Running On Empty — Jackson Browne
Chords and lyrics for Running On Empty by Jackson Browne (key of A).
Intro
[D/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [F#m] [D] [Bm7/D] [A/C#] [F#7] [E/B] [D/A] [Am] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A]
Verse 1
by like so [F#m/A] many summer fields.
[A] [D/A] 65 hours 17 [A] and [E] [D/A] burning up on one.
[A] [D] I don't know where I'm running [C#m] now.
I'm just crying.
Chorus
[E] [F#m] [E] But I'm not [D/A] running on empty.
[A] But I'm [D/A] not running right.
[A] But I'm not [F#m/A] running to the sun.
But I'm running behind.
Got to [A] do what you can just to keep your love alive.
Verse 2
[D/A] Try not to confuse it [A] with what you do [D/A] to survive.
[A] [F#m/A] 69 [A] hours 21 and [D/A] I called the road my own.
[A] [D] I don't know when that road [C#m] turned on to the road [E] I'm on.
Chorus
Running on [F#m7/A] empty.
[A] But I'm not running right.
Running to the sun.
But I'm running behind.
Bridge
[F#m] [F#m7/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [F#m] [C#m] [E]
I [F#m] don't know where I'm going.
Everyone I [D] know.
[E] Everywhere I go.
[A] People [F#m] need some [B/F#] reason [E] to believe.
[D] I don't know about anyone [A] but me.
If [F#m] it takes all [D] night.
[E] That'll be alright.
[A] If [D] I can get you to smile [E] before I leave.
Verse 3
[A/C#] [G/B] [F#m/A] [A/E]
Looking [D/A] out at the road rushing under my wheels.
[A] I [D/A] don't know how to tell [A] you all just how crazy [D/A] this life feels.
[A] Look around for the friends that I used to turn to the point through.
[D/A] [A] Looking [D] into the lies [A/C#] I see them run into.
Chorus
[E] [D/A] Running on [A] empty.
But I'm not [D/A] running right.
[A] Running to the sun.
But I'm not running behind.
Verse 4
[F#m] [D/A] How do you really [A] change me in what you look so kind?
I [Dm] love to stick around [A/E] but I'm running behind.
[Dm] [A] Don't know.
[D] You know I don't even know [E] what I'm hoping to find.
[D] [A/C#] Running behind.
[Bm] [A] [D] Running into the sun.
[A] But I'm running behind.
Outro
[D] [A] [F#m/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [F#m/A] [A] [Dm/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A] [D] [E] [D] [A/C#] [Bm] [A] [A7]