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

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

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

 F           C
Why we always chasing after something
G                          Am
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 F                 C
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 G                 Am
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

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

 F           C
Why we always chasing after something
G                          Am
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 F                 C
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 G                 Am
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

F                  C
This is my favorite parts, oh
G                   Am
Help me piece it all together darling
F               C
Before it falls apart, oh
G                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together