Lirik dan Chord Lagu Running on the Spot - The Jam

Lagu tersebut direkam di studio The Town House, London, dan dirilis secara resmi pada 1980 melalui Polydor Records.

“Running on the Spot” muncul dalam album studio kelima The Jam yang bertajuk Sound Affects.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Running on the Spot” dari The Jam:

[Intro]
C Bb Am G# G7 (x2)

[Verse 1]
C                             Bb
I was hoping we'd make real progress 
Am                              G#             G7
But it seems we have lost the power
C              Bb
Any tiny step of advancement
Am                                  G#            G7
Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean 
C                                                    Em
We're running on the spot  always have  always will?
                        F                                   G#                    G7
We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled.

[Verse 2]
C                                               Bb
Though we keep piling up the building blocks
        Am                                   G#           G7
The structure never seems to get any higher
C                                      Bb
Because we keep kicking out the foundations
         Am                                 G#            G7
And stand useless while our lives fall down.
     C                               Em
I believe in life  and I believe in love
              F                                               G#                          G7
But the world in which I live in  keeps trying to prove me wrong.

C Bb Am G# G7 
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa...

[Bridge]
Em                                 Am
Out in the pastures we call society
   Em                                           Am                       G to F
You can't see further than the bottom of your glass
F                         Fm
Only young but easily shocked
G                                           G7                        C Bb Am
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked -
G#               G7                      C
Its Just like running on the spot

C Bb Am G# G7

C Bb Am G#                                        C
               Its Just like running on the
C Bb Am G# G7
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa...

[Verse 3]
Em                                Am
Just like sheep - little lambs into the slaughter
Em                                 Am                      G F
Don't fully grasp what exactly is wrong -
F                   Fm
Truth is you never cared - still -
G                                            G7
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked -
C                                      Bb
Intelligence should be our first weapon
    Am                      G#          G7
And stop reveling in rejection
         C                                             Bb
And follow yourselves, not some ageing drain brain
            Am                                 G#                      G7
Whose quite content to go on feeding you garbage
C                                                       Em
We're running on the spot - always have - always will?
                        F                                    G#                      G7
We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled.

C Bb Am G# G7        G#             G7                    C
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa... We're just running on the spot 

(Repeat)