I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
by Billy Strings • Lesson #280 • Jan 11, 2020
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Lyrics w/ chords
INTRO (played with lead riff)
| G | C | D | D |
| C | D | G | G |
CHORUS
G C D
I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
C D (walk down)
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
G C D
Down every road there's always one more city
C D G
I'm on the run, the highway is my home
VERSE
G C D D
Well, I raised a lot of Cain back in my younger days
C C D (walk down)
While my Mama used to pray those crops would fail
G C D D
Now I'm... a lonesome fugitive... with just two ways
C C D D (cool riff to end verse)
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail
I'd [G] like to settle [C] down but they won't [D] let me [D]
A [C] fugitive must [C] be a rolling [D] stone [D]
Down [G] every road there's [C] always one more [D] city [D]
I'm [C] on the run, the [D] highway, it's my [C] home [G]
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (played 2x, with solo)
| G | C | D | D |
| C | D | G | G |
G C D D
I'd like... to take you with me, but can't afford the luxury
C C D D (walk down)
Of having one I love... to come along
G C D D
Lord, you'd only... slow me down... they'd catch up with me
C C D D
For he who travels fastest goes alone
I'd [G] like to settle [C] down but they won't [D] let me [D]
A [C] fugitive must [C] be a rolling [D] stone [D]
Down [G] every road there's [C] always one more [D] city [D]
I'm [C] on the run, the [D] highway, it's my [G] home [G]
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (played multiple times, with solos)
| G | C | D | D |
| C | D | G | G |
FINAL CHORUS
[ Played quieter... ]
I'd [G] like to settle [C] down but they won't [D] let me [D]
A [C] fugitive must [C] be a rolling [D] stone [D]
[ Played at normal volume... ]
Down [G] every road there's [C] always one more [D] city [D]
I'm [C] on the run, the [D] highway, it's my [G] home [G]
[ Played quieter, let chords ring ]
I'm [C] on the run, the [D] highway, it's my [G] home [G]
Chord progressions
Intro & instrumental breaks
During the instrumental breaks (played with solos), they repeat this same progression many times.
G C D D
C D G G
Chorus:
Note, only in the 2nd chorus, the second-to-last chord is a “C” before resolving to the final “G”.
"I'd like to settle down but they won't let me..."
G C D D
C C D D
G C D D
C D G G
Verse
"Well, I raised a lot of Cain back in my younger days..."
G C D D
C C D D
G C D D
C C D D
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