Run 'Em Off
By Merle Haggard
Written by Tony Lee & Onie Wheeler  
Album: Mama Tried (1968)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
4/30/16

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Now when the big bad wolf got in grandma's house
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A little Red Riding Hood was scared as the mouse
    G                        C 
And just like her I'm scared through and through
     D                                   G
Some two legged wolf would run away with you


Chorus:
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So run 'em off, no use to talk all day
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Just run 'em off, they're tryin' to get you to play
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Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
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If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me


Now there's an iceman and milkman and folks out of town
They don't come to visit they just hang around
They act just as friendly as can be
But I don't think they care a thing about me

Chorus 2:
So run 'em off don't talk too long
Run 'em off so we can be alone
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me

No matter where you are or what you do
Folks start to whistle and how is you
When they get too close I wanna say shoo
Cause it looks like they wanna take a bite of you

Chorus 3:
So run 'em off, don't talk too long
You're gonna get in Dutch
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me

Now once I ended this song but I write so more
Cause there's a half-a-dozen wolfs comin' up to my door
And I can tell by a lookin' cause it's plain to see
That they're not here to make eyes at me