Chords for Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Official HD Video)

Tempo:
116.95 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Am

Em

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Official HD Video) chords
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[Eb] [N] .
[D] [N] .
[C] [G] .
[C] .
Saw you up in the middle of the night.
[G] Like a firefly without a [Am] light.
You were there like a blowtorch [G] burning.
I was the key that could use a little [C] turning.
So tired that I couldn't even [G] sleep.
So many secrets I could [Am] keep.
Promised myself I wouldn't .
[G] weep.
But one more promise I couldn't keep.
[F] It seems no one [G] can help me now.
[C] I'm in too deep, [Am] there's no way out.
[F] This time I [Em] have really let [G] myself astray .
[C] Runaway train never going [Em] back.
Wrong way on a one-way [Am] track.
Seems like I should be getting [G] somewhere.
Somehow neither here nor there.
Can .
[C] you help me remember how to [G] smile?.
Take it somehow all seemed worthwhile.
[Am] How on earth did I get so [G] jaded?.
Life's mystery seems so fair.
[C] I can go where no one else can go.
[G] I [C] know where no one [G] else [Am] knows.
Here I am just drowning in the rain.
[G] With a ticket for a runaway train.
[F] And everything seems [G] cut and dry.
[C] Day and night.
[Am] I .
[F] somehow [Em] just don't [G] believe it .
[C] Runaway train never going back.
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way track.
[Am] Seems like I should be getting [G] somewhere.
Somehow I'm neither here nor [C] there.
What'd .
[Em] [G] .
[Am] .
[G] .
[F] [G] .
[C] [Am] .
[F] [Em] .
[G] .
[C] it take you for a runaway [G] train?.
Like a madman [C] laughing at the rain.
[Am] A little out of touch, a little in between.
[G] It's just easier than dealing with the [C] pain.
Runaway train never going back.
[Em] Wrong way on a one-way [Am] track.
Seems like I should be getting [G] somewhere.
Somehow I'm neither here nor [C] there.
Runaway train never coming [Em] back.
Runaway train tearing up the [Am] track.
Runaway train burning in my [G] face.
A runaway but it always seems the [C] same .
[Em] .
[Am] .
[G] .
[C] .
[Em] .
[Am] .
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
Em
121
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
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To learn Soul Asylum - Runaway Train chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: C, Am, G, C, Em, C and G. Ease into the song by practicing at 58 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 117 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [N] _ .
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ .
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ Saw you up in the middle of the night.
[G] Like a firefly without a [Am] light.
You were there like a blowtorch [G] burning.
I was the key that could use a little [C] turning.
So tired that I couldn't even [G] sleep.
So many secrets I could [Am] keep.
Promised myself I wouldn't _ .
[G] weep.
But one more promise I couldn't keep.
[F] It seems no one [G] can help me now.
[C] I'm in too deep, [Am] there's no way out.
[F] This time I [Em] have really let [G] myself astray _ _ _ _ .
[C] Runaway _ train never going [Em] back.
Wrong way on a one-way [Am] track.
Seems like I should be getting _ [G] somewhere.
_ Somehow neither here nor there.
_ _ Can _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ you help me remember how to [G] smile?.
Take it somehow all seemed worthwhile.
[Am] _ How on earth did I get so [G] jaded?.
_ Life's mystery seems so fair.
[C] I can go where no one else can go.
[G] I [C] know where no one [G] else [Am] knows.
Here I am just drowning in the rain.
[G] _ With a ticket for a runaway train.
[F] And everything seems [G] cut and dry.
[C] Day and night.
[Am] I _ _ _ .
[F] somehow _ _ [Em] just don't [G] believe it _ _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ _ Runaway train never going back.
[Em] _ Wrong way on a one-way track.
[Am] _ Seems like I should be getting _ [G] somewhere.
Somehow I'm neither here nor [C] there.
_ _ What'd _ _ _ .
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ .
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ .
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ it take you for a runaway _ [G] train?.
Like a madman [C] laughing at the rain.
[Am] A little out of touch, a little in between.
[G] It's just easier than dealing with the [C] pain.
_ Runaway train never going back.
[Em] _ Wrong way on a one-way [Am] track.
Seems like I should be getting _ [G] somewhere.
_ Somehow I'm neither here nor [C] there.
_ Runaway train never coming [Em] back.
_ Runaway train tearing up the [Am] track.
_ Runaway train burning in my [G] face.
A runaway but it always seems the [C] same _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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It's Dave Pirner who authored this song.

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