Hit The Ground And Run

here’s a song from gbs’s 2010 album , "safe upon the shore" . this song was co - written by alan doyle and russell crowe . - standard tuning - - capo 2nd fret - - chords : - D : xx0232 A : x0222 xg : 320033 Em : 022000 [ Intro ] D , A , D [ Verse 1 ] D there’s a wedding in the chapel , G and the bride is oh so happy , D A and Daddy’s got a shotgun in his hand , D the groom is sweatin’ bullets , G as the priest steps to the pulpit , D A D he’s about to make this boy into a man . [ Chorus ] D sweet jesus in the garden , G can you grant this boy a pardon , D A for its true he really don’t know what he’s done , D better lock the church door tight , G ’cause at the slightest crack of light , D A D that boy is gonna hit the ground and run , A D he’s gonna run he’s gonna fly , ( D ) he’s out the door and down the street , Em A and he won’t say goodbye , D the diapers and the diatribes , G D of her Daddy on the rum , A D that boy is gonna hit the ground and run . [ Verse 2 ] was it the rubbing or the tugging , put a bun in nancy’s oven , she’s praying she’s not starting to show , but the wedding’s set for april , and she’s known since november , she ain’t got hells chance of a ball of snow . [ Chorus ] [ instrumental ] A , D D , Em , A D , G , D D , A , D [ Verse 3 ] what in the lords name was he thinking , you can’t blame this all on drinking , you can count the family teeth upon one hand , by midnight he was muddled , and her gene pool is a puddle , that boy might be the Daddy of his old man . [ Chorus ] that boy is gonna hit the ground and run , that boy is gonna hit the ground and run .