"From the album, His Greatest, And His Best"
Words and Music Transcribed by Mike Menton
Merle Haggard
"The Running Kind"
(G) I was born the running kind, With leaving always on my mind,
Home was never home to me at (C) any time,
Every(D) front door found me hopin', I would find the back door open,
There just had to be an exit for the (G) running kind,
(G) Within' me there's a prison, surrounding me alone,
As real as any dungeon with these(C) walls of stone,
I know (D) runnin's not the answer, but runnin's been my nature,
And the part of me that keeps me movin' (G) on,
(G) I was born the running kind, with leaving always on my mind,
Home was never home to me at (C) any time,
Every(D)front door found me hopin', I would find the back door open
There just had to be an exit for the (G) running kind.
(LEAD)
