Nowhere To Run| Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| N.C | G7 | G7 |
Chorus 1
||: G7 | F C | G7 | F C :||
Nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide.
| G7 | F C | G7 | F C |
I got nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide.
Verse 1
||: G7 | F C :||
It’s not love I’m runnin’ from,
just the heartbreak I know will come.
Cause I know you’re no good for me (you’re no good),
but you’ve become a part of me.
Bridge 1
||: N.C | N.C :||
Everywhere I go, your face I see.
Every step I take, you take with me, yeah.
Chorus 2
Nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide.
Got nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide.
Chorus tag 1
| A7 | A7 |
I know you’re no good for me,
| D7 | D7 |
but free of you, I’ll never be, no.
Verse 2
Each night as I sleep,
into my heart you creep.
I wake up feeling sorry I met you,
hoping soon, that I’ll forget you.
Bridge 2
When I look in the mirror, to comb my hair.
I see your face just-a-smilin’ there.
Chorus 3
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, from you, baby.
I got nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide.
Chorus tag 2
I know you’re no good for me.
But you’ve become a part of me.
Verse 3
How can I fight a love,
that shouldn’t be?
When it’s so deep, so deep,
deep inside of me.
Bridge 3
My love reaches so high, I can’t get over it.
It’s so wide, I can’t get around it, no.
Chorus 4
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, from you babe.
Just can’t get away from you baby, no matter how I try.
Chorus tag 3
I know you’re no good for me,
but free of you, I’ll never be.
Chorus 5 (x3)
||: G7 | F C | G7 | F C :||
Nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide (Nowhere to hide).
Got nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide (Nowhere to hide).
Got nowhere to run. Got nowhere to hide (Nowhere to hide).
Nowhere To Run Chords: Decoding the Bluesy Progression
This is an important chord progression to understand. We’re in the key of G, but most traditional rules are broken, with only two chords sticking to the conventional approach.
First, the I chord is a dominant 7 (G7), which immediately tells us that Nowhere To Run has a bluesy feel. If we were strictly following the major scale, the G chord would be a maj7, but here it’s a dom7.
Next, we encounter the F chord, which functions as a bVIIx, the quintessential rock ‘n’ roll chord, commonly used in songs like those by AC/DC.
After the F, we move to C, the IV chord, which is one of the few chords in the key of G that hasn’t been altered. Here’s the verse and chorus progression:
||: G7 (I) | F (bVIIx) C (IV) :||
The chorus tag introduces A7 and D7, where A7 functions as the IIx chord and D7 is the dominant V chord with its natural b7 extension.
On top of these blues and rock ‘n’ roll-inspired chords, the melody blends both the minor and major pentatonic scales, essentially using blues language.
Here’s a chord chart to help guide your playing.
Nowhere To Run Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
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Behind the Hits: How Motown’s Work Ethic Created Gems Like Nowhere To Run
1965 was one of the greatest years for songwriting, and with Motown in full swing, you might think that Berry Gordy found a winning formula and that everything he touched became a hit. But that’s not entirely true! In 1965, he released 119 singles, and not all of them were hits!
The ones that were include I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Stop! In The Name of Love, Dancing In The Street, and How Sweet It Is.
If you compare Nowhere To Run with Dancing In The Street, you’ll notice striking similarities. This is no coincidence—both songs were written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, sung by Martha and the Vandellas, and backed by The Funk Brothers.
Looking back at the Motown empire, it’s clear that in order to create some of the most memorable tunes the world ever heard, they had to produce a lot of material that no one today remembers. Consider what this means for your own musical journey: my top tip is—get to work, or nothing will happen!
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