Run Red Run

The Coasters

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Run Red Run

Key: F

Run Red Run Key CC

Run Red Run Key C#C#

Run Red Run Key DD

Run Red Run Key D#D#(one step down)

Run Red Run Key EE(half step down)

Run Red Run Key FF(original key)

Run Red Run Key F#F#(half step up)

Run Red Run Key GG(one step up)

Run Red Run Key G#G#

Run Red Run Key AA

Run Red Run Key A#A#

Run Red Run Key BB

	  		 

Intro: F Fm 

#1  
Fm                                        Bb 
Oh, Red went and bought himself a monkey  got him from  

a pawn shop broker  
C                         Bb                 Ab 
Taught that monkey how to guzzle beer and he taught him  
                 Fm    
how to play stud poker  
     F                                                 Bb 
Last night when they were gambling in the kitchen, the monkey,  
        
he was taking a beating  
    C                             Bb 
The monkey said Red, I'm going to shoot you dead, because I  
C         F 
know darn well you been cheating  

 
Fm        F                     Eb       F 
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun and he's aiming  

it at your head  
G       Bb                F#                     Fm 
Run Red run, because he's got your gun, and he's aiming it at  

your head  
F          C                           Bb 
You better get up and wail, you better move your tail, before he  
F        Fm      F 
fills it full of lead  


#2  
    Eb         F                             Bb 
Oh, Red jumped up and started to move like a P80-Saber Jet  
   C                                Bb              Gm 
He zoomed around the corner, and he disappeared and everybody started  
   Fm 
to fade  
Fm                            Bb 
The race was on, you know the chase was on, and Red he sure could run  
            C                               Bb 
But, let me tell you sport, don't sell that monkey short, because he's a  
F 
travelling son of a gun  


Fm        F                     Eb                    F 
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun and he's aiming  

it at your head  
G       Bb                F#                     Fm 
Run Red run, because he's got your gun, and he's aiming it at  

your head  
F          Cm                          Bbm 
You better get up and wail, you better move your tail, before he  
F        Fm      F 
fills it full of lead  



INTERLUDE: Fm F Gm F  G Gm F G F  C Dm 

#3  
    F                       Fm           Gm   Bb           F 
The monkey trapped Red in a parking lot  down along the Avenue  
    G                               Bb                     Fm       F# 
The monkey said, Red, you've made a man out of me, now I'm going to make a  
Ab            F 
monkey out of you  
F                                             Bb 
Give me your car keys and give me your watch, give it to me or I'll  

shoot  
C                              Bb                    F 
Going to put on your brand new Stetson hat and go to town in your new  

brown suit  


Fm        F                     Eb                    F 
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun and he's aiming  

it at your head  
Bb                        F                      Fm 
Run Red run, because he's got your gun, and he's aiming it at  

your head  
F          G                           Bb 
You better get up and wail, you better move your tail, before he  
A        C       F 
fills it full of lead  


OUTRO: F  Gm F Bb Gm F

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