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

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

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

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

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

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

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