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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