| G | F | C | |
| This heres a s | tory about billy joe and bob | bie sue |
| G | F | C | |
| Two young lovers | with nothin bett | er to do |
| G | F | C | |
| Than sit around the house, g | et high, and watch | the tube |
| E5/F5 | |
| A | nd here is what happened when they decided to cut loose |
| G | F | C | |
| They headed down to, ooh, ol | d el paso |
| G | F | C | |
| Thats where they ran int | o a great big has | sle |
| G | F | C | |
| Billy joe sh | ot a man while robbing h | is castle |
| G | F | C | E5-F5-F#5-G | |
| Bobbie sue took | the money and run |
| Chorus - Sounds good as powerchords, although you can play open chords over the lyrics |
| it'll still sound pretty good. |
| G | F | C | E5-F5-F#5-G | |
| Go on tak | e the money and run |
| G | F | C | E5-F5-F#5-G | |
| Go on tak | e the money and run |
| E5-F5 | |
| G | o on take the money and run |
| G | F | C | |
| Go on tak | e the money and run |
| ~~~~As you can tell, it's pretty much the same chord progression, so I've just thrown in |
| couple of the transition-type thingers |
| Billy mack is a detective down in texas |
| You know he knows just exactly what the facts is |
| He aint gonna let those two escape justice |
| He makes his livin off of the peoples taxes C5-E5 E5-F5 |
| Bobbie sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away |
| Billy joe caught up to her the very next day |
| They got the money, hey |
| You know they got away E5-F5-F#5-G |
| They headed down south and theyre still running today C5-E5 E5-F5 |
| (Singin) |
| Go on take the money and run (Alternate between the two riffs) |
| Go on take the money and run |
| Go on take the money and run |
| Go on take the money and run |
| Go on take the money and run |
| Go on take the money and run |
| Go on take the money and run |
| Go on take the money and run |