RUNAWAY TRAIN
1. Call you
up in the middle of the night,
like a
firefly without a light,
Am
you were
there like a blowtorch burning,
G
I was a
key that could use a little turning.
C
So tired
that I couldn't even sleep,
Em
so many
secrets I couldn't keep,
Am
promised
myself I wouldn't weep,
G
one more
promise I couldn't keep.
F G C Am
It seems no one can help me now, I'm in too deep there's no
way out.
F Em G
- G7
this time I have really led myself astray.
C
Runaway
train never going back,
Em
runaway
on a one way track,
Am
seems
like I should be getting somewhere,
G
somehow
I'm neither here nor there.
C
2. Can you
help me remember how to smile,
Em
make it
somehow all seem worth while?
Am
How on
earth did I get so jaded?
G
Life's
mystery seems so faded.
C
I can go
where no one else can go,
Em
I know
what no one else knows.
Am
Here I am
just drownin' in the rain,
G
with a
ticket for a runaway train.
F
G C Am
Everything is cut and dry, day and night, earth and sky
F -
Em G - G7
Somehow I
just don't believe it.
+ CHORUS + C - Em - Am - G F - G - C
- Am F - Em - G
C
3.
Bought a ticket for a runaway train,
Em
like a
madman laughin' at the rain,
Am
a little
out of touch, little insane,
G
it's just
easier than dealing with the pain.
+ CHORUS
C
Runaway
train never comin' back,
Em
runaway
train tearin' up the track,
Am
runaway
train burnin' in my veins,
G
- C - Em - Am - G - C
runaway,
but it always seems the same.
(Soul
Asylum)