Runaway Train
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Sarah Jarosz
(From the 2024 Album POLAROID LOVERS)
[Intro]
D A G D A G D A G D A G
[Verse 1]
A G
No lazy river, no Sunday drive
A G
No wading in a Blanco stream
A D
Bullets shootin', lightning strikin'
A D
No common sense of timin'
G
Ever since you saw me, you've been pickin' up speed
[Chorus]
D A G
You've got a heart like a runaway train
D A G
Screamin' down the mountainside
D A G
Burnin' like a fever that you can't contain
D A G
Hummin' like the 405
A D
Headed off the rails, and you're comin' in fast
G A
You're 'bout to hit me like a heart attack
D A G D A G D A G
Boy, you've got a heart like a runaway train
[Verse 2]
A G
No drug-store roses, no cheap champagne
A G
Stuff I'd only throw away
A D
Comets sailing, arrows flying
A D
We're roller coaster ridin'
G
Sayin' all the things that we shouldn't say
G
But I gotta say
[Chorus]
D A G
Boy, you've got a heart like a runaway train
D A G
Screamin' down the mountainside
D A G
Burnin' like a fever that you can't contain
D A G
Hummin' like the 405
A D
Headed off the rails, and you're comin' in fast
G A
You're 'bout to hit me like a heart attack
D A G D A G D A G
Boy, you've got a heart like a runaway train, mm
[Bridge]
G
Runaway
G
Runaway
G
Runaway
G
Runaway
[Out-Chorus]
D A G
Boy, you've got a heart like a runaway train
D A G
Screamin' down the mountainside
D A G
Burnin' like a fever that you can't contain
D A G
Hummin' like the 405
A D
Headed off the rails, and you're comin' in fast
G A
You're 'bout to hit me like a heart attack
D A G D A
Boy, you've got a heart like a runaway train
G D A
Like a runaway train
G D A G D
Like a runaway train
How to play Runaway Train
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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