Verse 
     G                    D
In a second hand car, you ran away from him 
          Am                  C
you didnt get to far, for he made you cry 
        G                       D
then he beat on you, he never treated you 
                Am                     C
like something on his shoe....walk on by....on by 
    G                   D
Its time...time to run away from him, 
            Em                                 C
a man dont act that way, and you know he'll never change  
Verse 
 
     G                                     D
well its the way to love, knock down and bruises too 
             Am                              C
and its the way for him, to knock down and use...you 
         G                         D
i send a ticket to you...i say a prayer for you 
           Am                              C
i send the fare to you...and it makes me cry....me cry 
    G                   D
Its time...time to run away from him, 
            Em                                 C
a man dont act that way...and you know he'll never change 
     G                       D
It s time...time for you to come on home 
                    Em
but the world dont seem that way 
                    C
and you know he'll never change...never change  
Verse 
 
       G                          D
such a rarer cause, ahh she got lost on him 
         Am                      C
and got lost in thought, as she walks on by 
              G                           D
and make the time to give, if you dont give a #!*$ 
             Am                      C
and make it home and live...without you...and we can 
 
Bridge 
    G                   D
Its time...time to run away from him 
            Em                                 C
a man dont act that way, and you know he'll never change 
     G                       D
It s time...time for you to come on home 
                    Em
but the world dont seem that way 
                    C
and you know he'll never change...never change