Run, run, (CN.C.)run a (Em)way;
buy your self an (CN.C.)oth er day.
A (Am)cold wind’s (Em)whis per ing (B)se crets in your ear, (Am)so low (Em)on ly you can hear.
(D)Mm.
(Em)Run, run, (CN.C.)run and (Em)hide,
some where no one (CN.C.)else can find.
(Am)Tall trees a (Em)bend and lean, from (B)point ing where to go, (Am)where you will (Em)still be all a lone.
(D)Ooh.
(C)Don’t (G)you (Am7)fret, (Gsus)my (Bm7)dear;
it ’ll (C)all (G)be (Am7)o (Gsus)ver soon.
(C)I’ll (G)be (Am7)wait (Gsus)ing (Bm7)here
(CN.C.)for (Em)you.
(Em)Run fast (CN.C.)as you (Em)can;
no one has to (CN.C.)un der stand.
(Am)Fly high a (Em)cross the sky, from (B)here to king dom come.
(Am)Fall you will (Em)down to where you’re from.
(D)Ooh.
(C)Don’t (G)you (Am7)fret, (Gsus)my (Bm7)dear;
it ’ll (C)all (G)be (Am7)o (Gsus)ver soon.
(C)I’ll (G)be (Am7)wait (Gsus)ing (Bm7)here
(CN.C.)for (Em)you.
(Bm7)here
for you,
for you,
for you,
na na (Em)na na oh.
(C)Don’t (G)you (Am7)fret, (Gsus)my (Bm7)Don’t you fret my it ’ll all dear; be o ver it ’ll (Bm7)all soon.
be o ver And I’ll soon.
be (Am7)wait (Gsus)ing here, Here,
oh.
(Bm7)here
for (Em)you,
for (Em)you,
for
for you.
run, (CN.C.)run a (Em)way.
Run, run, (CN.C.)run a (Em)way.
This page shows “Kingdom Come” by The Civil Wars in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 164 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.