Runaway Train  Soul Asylum

  
 




 
 From: Sekhar Narayanaswami 
 Runaway Train - Soul Asylum 
 Play in fast hard driving strum, nothing fancy, pure folk rythm 
 
 C Em Am G x 2 
 
 Ca[C]ll you up in the middle of the night, 
 
 Li[Em}ke a fire fly burnin' bright, 
 
 You[AM] were there like a blowtorch burnin', 
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 I [G]was a key that could use a little turnin', 
 
 So [C]tired that I couldn't even sleep, 
 
 So [Em]many secrets I couldn't keep, 
 
 Pr[Am]omised myself I wouldn't weep, 
 
 One[G] more promise I couldn't keep, 
 
 
 It [F]seems no one can[G] help me now, 
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  I'm in[C] too deep there's no[Am] way out, 
 
 This[F] time I have[Em] really led[G] myself astray, 
 
 Chorus: 
 
 Ru[C]naway train never going back, 
 
 Ru[Em]naway train tearin' up the track, 
 
 Se[Am]ems like I should be getting somewhere, 
 
 So[G]mehow I'm neither here nor there 
 
 Verse:2 
 C[C]an you help me remember how to smile, 
 
 Ma[Em]ke it somehow all seem worthwhile, 
 
 How[Am] on earth did I get so jaded, 
 
 Li[G]fe's mysteries seem so faded, 
 
 I[C] can go where no one else can go, 
 
 I[Em] know what no one can know, 
 
 He[Am]re I am just drowning in the rain, 
 
 Wi[G]th a ticket for a runaway train, 
 
 Eve[F]rything seems cut[G] and dry, 
 
 Day[C] and night Earth[Am] and sky, 
 
 So[F]me how I just[Em] don't believe[G] it, 
 
 Chorus: 
 Ru[C]naway train never going back, 
 
 Ru[Em]naway on a one way track, 
 
 See[Am]ms like I should be getting somewhere, 
 
 Some[G]how I'm neither here nor there, 
 
 Solo:C Em Am G 
 C Em Am G 
 F G 
 C Em G 
 One strum and sing acappella first three lines 
 Go[C]t a ticket for a runaway train, 
 
 Li[Em]ke a madman laughing at the rain, 
 
 Li[Am]ttle out of touch little insane, 
 Come back in hard here on the "G"with same rythm, 
 It's[G] just easier than dealing with the pain, 
 
 Ru[C]naway train never going back, 
 
 Ru[Em]naway on a one way track, 
 
 Se[Am]ems like I should be getting somewhere, 
 
 So[G]mehow I'm neither here nor there, 
 
 Ru[C]naway train never going back, 
 
 Ru[Em]naway train tearing up the track, 
 
 Ru[Am]naway train burning in my veins, 
 
 Ru[G]naway but it always seems the same, 
 
 
 Repeat 
 C Em Am G  and fade 
 
 Chords used: 
 C: 
 Em: 
 Am: 
 G: 
 F: 
 Em: 
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 Sekhar Narayanaswami                        rsn@cory.berkeley.edu<br/> 
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 "I wanna find myself a girl<br/> 
 Who can show me what laughter means<br/> 
 And we'll fill in the missing colors<br/> 
 In each others paint-by-number dreams" -- Jackson Browne<br/> 
 
 Amen Brother, We all want one of those, knowing some, well lots of love songs help, they can get you "companionship" after a few songs like "Wonderful Tonight", "Let It Be Me", "This Years Love", lots of 'em, finding the real thing, we are all looking for Jackson Brownes dream girl, usually without success....Keep on my friend, hope my changes help you out, I do this one all the time, if your loosing some range, I've capoed it on the 4th fret, its a touch low, but works........justasinger54 
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