I'm Not Running Anymore chords by John Mellencamp

🎸 Intro:
| D   C   | G      | D   C   | G      |

| D   C   | G      | D   C   | G      |



🎸 Verse 1:
D         C     G
 Holly told me, "You better give me a child",
    D     C     G
I said,  "Holly, there's no way,
D        C        G
 we don't even like each other all that much,
      D    C    G
we couldn't make it one more day".

🎸 Verse 2:
D        C        G
 She said, "You better look out, buster,
     D        C      G
the next time you see me you're gonna pay".
D         C         G
 I said, "Holly, I'm not running anymore
D     C   G
 but I'm on my way".

🎸 Chorus:
    D   C G
I'm on my way,
    D   C G
I'm on my way,
     D  C  G
I'm on my way
      D    C G
but I'm not running anymore.

🎸 Interlude:
| D   C   | G      | D   C   | G      |

🎸 Verse 3:
      D     C        G
Well, I got two circus clowns here who like to fight,
     D     C        G
they got one black eye and a bloody nose.
D       C      G
 They are the hoodlums of my third wife,
  D   C        G
whatever I say they will oppose.

🎸 Verse 4:
D     C         G
 I try to teach those clowns something,
      D    C   G
like how to make it day to day.
D         C       G
 I say, "Hey, you kids, I'm not running anymore,
D     C   G
 but I'm on my way".

🎸 Chorus:
    D   C G
I'm on my way,
    D   C G
I'm on my way,
     D  C  G
I'm on my way
      D    C G*
and I'm not running anymore.

🎸 Interlude: (Drums)
| N.C.    | N.C.    | N.C.    | N.C.    |

🎸 Interlude:
| (D)  (C)  | (G)     | (D)  (C)  | (G)     |
| D   C   | G      | D   C   | G      |
| D   C   | G      | D   C   | G      |

🎸 Verse 5:
    D      C         G
Well, I look in the mirror - what the hell happened to me,
     D   C      G
whatever I had  has gone away?
D       C        G
 I'm not the young kid that I used to be,
   D    C     G
so, I push the hair back out of my face.

🎸 Verse 6:
D     C           G
 That's O.K., I knew this would happen
     D   C   G
but I was hopin' not today.
D      C        G
 Hey, Baby, I'm not running anymore
D     C   G
 but I'm on my way.

🎸 Chorus:
     D   C   G
I'm on my  way,
     D   C   G
I'm on my  way,
     D   C   G
I'm on my way,
      D    C G
and I'm not running anymore.

End-🎸 Chorus:
     D   C    G
I'm on my  way,
     D   C    G
I'm on my  way,
     D  C     G
I'm on my way
      D    C G*    N.C.
and I'm not running anymore. For sure!