Intro 
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Verse 
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On the first day of the journey the traveller was prepared 
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And words of consolation were never heard 
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He didn't know where he was going, just a poem in his mind 
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And all the things he valued, he left behind 


[Refrão]

Am              F 
Running for the money 
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Running for the fame 
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Lost where he was going 
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And forgot his name 

Verse 
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The promised land was waiting, his vision led him on 
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But only promises were waiting, for the rest had gone 
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So he asked a band of travellers, who turned the other way 
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And left him in the wilderness to face the day 


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Am              F 
Running for the money 
C               G 
Running for the fame 
Am                F 
Lost where he was going 
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And forgot his name 

Verse 
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He wandered through the desert, where the land lay in waste 
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He was guided by the blinding sun, which burned his face 
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So he turned to the mountains, where the air was fresh and clear 
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And the cold wind chilled his body, and his death was near 


[Refrão]
 
Am              F 
Running for the money 
C               G 
Running for the fame 
Am                F 
Lost where he was going 
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And forgot his name 

Verse 
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So the traveller came home again, an old and feeble man 
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There was no one there to greet him, everyone had gone 
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No one left to listen and no one left to hear 
    C                                      G 
And everything had turned to dust, and the earth was bare 


[Refrão]
 
Am              F 
Running for the money 
C               G 
Running for the fame 
Am                F 
Lost where he was going 
       G             F    C    G 
And forgot his name 

Am              F 
Running for the money 
C               G 
Running for the fame 
Am                F 
Lost where he was going 
       G             F    C    G 
And forgot his name