Runaway Train Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C

  CCall you up in the middle of the night

  Em/BLike a firefly without a light

  AmYou were there like a blowtorch burnin'

  GI was a key that could use a little turnin'

  CSo tired that I couldn't even sleep

  EmSo many secrets I couldn't keep

  AmPromised myself I wouldn't weep

  GOne more promise I couldn't keep

  FIt seems no one can hGelp me now

  I'm iCn too deep there's Amno way out

  FThis time I have Emreally led myseGlf astray

Chorus

  CRunaway train never going back

  EmWrong way on a one way track

  AmSeems like I should be getting somewhere

  GSomehow I'm neither here nor there

Verse 2

  CCan you help me remember how to smile

  EmMake it somehow all seem worthwile

  AmHow on earth did I get so jaded

  GLife's mysteries seem so faded

  CI can go where no one else can go

  EmI know what no one else knows

  AmHere I am just drowning in the rain

  GWith a ticket for a runaway train

  FAnd everything seems Gcut and dry

  CDay and night, AmEarth and sky

  FSomehow I Emjust don't believe it G

Chorus

  CRunaway train never going back

  EmWrong way on a one way track

  AmSeems like I should be getting somewhere

  GSomehow I'm neither here nor there

Bridge

  CGot a ticket for a runaway train

  EmLike a madman laughing at the rain

  AmLittle out of touch little insane

  GIt's just easier than dealing with the pain

  CRunaway train never going back

  EmWrong way on a one way track

  AmSeems like I should be getting somewhere

  GSomehow I'm neither here nor there

  CRunaway train never coming back

  EmRunaway train tearing up the track

  AmRunaway train burning in my veins

  GId runaway but it always seems the same. Repeat

  C-Em-Am-G and fade

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