Take the Money and Run — Steve Miller Band
Chords and lyrics for Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band (key of G).
Verse 1
[G]This here's a story about [F]Billy Joe and [C]Bobbie Sue
[G]Two young lovers with [F]nothin' better to [C]do
[G]Than sit around the house, [F]get high, and [C]watch the tube
[G]And here is what happened when they [F]decided to cut [C]loose [Bb] [F] [G]
[G]They headed down to, ooh, [F]old El [C]Paso
[G]That's where they ran into a [F]great big [C]hassle
[G]Billy Joe shot a man while [F]robbing his [C]castle
[G]Bobbie Sue took the money and [F]run [C] [Bb] [F] [G]
Chorus
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run [C] [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [C]
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run hoo, hoo, [C]hoo!
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run [C] [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [C]
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run [C] [Bb] [F] [G] Hoo, hoo, hoo!
Verse 2
[G]Billy Mack is a detective [F]down in [C]Texas
[G]You know he knows just exactly [F]what the facts [C]is
[G]He ain't gonna let those two [F]escape [C]justice
[G]He makes his living off of the [F]peoples [C]taxes [Bb] [F] [G]
[G]Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she [F]slipped [C]away
[G]Billy Joe caught up to her the [F]very next [C]day
[G]They got the money, hey, you know [F]they got [C]away
[G]They headed down south and they're [F]still running [C]today [Bb] [F] [G]
Chorus
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run, [C]Go on take the money and [F]run (Hoo hoo [C]hoo)
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run (Aaooh, [C]Lord!) [G]Go on take the money and [F]run (Ooh, ooh, [C]ooh!) [Bb] [F] [G]
Solo
[G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C]
[Bb] [F] [G] Yeah, yeah...
Chorus
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run, yeah, yeah, (hoo, hoo, [C]hoo), [G]Go on take the money and [F]run (ahooo, [C]Lord!) [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [C]
[G]Go on take the money and [F]run, yeah, yeah, hoo, hoo, [C]hoo, [G]Go on take the money and [F]run [C] [Bb] [F] [G]