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

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

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

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

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

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

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