Verse 1:
B E
It's a quarter past midnight as we cut through the city -yeah, yeah, yeah-
B E
The streets are getting restless, good times, bad decisions -yeah, yeah-
B E
It's a quarter past midnight and the sirens are mending some hearts
B E
But we're the losers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
B E
It's a quarter past midnight, still avoiding tomorrow
B E
It's a quarter past midnight, but we're just getting going
Chorus 1:
E B
We keep on running, running through a red light
Gb Abm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
E B
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
Gb Abm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
E B
This is my favorite part, oh
Gb Abm
Help me piece it all together darling
E B
Before it falls apart, oh
Gb -nc-
Help me piece it all together
Verse 2:
B E
It's a quarter past midnight and the speakers are blowing -yeah, yeah-
B E
We want the bodies on the billboards, not the lives underneath them -yeah, yeah, yeah-
B E
And now we're crawling up the walls again and it's a quarter past twelve
B E
And you said we'd leave this place in dust and fall from heaven straight through hell
B E
We never know what we have, we never knew what we had
Chorus 2:
E B
We keep on running, running through a red light
Gb Abm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
E B
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
Gb Abm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
E B
Why we always chasing after something
Gb Abm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
E B
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
Gb Abm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
E B
This is my favorite part, oh
Gb Abm
Help me piece it all together darling
E B
Before it falls apart, oh
Gb -nc-
Help me piece it all together
Bridge:
B E
I can't remember, I can't remember
B E
I can't remember, I can't remember
Verse 3:
B E
It's a quarter past midnight and the secrets are flowing
B E
Our lips are getting looser, I don't know what I'm saying
B
We never knew what we had, never know what I've had
Chorus 3:
E B
We keep on running, running through a red light
Gb Abm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
E B
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
Gb Abm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
E B
Why we always chasing after something
Gb Abm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
E B
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
Gb Abm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
E B
This is my favorite parts, oh
Gb Abm
Help me piece it all together darling
E B
Before it falls apart, oh
Gb -nc-
Help me piece it all together
