Chords
:
C : x32010
Em
: 022000
Am : x02210
G :
320003
F : 133211
Intro: [C][C]
1st Verse :
C C
Call you up in
the middle of the night
Em Em
Like a firefly
without a light
Am Am
You were there
like a blowtorch burning
G
G
I was a key that
could use a little turning
C C
So tired that
I couldn't even sleep
Em Em
So many secrets
I couldn't keep
Am Am
Promised myself
I wouldn't leave
G G
One more promise
I couldn't keep
Pre-Chorus :
F G
It seems no one can help me now
C Am
And I'm in too deep there's no way out
F Em G
G
This time I have really led myself astray
Chorus:
C C
Runaway
train never going back
Em Em
Wrong way on a
one way track
Am
Am
Seems like I should
be getting somewhere
G G
G
Gx A|-----------------------|
Somehow I'm neither
here nor there
E|----3---5---3---0------|
2nd verse :
C C
Can you help me remember
how to smile
Em Em
Make it somehow
all seem worthwhile
Am Am
How on earth did
I get so jaded
G G
Life's mystery
seems so faded
C C
I can go where
no one else can go
Em Em
I know what no
one else knows
Am Am
Here I am just
drownin' in the rain
G G
With a ticket
for a runaway train
Pre-chorus :
F G
Everything is cut and dry
C Am
Day and night Earth and sky
F Em G
Somehow I just don't believe it
Chorus:
C C
Runaway
train never going back
Em Em
Wrong way on a
one way track
Am
Am
Seems like I should
be getting somewhere
G G
Somehow I'm neither
here nor there
Solo :
[C][Em][Am][G]
[C][Em][Am][G]
[F-G][C-Am][F-Em][G]
Bridge :
C>let ring
(C)
Got a ticket for
a runaway train
Em>let ring (Em)
Like a madman
laughing at the rain
Am>let ring
(Am)
Little out of
touch little insane
G>let ring G
It's just easier
than dealing with the pain
Chorus:
C C
Runaway
train never going back
Em Em
Wrong way on a
one way track
Am
Am
Seems like I should
be getting somewhere
G G
Somehow I'm neither
here nor there
C C
Runaway
train never going back
Em Em
Runaway
train tearing up the track
Am Am
Runaway
train burning in my veins
G G
Runaway but it
always seems the same.
Ending :
[C][Em][Am][G] x2