
EE Piano Chord 
            C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 
            B7B7 Piano Chord 

EE Piano Chord 
         C#mC#m Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 
            B7B7 Piano Chord 

The fire of a mare and the strength of a stud.
EE Piano Chord 
                 C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 
            AmAm Piano Chord 

It's breeding, and it's training, and it's something unknown,
EE Piano Chord 
            C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 
   B7B7 Piano Chord 

That drives you and carries you home.    So it's :repeat chorus:

:take it out acoustically:

Submitted by Philip Eric Jones