Dion DiMucci – Runaround Sue
160 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Runaround Sue 1961]
Prelude (slower tempo)
* D (D)
Here's my story… it's sad but true…
* Bm (Bm)
It's about a girl… that I once knew…
* G (G)
She took my love… then ran around…
* A (A)
with every single… guy in town…
Intro
D D Bm Bm G G A A
Woo-ooo… Woo-ooo… Woo-ooo… Clap… Clap… Clap…
D D Bm Bm G G A (A)
Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo…
Verse 1
D D
Ye-eee-ah I should have known it from the very start…
Bm Bm
This girl'll leave me with a broken heart…
G G
A listen people what I'm telling you…
^ A (A)
"A keep away from Runaround Sue…"
Verse 2
D D
Ye-eee-ah I might miss her lips and the smile-eee on her face…
Bm Bm
The touch of her hand and this girl-lll's warm embrace…
G G
So if you don't wanna cry-yyy like I do…
^ A (A)
"A keep away from Runaround Sue…"
Interlude
D D Bm Bm G G ^ A (A)
Woo-ooo-ooo… Woo-ooo-ooo…
Bridge 1
G G
She like to travel around… Yeah…
D D
She'll love you and she'll put you down…
G G
Now people let me put you wise-eee…
^ A (A)
A Sue goes… out-ttt with other guys…
Verse 3
D D
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows…
Bm Bm
I've been in love and my love-eee still grows…
G G
Ask-kkk any fool that she ever knew… They'll say…
^ A (A)
“A keep away from Runaround Sue…”
Verse 4
D D Bm Bm
Ye-eee-ah keep away from this girl… I don't know what
G G ^ A (A)
she'll-lll do… Keep away from Sue…
Bridge 2
G G
She like to travel around… Yeah…
D D
She'll love you and she'll put you down…
G G
Now people let me put you wise-eee…
^ A (A)
A she goes… out-ttt with other guys…
Verse 5
D D
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows…
Bm Bm
I've been in love and my love-eee still grows…
G G
Ask any fool that she ever knew… They'll say…
A A
“A keep away from Runaround Sue…”
Outro (Fade Ending)
D D
Ye-eee-ah… Stay-yyy away from that girl…
Bm Bm
Don't you know-www what she'll do now…
G G A A
Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo… Woo-ooo---
D D Bm Bm G G A A * D
---ooo-ooo-ooo… Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo…