Chords :

C  :  x32010

Em :  022000

Am :  x02210

G  :  320003

F  :  133211

 

 

Intro: [C][C]

 

1^st 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------|

 

 

 

2^nd 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