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{title: Runaway} {artist: Del Shannon} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 151} {key: Bbm} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Bbm] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Bbm] as I walk along, I [Ab]wonder what went wrong with [Gb]our love, a love that was so [F7]strong [Bbm] and as I still walk on, I [Ab]think of the things we've done to[Gb]gether, a-while our hearts were [F7]young {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus} [Bb] I'm a-walkin' in the rain, [Gm] tears are fallin' and I feel the pain [Bb] wishin' you were here by me [Gm] to end this misery and I [Bb]wonder, I wah-wah-wah-wah-[Gm]wonder [Bb]why, why, why, why, why, [Gm]why she ran away and I [Eb]wonder, where she will [F]stay my little [Bb]runaway, [Eb]run, run, run, run, [Bb]runaway [F7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Solo} [Bbm] [Ab] [Gb] [F7] [Bbm] [Ab] [Gb] [F7] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus} [Bb] I'm a-walkin' in the rain, [Gm] tears are fallin' and I feel the pain [Bb] wishin' you were here by me [Gm] to end this misery and I [Bb]wonder, I wah-wah-wah-wah-[Gm]wonder [Bb]why, why, why, why, why, [Gm]why she ran away and I [Eb]wonder, where she will [F]stay my little [Bb]runaway, [Eb]run, run, run, run, [Bb]runaway {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outtro (repeat)} [Eb]run, run, run, run, [Bb]runaway {end_of_part}