[Intro] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> [Verse 1] <b class="chord">C</b> Call you up in the middle of the night <b class="chord">Em/B</b> Like a firefly without a light <b class="chord">Am</b> You were there like a blowtorch burnin' <b class="chord">G</b> I was a key that could use a little turnin' <b class="chord">C</b> So tired that I couldn't even sleep <b class="chord">Em/B</b> So many secrets I couldn't keep <b class="chord">Am</b> Promised myself I wouldn't weep <b class="chord">G</b> One more promise I couldn't keep [Pre-Chorus] <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">G</b> It seems no one can help me now <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> I'm in too deep, there's no way out <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">G</b> This time I have really led myself astray [Chorus] <b class="chord">C</b> Runaway train never going back <b class="chord">Em</b> Wrong way on a one-way track <b class="chord">Am</b> Seems like I should be getting somewhere <b class="chord">G</b> Somehow I'm neither here nor there [Verse 2] <b class="chord">C</b> Can you help me remember how to smile <b class="chord">Em/B</b> Make it somehow all seem worthwhile <b class="chord">Am</b> How on earth did I get so jaded <b class="chord">G</b> Life's mysteries seem so faded <b class="chord">C</b> I can go where no one else can go <b class="chord">Em/B</b> I know what no one else knows <b class="chord">Am</b> Here I am just drowning in the rain <b class="chord">G</b> With a ticket for a runaway train [Pre-Chorus] <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And everything seems cut and dry <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> Day and night, earth and sky <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Somehow I just don't believe it [Chorus] <b class="chord">C</b> Runaway train never going back <b class="chord">Em</b> Wrong way on a one-way track <b class="chord">Am</b> Seems like I should be getting somewhere <b class="chord">G</b> Somehow I'm neither here nor there [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> [Verse 3] <b class="chord">C</b> Bought a ticket for a runaway train <b class="chord">Em/B</b> Like a madman laughing at the rain <b class="chord">Am</b> Little out of touch, little insane <b class="chord">G</b> It's just easier than dealing with the pain [Chorus] <b class="chord">C</b> Runaway train never going back <b class="chord">Em</b> Wrong way on a one-way track <b class="chord">Am</b> Seems like I should be getting somewhere <b class="chord">G</b> Somehow I'm neither here nor there <b class="chord">C</b> Runaway train never coming back <b class="chord">Em</b> Runaway train tearing up the track <b class="chord">Am</b> Runaway train burning in my veins <b class="chord">G</b> I'd runaway but it always seems the same [Outro] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> (repeat and fade out)