Please read this in Courier New. It's a quite simple and nice song.
RUNAWAY TRAIN - Soul Asylum
Just have a guitar tuned in standard (EADGBE).
The strumming is quite simple:
1 Â 2 Â 3 Â 4
|---|---|---|---
D Â D U Â U D U
Intro: C
C Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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 burning
G Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G
I was a key that could use a little turning
C Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â C
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
Em        Em
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Am         Am
I promised myself I wouldn't weep
G Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G
One more promise I couldn't keep
PRE-CHORUS
F Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G
It seems no one can help me now,
  C           Am
I'm in too deep; there's no way out
 F        Em     G
This time I have really led myself astray
CHORUS
C Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
G (have a pause at the end)
USE THE SAME CHORDS AS FIRST VERSE
Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just a-drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
   F        G
And everything seems cut and dried,
C Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Am
Day and night, earth and sky,
F    Em       G    G
Somehow I just don't believe it
REPEAT CHORUS
SOLO: C C Em Em Am Am G G
   F G C Am F Em G G
INTERLUDE:
C
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Em
Like a madman laughing at the rain
Am
A little out of touch, a little insane
G
It's just easier than dealing with the pain
REPEAT CHORUS
FINAL CHORUS: ALTERNATE LYRICS BUT SAME CHORDS
Runaway train, never coming back
Runaway train, tearing up the track
Runaway train, burning in my veins
I run away but it always seems the same
C C Em Em Am Am G G
End on C
NOTE: If someone is interested, I can post the solo and intro lick.
Guilherme Eddino
Check out my music at:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/guilhermeeddino.htm
Wow thanks man, this is really a cool song. i will have to try that laters after work.
NOTE: If someone is interested, I can post the solo and intro lick.
I would love to see this!
-Bull
hey Bull, that'd be great man.
The second acoustic guitar is also very simple, but it may require some practice. Call a friend to play along the chords with you and it'll sound great. The tab's here:
http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php?printer=0&local=main/s/soul_asylum/runaway_train.tab
Guilherme Eddino
Check out my music at:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/guilhermeeddino.htm
I love this song. The intro sounds great and is simple to play.
