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Runaway Train
By Blue Rodeo
Transcribed by Ryan Robson [thunderman99@hotmail.com]
For Stratomaster's Blue Rodeo Guitar Tab Archive www.stratomaster.ca

Opening riff

Guitar 1
                                                  1   2   3       4
I---2-3-5-------4-------I-----------------------I----------------------I
I---------------5-------I-------0-1-3-----------I----------------------I
I-----------------------I---0-------------------I----------------------I
I-----------------------I-----------------------I----------------------I
I-----------------------I-----------------------I----------------------I
I-----------------------I-----------------------I----------------------I

Guitar 2 (capo 5)

I-0-------0-------------I-2---------------------I----------------------I
I-------2-----4---------I-3---------------------I-----------------5----I
I-----------------4-----I-2---------------------I---------(1h2/4)----4-I
I-----------------------I-0---------------------I-------2--------------I
I-0-------0---2---------I-----------------------I----------------------I
I-----------------------I-----------------------I----------------------I

Verse 1:
   D            Dsus4
As he sat down upon the train
Bm
Silence settled in his brain
G                                    D
Reached out his hand and touched her hair
D                  Dsus4
Struggled with the same old thought
Bm
Should he tell her should he not
Em                        A
He felt her presence everywhere

Pre-chorus 1:
Bm               G
Whatever comes between us
Bm                         E
Don't let it stand in your way
G                                   A
This is what he'd come here just to say

Verse 2:
D                   Dsus4
She just smiled and read a book
Bm
Gave him such a gentle look
G                                  D
He felt a pain right through his chest
D                   Dsus4
He pictured back to when they met
Bm
Open door on a movie set
Em                      A
Her brown eyes took his breath

Pre-chorus 2:
Bm                 G
And every word she spoke to him
Bm                        E
Went like a bullet to his heart
G                                       A
That's the way it'd been right from the start

Chorus:
            D   E
Now they're off searching in vain
G                          A
Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E
Can't see that it's not up to them
G                                 A
Soon just like a river they'll be back home again

Verse 3:
D                     Dsus4
He sat up through the hours it takes
Bm
Passing through the northern lakes
G                                 D
Til the sleeping giant was in his sights
D                       Dsus4
He knew that she'd been drifting some
Bm
Wondering where his faith had gone
Em                          A
He stayed awake most of the night

Pre-chorus 3:
Bm                 G
Whatever makes you happy
Bm                    E
I won't stand in your way
G                                A
Words you hope you never have to say

Chorus 2:
            D   E
Now they're off searching in vain
G                          A
Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E
Can't see that it's not up to them
G                                 A
Soon just like a river they'll be back home again

Harmonica solo
D-Dsus4, Bm, G, D, D-Dsus4, Bm, Em, A, Bm, G, Bm, E, G, A, D-Dsus4, D-Dsus4

Verse 4:
D                        Dsus4
She watched him toss and try to sleep
Bm
Struggle with his demons deep
G                                   D
She thought of all that they'd been through
D             Dsus4
Imagining her life alone
    Bm
No, where he was that was home
Em                 A
She wondered if he knew

Pre-chorus 4:
Bm                 G
That every word he spoke to her
Bm                        E
Went like a bullet to her heart
G                                       A
That's the way it's been right from the start

Chorus 3:
            D   E
Now they're off searching in vain
G                          A
Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E
Can't see that it's not up to them
G                                 A
Soon just like a river they'll be back home again
            D   E
And they're off searching in vain
G                          A
Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E
Can't see that it's not up to them
G                                 A
Soon just like a river they'll be back home again

Outro:
D, E, G, A, D, E, G, A, end on D