Verse 1:
       A                                          D
It's a quarter past midnight as we cut through the city -yeah, yeah, yeah-
    A                                              D
The streets are getting restless, good times, bad decisions -yeah, yeah-
       A                                       D
It's a quarter past midnight and the sirens are mending some hearts
              A                                               D
But we're the losers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
 

                    A                         D
It's a quarter past midnight, still avoiding tomorrow
                    A                               D
It's a quarter past midnight, but we're just getting going
 
Chorus 1:
   D                A
We keep on running, running through a red light
E                            Gbm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 D                 A
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 E                 Gbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

D                  A
This is my favorite part, oh
E                   Gbm
Help me piece it all together darling
D               A
Before it falls apart, oh
E                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together
 
Verse 2:
       A                                         D
It's a quarter past midnight and the speakers are blowing -yeah, yeah-
            A                                           D
We want the bodies on the billboards, not the lives underneath them -yeah, yeah, yeah-
              A                                     D
And now we're crawling up the walls again and it's a quarter past twelve
        A                                               D
And you said we'd leave this place in dust and fall from heaven straight through hell
                          A                         D
We never know what we have, we never knew what we had
 
Chorus 2:
   D                A
We keep on running, running through a red light
E                            Gbm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 D                 A
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 E                 Gbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

 D           A
Why we always chasing after something
E                          Gbm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 D                 A
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 E                 Gbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

D                  A
This is my favorite part, oh
E                   Gbm
Help me piece it all together darling
D               A
Before it falls apart, oh
E                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together
 
Bridge:
A                D
I can't remember, I can't remember
A                D
I can't remember, I can't remember
 
Verse 3:
       A                                   D
It's a quarter past midnight and the secrets are flowing
    A                                         D
Our lips are getting looser, I don't know what I'm saying
                         A
We never knew what we had, never know what I've had
 
Chorus 3:
   D                A
We keep on running, running through a red light
E                            Gbm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 D                 A
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 E                 Gbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

 D           A
Why we always chasing after something
E                          Gbm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 D                 A
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 E                 Gbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

D                  A
This is my favorite parts, oh
E                   Gbm
Help me piece it all together darling
D               A
Before it falls apart, oh
E                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together