E   A   E  B  E

[Chorus]
E
Run Molly, run
A
Run Molly, run
                  E
Long John's gonna beat you
  B                 E
Beneath the shining sun

[Verse]
                                     A
Long John was the youngest horse and Molly was the old
             E                 B                 E
Molly was an old grey mare and he was a stallion bold
           B                 E
Oh, Lordy, he was a stallion bold

[Chorus]
E
Run Molly, run
A
Run Molly, run
                  E
Long John's gonna beat you
  B                 E
Beneath the shining sun

[Verse]
                                 A
Long John said to Molly, "You're runnin' your last race
                      E            B                  E
'Cause when I turn my head around, I'm gonna see your face
         B                  E
Old gal, I'm gonna see your face"

[Verse]
                                A
Molly said to Long John, "Don't take me for a fool
                       E                  B                E
If you didn't cut your ears and tail, I'd think you were a mule (Yeah!)
    B                E
I'd think you were a mule"

[Verse]
                                     A
Long John, he got mad, oh, lord, and shook his woolly mane
                  E                B                E
"Last time that I run, old girl, I beat the Memphis train
  B                E
I beat the Memphis train"

[Chorus]
E
Run Molly, run {oh, Molly)
A
Run Molly, run
                  E
Long John's gonna beat you
  B                 E
Beneath the shining sun

[Verse]
                                   A
See them waitin' on the track, the man, he hollered, "Go!"
                  E           B             E
Long John runnin' fast, lord, Molly runnin' slow
B             E
Molly runnin' slow

[Verse]
                                 A
Long John said to Molly, "Take a last look at the sky
                     E            B                       E
'Cause, baby, when I pass you, my dust's gonna blind your eye
             B            E
Oh, Lord, my dust's gonna blind your eye."

[Chorus]
E
Run Molly, run
A
Run Molly, run
                  E
Long John's gonna beat you
B                E
Look out for the turn, oh, lordy
E
Lordy, here she comes!

[Verse]
                         A
Long John beatin' Molly, wait, what's that I see?
                E          B             E
Molly's passin' Long John, Molly runnin' free
           B             E
Oh, lordy, Molly runnin' free

[Chorus]
E
Run Molly, run {oh, Molly)
A
Run Molly, run
                  E
Put old Long John out to stud
        B         E
And let old Molly run