[Intro]
Am Am Am Am
[Strophe]
Am 
Outrunning karma, that boy 
F           E 
He's such a charmer, all the 
Am 
Bugs and their larva follow 
F          E 
Him out to Colorado 
Am 
Ten-dozen hearts in a bag 
F            E 
Their bodies lyin', he'll drag 
Am 
Them down to Colorado 
F        E 
A modern desperado
[Pre-Refrain]
Dm                 F                 C     G 
And he'll race for miles through the night 
Dm                 F               E     E 
He runs because he knows he cannot hide
[Refrain]
Am               C 
He's never gonna make it, all the 
G                E 
Poor people he's forsaken, karma 
Am               C                G  E 
Is always gonna chase him for his lies 
Am                  C 
It's just a game of waiting from the 
G                      E 
Church steeple down to Satan karma 
Am                C               G  E 
There's really no escape until he dies
[Strophe]
Am 
Outrunning karma, that boy 
F             E 
Can't run no farther, it's the 
Am 
Last days of Sparta, follow 
F           E 
Him down to meet Apollo
[Pre-Refrain]
Dm                  F             C      G 
And he'll brace for battle in the night 
Dm                     F               E    E 
He'll fight because he knows he cannot hide
[Refrain]
Am               C 
He's never gonna make it, all the 
G                E 
Poor people he's forsaken, karma 
Am               C                G  E 
Is always gonna chase him for his lies 
Am                  C 
It's just a game of waiting from the 
G                      E 
Church steeple down to Satan karma 
Am                C               G  E 
There's really no escape until he dies
[Pont]
      Am     E         F      C 
La-la-la, la la, la-la-la, la la 
      Am     E      F    F 
La-la-la, la la, la la 
      Am     E         F      C 
La-la-la, la la, la-la-la, la la 
      Am     E      F    F 
La-la-la, la la, la-la
[Refrain]
Am               C 
He's never gonna make it, all the 
G                E 
Poor people he's forsaken, karma 
Am               C                G  E 
Is always gonna chase him for his lies 
Am                  C 
It's just a game of waiting from the 
G                      E 
Church steeple down to Satan karma 
Am                C               G  E 
There's really no escape until he dies
[Outro]
      Am     E         F      C 
La-la-la, la la, la-la-la, la la 
      Am     E      F    F 
La-la-la, la la, la-la