It was a beau ti ful day,
like the an sun y beat thing is down.
si ble,
I had the (D)ra di o on;
and I was driv in’.
The trees flew by.
Me and Del was were sing road.
pa in’
lit tle (D)“Run a way.”
what I was fly (E)mine.
in’.
Yeah, (D)run nin’ (G)down a dream
that nev er would (G)come to me.
Work in’ on a (G)mys ter y;
go in’ wher (G)ev er it leads.
Run nin’ (G)down a dream.
I felt ti so good,
the the an sky y grew thing is pos si ble,
I put hit (D)cruise di con trol
to rubbed my eyes.
in’.
The last three days
the rain down was un stop road.
pa ble.
It was (D)al ways cold,
what no sun shine.
(E)mine.
in’.
Yeah, (D)run nin’ (G)down a dream
that nev er would (G)come to me.
Work in’ on a (G)mys ter y;
go in’ wher (G)ev er it leads.
Run nin’ (G)down a dream.
I
(D)Run nin’ (G)down a dream
that nev er would (G)come to me.
Work in’ on a (G)mys ter y;
go in’ wher (G)ev er it leads.
Run nin’ (G)down a dream.
(D)Run nin’ (G)down a dream
that nev er would (G)come to me.
Work in’ on a (G)mys ter y;
go in’ wher (G)ev er it leads.
Run nin’ (G)down a dream.
This page shows “Runnin' Down A Dream” by Tom Petty 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 140 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.