Verse 1:
It's a [G]quarter past midnight as
we cut through the[C]the city -yeah, yeah, yeah-
The [G]streets are getting restless,
good times, bad d[C]decisions -yeah, yeah-
It's a [G]quarter past midnight and
the sirens are[C]are mending some hearts
But we're the [G]losers on the back
seats singing "Love Will Tear[C]Tear Us Apart"
It's a quarter past [G]midnight, still avoiding t[C]tomorrow
It's a quarter past [G]midnight, but we're just getting[C]getting going
Chorus 1:
We [C]keep on running, [G]running through a red light
[D]Like we're trying to burn the[Em]the night away
A[C]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[G]away-ay-ay, oh
A[D]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[Em]away-ay-ay, oh oh
[C]This is my favorite[G]favorite part, oh
[D]Help me piece it all[Em]all together darling
[C]Before it falls [G]apart, oh
[D]Help me piece it all together
Verse 2:
It's a [G]quarter past midnight and
the speakers are[C]are blowing -yeah, yeah-
We want the [G]bodies on the billboards, not
the lives unde[C]underneath them -yeah, yeah, yeah-
And now we're [G]crawling up the walls
again and it's a[C]a quarter past twelve
And you [G]said we'd leave this place in
dust and fall from[C]from heaven straight through hell
We never know what we have[G]have, we never knew what we ha[C]had
Chorus 2:
We [C]keep on running, [G]running through a red light
[D]Like we're trying to burn the[Em]the night away
A[C]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[G]away-ay-ay, oh
A[D]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[Em]away-ay-ay, oh oh
W[C]Why we always[G]always chasing after something
[D]Like we trying to throw our[Em]our lives away
A[C]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[G]away-ay-ay, oh
A[D]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[Em]away-ay-ay, oh oh
[C]This is my favorite[G]favorite part, oh
[D]Help me piece it all[Em]all together darling
[C]Before it falls [G]apart, oh
[D]Help me piece it all together
Bridge:
[G]I can't remember,[C]remember, I can't remember
[G]I can't remember,[C]remember, I can't remember
Verse 3:
It's a [G]quarter past midnight and the secret[C]secrets are flowing
Our [G]lips are getting looser, I don't know what[C]what I'm saying
We never knew what we had[G]had, never know what I've had
Chorus 3:
We [C]keep on running, [G]running through a red light
[D]Like we're trying to burn the[Em]the night away
A[C]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[G]away-ay-ay, oh
A[D]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[Em]away-ay-ay, oh oh
W[C]Why we always[G]always chasing after something
[D]Like we trying to throw our[Em]our lives away
A[C]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[G]away-ay-ay, oh
A[D]Away-ay-ay, away-ay[Em]away-ay-ay, oh oh
[C]This is my favorite[G]favorite parts, oh
[D]Help me piece it all[Em]all together darling
[C]Before it falls [G]apart, oh
[D]Help me piece it all together
