G    F    C    G
G    F    C    G

[Verse]
                                    F
On the first day of the journey the traveller was prepared
    C                         G
And words of consolation were never heard
                                          F
He didn't know where he was going, just a poem in his mind
    C                            G
And all the things he valued, he left behind

[Chorus]
Am              F
Running for the money
C               G
Running for the fame
Am                F
Lost where he was going
       G             F    C    G
And forgot his name

[Verse]
                                   F
The promised land was waiting, his vision led him on
         C                              G
But only promises were waiting, for the rest had gone
                                      F
So he asked a band of travellers, who turned the other way
    C                             G
And left him in the wilderness to face the day

[Chorus]
Am              F
Running for the money
C               G
Running for the fame
Am                F
Lost where he was going
       G             F    C    G
And forgot his name

[Verse]
                                          F
He wandered through the desert, where the land lay in waste
       C                                 G
He was guided by the blinding sun, which burned his face
                                                 F
So he turned to the mountains, where the air was fresh and clear
        C                                   G
And the cold wind chilled his body, and his death was near

[Chorus]
Am              F
Running for the money
C               G
Running for the fame
Am                F
Lost where he was going
       G             F    C    G
And forgot his name

[Verse]
                                     F
So the traveller came home again, an old and feeble man
          C                               G
There was no one there to greet him, everyone had gone
                             F
No one left to listen and no one left to hear
    C                                      G
And everything had turned to dust, and the earth was bare

[Chorus]
Am              F
Running for the money
C               G
Running for the fame
Am                F
Lost where he was going
       G             F    C    G
And forgot his name

[Chorus]
Am              F
Running for the money
C               G
Running for the fame
Am                F
Lost where he was going
       G             F    C    G
And forgot his name