Runaway Train
Soul Asylum (Dave Pirner, 1993)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
[C] Call you up in the middle of the night
[Em] Like a firefly without a light
[Am] You were there like a blowtorch burnin'
[G] I was a key that could use a little turnin'
[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
Pre-Chorus
It [F] seems no one can [G] help me now
I'm [C] in too deep, there's [Am] no way out
[F] This time I have [Em] really led my- [G] self astray [G]
Chorus
[C] Runaway train never going back
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track
[Am] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[G] Somehow I'm neither here nor there [G] [G!]
[C] Can you help me remember how to smile
[Em] Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
[Am] How on earth did I get so jaded
[G] Life's mysteries seem 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 drowning in the rain
[G] With a ticket for a runaway train
Pre-Chorus
And [F] everything seems [G] cut and dry
[C] Day and night, [Am] earth and sky
[F] Somehow I [Em] just don't be- [G] lieve it [G]
Chorus
[C] Runaway train never going back
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track
[Am] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[G] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Instrumental
| [C] | [C] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [C] | [Am] |
| [F] | [Em] | [G] | [G] |
[C↓] Bought a ticket for a runaway train
[Em↓] Like a madman laughing at the rain
[Am↓] Little out of touch, little insane
[G↓] It's just easier than dealing with the pain
Chorus
[C] Runaway train never going back
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track
[Am] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[G] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
[C] Runaway train never coming back
[Em] Runaway train tearing up the track
[Am] Runaway train burning in my veins
[G] I'd runaway but it always seems the same
Outro
| [C] | [C] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [C↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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Soul Asylum (Dave Pirner, 1993)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
[C] Call you up in the middle of the night
[Em] Like a firefly without a light
[Am] You were there like a blowtorch burnin'
[G] I was a key that could use a little turnin'
[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
Pre-Chorus
It [F] seems no one can [G] help me now
I'm [C] in too deep, there's [Am] no way out
[F] This time I have [Em] really led my- [G] self astray [G]
Chorus
[C] Runaway train never going back
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track
[Am] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[G] Somehow I'm neither here nor there [G] [G!]
[C] Can you help me remember how to smile
[Em] Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
[Am] How on earth did I get so jaded
[G] Life's mysteries seem 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 drowning in the rain
[G] With a ticket for a runaway train
Pre-Chorus
And [F] everything seems [G] cut and dry
[C] Day and night, [Am] earth and sky
[F] Somehow I [Em] just don't be- [G] lieve it [G]
Chorus
[C] Runaway train never going back
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track
[Am] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[G] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Instrumental
| [C] | [C] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [C] | [Am] |
| [F] | [Em] | [G] | [G] |
[C↓] Bought a ticket for a runaway train
[Em↓] Like a madman laughing at the rain
[Am↓] Little out of touch, little insane
[G↓] It's just easier than dealing with the pain
Chorus
[C] Runaway train never going back
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track
[Am] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[G] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
[C] Runaway train never coming back
[Em] Runaway train tearing up the track
[Am] Runaway train burning in my veins
[G] I'd runaway but it always seems the same
Outro
| [C] | [C] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [C↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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