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

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

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

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

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

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

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