Runaway Train Uke tab by Soul Asylum (Baritone Chords)

5 Chords used in the song: C, Em, Am, G, F

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Year:  1992
Difficulty: 
2.9
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Intro: [C baritone chordC][C baritone chordC]

1st Verse :
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
Call you up in the middle of the night
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
Like a firefly without a light
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
You were there like a blowtorch burning
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
I was a key that could use a little turning
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
Promised myself I wouldn't leave
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
One more promise I couldn't keep

Pre-Chorus :
F baritone chordF G baritone chordG
It seems no one can help me now
C baritone chordC Am baritone chordAm
And I'm in too deep there's no way out
F baritone chordF Em baritone chordEm G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
This time I have really led myself astray


Chorus:
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
Runaway train never going back
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
Wrong way on a one way track
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG G baritone chordG Gx
Somehow I'm neither here nor there E|----3---5---3---0------|


2nd verse :
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
Can you help me remember how to smile
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
How on earth did I get so jaded
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
Life's mystery seems so faded
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
I can go where no one else can go
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
I know what no one else knows
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
Here I am just drownin’ in the rain
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
With a ticket for a runaway train
Pre-chorus :
F baritone chordF G baritone chordG
Everything is cut and dry
C baritone chordC Am baritone chordAm
Day and night Earth and sky
F baritone chordF Em baritone chordEm G baritone chordG
Somehow I just don't believe it


Chorus:
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
Runaway train never going back
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
Wrong way on a one way track
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
Somehow I'm neither here nor there


Solo :
[C baritone chordC][Em baritone chordEm][Am baritone chordAm][G baritone chordG]
[C baritone chordC][Em baritone chordEm][Am baritone chordAm][G baritone chordG]
[F baritone chordF-G baritone chordG][C baritone chordC-Am baritone chordAm][F baritone chordF-Em baritone chordEm][G baritone chordG]


Bridge :
C baritone chordC>let ring (C baritone chordC)
Got a ticket for a runaway train
Em baritone chordEm>let ring (Em baritone chordEm)
Like a madman laughing at the rain
Am baritone chordAm>let ring (Am baritone chordAm)
Little out of touch little insane
G baritone chordG>let ring G baritone chordG
It's just easier than dealing with the pain


Chorus:
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
Runaway train never going back
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
Wrong way on a one way track
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
C baritone chordC C baritone chordC
Runaway train never going back
Em baritone chordEm Em baritone chordEm
Runaway train tearing up the track
Am baritone chordAm Am baritone chordAm
Runaway train burning in my veins
G baritone chordG G baritone chordG
Runaway but it always seems the same.


Ending :
[C baritone chordC][Em baritone chordEm][Am baritone chordAm][G baritone chordG] x2

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About this song: Runaway Train

"Runaway Train" is a song by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. The song led Soul Asylum to international status, and helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level. It was the third single off the album (see Soul Asylum discography) and reached No. 5 on the Billboard charts. It won a Grammy Award for the best rock song in 1994. The song has become synonymous with the band, and has led many people to believe that it is the group's only hit, categorizing Soul Asylum as a one-hit wonder band.

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