Chord/Tab song: Hit the Ground Runnin'

You can bang this one out in E, A, B and D and it still has a cool rock vibe. But to play it like
the CD, you'll need to finesse it a bit. The first 6 lines of the song (Pre Verse) are played with an E5
at the 7th fret then it transitions to traditional E chords. The Asus4 is played at the 5th fret. It takes
a non traditional fingering of the A chord to make this smooth. Switch the ring and pinky so the pinky
is on the A string, ring finger on the D string. Keep the bar,index and ring fingers planted and jump over
the D string with the pinky from A string to G string 7th fret. The pinky hammers on the G string
here...listen to the track and you'll get the timing.

Once you're into the Verse, it's first position chords to get that cool open B and E string droan under the
E chord. And you can play the Asus4 at the second fret by hammering on the B string 3rd fret.

The D E setup in the phrases of the lead sections.../ /... is played as partial bar chords 7th and 9th frets.

Chords Pre Verse Chords Partial Bar Chords

E 022100 E5 0799XX D XX777XX
A X02220 A 577655 E XX999XX
Asus4 X02230 Asus4 557755
B X24442 B 799877
D XX0232

Intro
E5 (x4)

Pre Verse

[E5]My thoughts are out the door, my words about to pour
[E5]The boots are on the boards, I'm gonna hit th[B]e groun[A]d runnin[Asus4]'[A][Asus4]
[E5]My eyes are up ahead, I'm lonely in this bed
[E5]My home is in my head, I'm gonna hit the[B] ground[A] runnin'[Asus4][A][Asus4]
[E5]My choices have been made, my dues have all been paid
[E5]I gotta burn before I fade. I'm gonna hit th[B]e groun[A]d runnin[Asus4]'[A][Asus4]
I be runnin' when I hit [E]ground
Verse
[E]I don't turn my porch light on when I leave home
[E]Cause I'm gone a lot and I ain't got nothing t[A]o steal[Asus4][A][Asus4]
[E]I don't kiss my baby goodbye
[E]See, I got no baby 'cause I'm gone a lot
[E]And I don't know how to [A]deal[Asus4][A][Asus4]
And I keep looking for something that's [E]real

Choeus
Goin' out on the [A]road
Gonna [Asus4]ramble all over [E]America
I was born on the [A]run
And I'm [Asus4]never gonna settle [E]down
Baby, I'm on a [A]roll
[Asus4]Rollin' all over A[E]merica
And when the [D]sun comes up, honey
[A]I'll be running when I [E]hit the ground

Verse
[E]I don't set my suitcase down when I get to town
[E]Cause I'm gone a lot and I know I'll be leaving real [A]soon[Asus4][A][Asus4]
[E]And I don't know just where I'm bound
[E]But someday I'll come back around
[E]And you know I'll be looking for[A] you[Asus4][A][Asus4]
Yeah, I'm sure to be looking for[E] you

Chorus
Goin' out on the [A]road
Gonna [Asus4]ramble all over A[E]merica
I was born on the [A]run
And I'm [Asus4]never gonna settle [E]down
Baby, I'm on a [A]roll
[Asus4]Rollin' all over A[E]merica
When the [D]sun comes up, honey
[A]I'll be running when I [E]hit the gro[/D]und[E/]

A Asus4 E /D E/ (x3) D A E

Verse

[E]All I need's this old guitar
[E]She seen a lot of miles
[E]And she makes me a living
[E]But she ain't made me a [A]star[Asus4][A][Asus4]
[E]So I gotta keep my meal ticket dry
[E]She's a six string box, ain't worth a lot of money
[E]But she keeps this boy [A]alive[Asus4][A][Asus4]
Yeah, she keeps this boy [E]alive

Chorus
I'm goin' out on the [A]road
Gonna [Asus4]ramble all over A[E]merica
I was born on the [A]run
And I'm[Asus4] never gonna settle[E] down
Baby, I'm on a [A]roll
[Asus4]Rollin' all over [E]America
When the [D]sun comes up, honey
[A]I'll be running when I [E]hit the gro[/D]und[E/]

A Asus4 E /D E/ (x4) E

[E]I'm gonna hit the groun[A]d r[Asus4]unnin'[E]
I'm gonna hit the ground [A]runn[Asus4]in'[E]
I'm gonna hit the ground [A]runn[Asus4]in'[E]
I'm gonna hit the ground [A]run[Asus4]nin'[E]