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

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

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

 B           Gb
Why we always chasing after something
Db                          Ebm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 B                 Gb
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Db                 Ebm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

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

 B           Gb
Why we always chasing after something
Db                          Ebm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 B                 Gb
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Db                 Ebm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

B                  Gb
This is my favorite parts, oh
Db                   Ebm
Help me piece it all together darling
B               Gb
Before it falls apart, oh
Db                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together