| E | |
| It was a | beautiful day, the sun beat down |
| D | E | |
| I had the | radio on. I was driv | in' |
| D | |
| Trees flew by, me and Del was singin' little | runaway |
| E | |
| I was | flyin' |
| CHORUS |
| D | G | E | |
| Yeah I'm | runnin' | down a | dream |
| E | G | A | |
| That | never would | come to | me |
| D | G | E | G | A | |
| Workin' on a | myste | ry, goin' where | ver it | leads |
| A | G | E | |
| Runnin' | down a | dream |
| E | |
| I felt so good, like anything was possible |
| D | E | |
| I hit cruise | control and rubbed my | eyes |
| E | |
| The last three days the rain was un-stoppable |
| D | E | |
| It was | always cold, no sun | shine |
| CHORUS |
| D | G | E | |
| Yeah I'm | runnin' | down a | dream |
| E | G | A | |
| That | never would | come to | me |
| A | G | E | G | A | |
| Workin' on a | myste | ry, goin' where | ver it | leads |
| A | G | E | |
| Runnin' | down a | dream |
| C | D | E | C | D | E | |
| E | |
| I rolled on by as the sky grew dark |
| D | E | |
| I put the | pedal down to make some | time |
| E | |
| There's something good waitin' down this road |
| D | E | |
| I'm | pickin' up whatever's | mine |
| CHORUS |
| A | G | E | |
| Yeah I'm | runnin' | down a | dream |
| E | G | A | |
| That | never would | come to | me |
| A | G | E | G | A | |
| Workin' on a | myste | ry, goin' where | ver it | leads |
| A | G | E | |
| Runnin' | down a | dream |
| C | D | E | C | D | E | |
the last verse is a bridge verse ...play an A at "pedal" and a G at "waiting" and an A at "picking". it was that way before chaos "fixed" it