Runaround Sue

by Dion · posted by WaltP

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bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
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RUNAROUND SUE
By: Dion DiMucci & Ernie Maresca
Key: D

-5     -5 -5  -5   -5   6  -5   -5
Here's my sto-ry, it’s sad but true
-5  -5  -5 -5  -5   -5  6  -5   -5
It's a-bout a girl that I once knew
-5   -5  -5   -5  -5  -6*-5   6
She took my love then ran a-round
5*   5*  5*  5*  5* -5  -4  5*  
With ev-‘ry sin-gle guy in town

-5    -5  -5  -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy
-4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4 -4
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy
-4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4 -4   5*
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy  hayp

3
Ah, 
-5  -5    -5    -5  -5  -5  -5   6 -5   -5
I should have known it from the ver-y start
-5    -5   -5    -5  -5  -5 -5   6  -5  -5
This girl will leave me with a brok-en heart
-5  -5  -5  -5  -5   -5  -5  -6*   6   6
Now lis-ten peo-ple what I'm tell-ing you
5* 5*  5* 5*  5*  5* -5 5*  5*   5*
A-keep a-way from-a Run-a-round Sue

-5    -5  -5  -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy
-4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4 -4
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy
-4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4 -4   5*
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy  hayp

-5 -5  -5   -5  -5  -5    6   -5 -5   -5   
I miss her lips and the smile on her face
-5    -5  -5 -5   -5
The touch of her hair 
-5   -5    6     -5  -5  -5
and this girl's warm em-brace
-5 -5 -5    -5  -5  -5 -6*  6  -5  6
So if you don't wan-na cry like I do
5* 5*  5* 5*  5*  5* -5 5*  5*   5*
A-keep a-way from-a Run-a-round Sue

-5  -56-6*-5 -4 -56-6*6-5 -4 -56-6*6-5
Oh,  oh,     oh, oh,      oh,   oh


3    7    7  -6*  7  -6*-6* 7 5
Ah, she likes to trav-el a-round
-5      -6*  6  -6*   6   -6*6 -6*  -5
She'll love you but she'll put you down
-5   6  -6*  7 -6*  7   6   7-5
Now peo-ple let me put you wise
6    -3  -6   -5   6  -5  -6
Sue goes out with oth-er guys

-5     -5  -5  -5 -5  -5  -5  -5
Here's the mor-al and the sto-ry 
-5   -5  6-5  5*  -5
from the guy who knows
-5 -5  -5  -5  -5  -5  6     -5   -5
I fell in love and my love still grows
-4  -5-5  -5   -5  -6*  6 -5  -5
Ask an-y fool that she ev-er knew, 
-5      -5   5*  5* 5*
they'll say keep a-way 
5*   5* -5 5*  -4   5*
from-a Run-a-round Sue

-5    -5  -5  -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy
-4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4 -4
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy
-4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4 -4   5*
Hayp hayp bum-da ha-dy ha-dy  hayp

3    7    7  -6*  7  -6*-6* 7 5
Ah, she likes to trav-el a-round
-5      -6*  6  -6*   6   -6*6 -6*  -5
She'll love you but she'll put you down
-5   6  -6*  7 -6*  7   6   7-5
Now peo-ple let me put you wise
6    -3  -6   -5   6  -5  -6
Sue goes out with oth-er guys

-5     -5  -5  -5 -5  -5  -5  -5
Here's the mor-al and the sto-ry 
-5   -5  6-5  5*  -5
from the guy who knows
-5 -5  -5  -5  -5  -5  6     -5   -5
I fell in love and my love still grows
-4  -5-5  -5   -5  -6*  6 -5  -5
Ask an-y fool that she ev-er knew, 
-5      -5   5*  5* 5*
they'll say keep a-way 
5*   5* -5 5*  -4   5*
from-a Run-a-round Sue

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