I Ran All The Way Home

Words & Music by Bennie Benjamine & George Weiss
Recorded by The Mills Brothers, 1951


A7    Edim   A7+5  D6  Fdim  D6
I ran all the way home 

 A7     Em7  Edim      D    G6   D
Just to tell that I'm sor - ry,

   B7       Cdim   Em7     A7 Edim  A7 A7+5  D  Cdim  A7 
I real - ly didn't mean to be  so  mean to  you.


A7    Edim   A7+5  D6  Fdim  D6
I ran all the way home 

A7      Em7     Edim    D    G6   D
Just to hold you in my arms, Dear,

  B7        Cdim     Em7     A7   Em7 A7 Edim  D   G   D
I al - ways want you near to me 'cause I love you.



Bridge:

    DM7       D7  G        Gdim       D
The mo - ment I closed the door be - hind me

    Em7  A7+5  D
And heard you cry,

   G  G/F# G/B   A7   D6     D9
I knew I    ac - ted blind - ly, 

 B7 E7 Cdim        Em7 Bm7-5 A7
That I could - n't say good  bye.


A7    Edim   A7+5  D6  Fdim  D6
I ran all the way home 

A7      Em7    Edim       D   G6   D
Just to beg you to for - give me

   B7      Cdim   Em7     A7   Em7 A7  Edim   D   G   D
I want you love to be my own, just mine a - lone.

*Lest there be any doubt, this is not the same song popularized by The Impalas just seven years later. That one, actually titled Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) is by different authors.

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