Runaway Train original guitar chords by
Soul Asylum

1992Rock10.8K views

Key: C major

Intro 1

C

Csus4

C

C

Verse 1
C C 
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Call you up in the middle of the night
C/B C/B 
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Like a firefly without a light
Am Am 
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You were there like a blowtorch burning
G G 
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I was a key that could use a little turning
C C 
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So tired that I couldn't even sleep
C/B C/B 
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So many secrets I couldn't keep
Am Am 
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Promised myself I wouldn't weep
G G 
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One more promise I couldn't keep

Pre-chorus 1
F F 
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G G 
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It seems no one can help me now
C C 
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I'm in too deep
Am Am 
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There's no  way out
F F 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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This time I have really led myself astray

Chorus 1
C C 
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Runaway train never going back
Em Em 
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Wrong way on a one way track
Am Am 
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Seems like I should be
getting somewhere
G G 
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Somehow I'm neither here nor there
G G 
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G G 
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Verse 2
C C 
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Can you help me remember how to smile
C/B C/B 
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Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
Am Am 
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How on earth did I get so jaded
G G 
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Life's mystery seems so faded
C C 
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I can go where no one else can go
C/B C/B 
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I know what no one else knows
Am Am 
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Here I am just drownin' in the rain
G G 
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With a ticket for a runaway train

Pre-chorus 2

F

G

And everything seems cut and dry

C

Am

Day and night, earth and sky

F

Em

G

Somehow I just don't believe it

Chorus 2
C C 
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Runaway train never going back
Em Em 
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Wrong way on a one way track
Am Am 
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Seems like I should be
getting somewhere
G G 
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Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Solo 1

C

C

Em

Em

Am

Am

G

G

F

G

C

Am

F

Em

G

G

Bridge 1

C

Bought a ticket for a runaway train

C/B

Like a madman laughin' at the rain

Am

Little out of touch, little insane

G

Just easier than dealing with the pain

Chorus 3
C C 
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Runaway train never going back
Em Em 
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Wrong way on a one way track
Am Am 
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Seems like I should be
getting somewhere
G G 
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Somehow I'm neither here nor there
C C 
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Runaway train never comin' back
Em Em 
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Runaway train tearin' up the track
Am Am 
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Runaway train burnin' in my veins
G G 
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Runaway but it always seems the same

Outro 1
C C 
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C C 
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Em Em 
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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G G 
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C C 
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C C 
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Em Em 
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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G G 
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[Fade out]

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