Runaway Train Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Runaway Train chords and guitar lesson by Soul Asylum. This is such an awesome song and takes me right back to being a kid watching MTV in my living room.
Ah the good old days!
This is a great song for beginners. There is an F barre chord, but it the video lesson, I show you how to simplify that chord so that you can still play along with the entire song.
Let's get started!
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Runaway Train Guitar Chords:
Runaway Train Strumming Patterns:
Strum Option 1:
1 2 + 3+ 4 +
D D U DU DU
Strum Option 2:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D DU U DU
Strum Option 3: To spice up transitions
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D DU U DU U DU U DU
Runaway Train Guitar Lesson:
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Runaway Train Chord Chart:
INTRO: C C C C
VERSE:
C C
Call you up in the middle of the night
Em Em
Like a firefly without a light
Am Am
You were there like a blowtorch burnin'
G G
I was a key that could use a little turnin'
C C
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
Em Em
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Am Am
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
G G
One more promise I couldn't keep
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
It seems no one can help me now
C Am
I'm in too deep, there's no way out
F Em G G
This time I have really led myself astray
CHORUS:
C C
Runaway train never going back
Em Em
Wrong way on a one-way track
Am Am
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
G G C C (strum and mute)
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
VERSE:
C C
Can you help me remember how to smile
Em Em
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
Am Am
How on earth did I get so jaded
G G
Life's mysteries seem so faded
C C
I can go where no one else can go
Em Em
I know what no one else knows
Am Am
Here I am just drowning in the rain
G G
With a ticket for a runaway train
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
And everything seems cut and dry
C Am
Day and night, earth and sky
F Em G G
Somehow I just don't believe it
CHORUS:
C C
Runaway train never going back
Em Em
Wrong way on a one-way track
Am Am
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
G G
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
INSTRUMENTAL:
C C Em Em Am Am G G
F G C Am F Em G G
VERSE: (one strum held for two measures)
C
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Em
Like a madman laughing at the rain
Am
Little out of touch, little insane
G G
It's just easier than dealing with the pain
CHORUS:
C C
Runaway train never going back
Em Em
Wrong way on a one-way track
Am Am
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
G G
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
C C
Runaway train never coming back
Em Em
Runaway train tearing up the track
Am Am
Runaway train burning in my veins
G G
I'd runaway but it always seems the same
OUTRO:
C C Em Em Am Am G G (end on C)
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