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by Shannon Noll


NOW I RUN

Capo 1

INTRO:  [guitar]
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         Mmm____
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Mmm

VERSE:  [guitar]
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  Tell me how the circle ends there's no beginning
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  Everything that came before will come 'round a-gain and I
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  Look in the mirror my father's eyes look back at me   mmm

VERSE:  [tutti]
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  He gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom
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  And I pray I'm strong enough to walk in his shoes and I
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  I hope that I become half the man he'd want me to be 'cos I feel you

PRE-CHORUS:
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Guiding me__ showin' me the way when I'm misdirected I
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Know you're not here but I feel connected__ 'cos everything

CHORUS:
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That I am comes from a better man__ and
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All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
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History right there for all to see__
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I'm just my father's son
[breakdown]
       (M7#11)       `
Taught me to walk now I run

RE-INTRO:  [guitar]
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      Now I run

VERSE:  [tutti]
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  Sometimes when I lose my-self   in my weakness
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  I can feel the touch of his unmis-takable hands and they're
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  Pushing me forward back into the circle a-gain and I hope my sons

PRE-CHORUS-2:
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See in me__ the kind of man that
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He was to me__ and everything

CHORUS-SHORT:
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That I am comes from a better man__ and
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All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
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History right there for all to see__
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I'm just my father's son__
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Taught me to walk now I

INTERLUDE: (part verse)                 [breakdown]
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Ruh-_____un       I ruh-__uh-__un          he's the best and the

PRE-CHORUS-3:      [build]
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Worst in me__ some-times I don't know where my common sense is I
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May be a sinner but my best defence is__ everything

CHORUS-LONG:
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That I am comes from a better man__ and
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All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
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History right there for all to see__
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I'm just my father's son__ yeah-__
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eah
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I'm just my father's son__
[breakdown]
       (M7#11)  
Taught me to walk        now I run