RUNAWAY TRAIN - ROSANNE CASH

 Runaway Train  -  Rosanne Cash                                                                                       2

G  C  G

G               G         CG                     G C  G         D/G           G  D/F#  Em              DG  C  DG

 I’m worried about you.   I’m worried about me.   The curves around midnight   Aren’t easy to see

 

                     G   C    G       D/F#          Em     D/G                             G C G   D/G       G C G                     

Flashing red warnings   Unseen by the rain.   This thing has turned into    a runaway train.   Long distance

 

             C G                           G C G                        D/F#  Em                 D/G C D/G                  G C G

Phone calls.    A voice on the line.         Electrical miles  that soften the time.     The dynamite too,   is hooked

 

            Em   D/G                          G C G             D/G      G C G

On the wire.          And so are the rails       of  American flyers

 

C                       G                Em                            D/G         C      Em             G                           C                  

Blind boys and gamblers,       They invented the blues,        Will pay up in blood      When this marker comes

 

D/G C D/G                            G       C   G    D/F        Em    D/G                                       G   C   G         D/G 

due.                  To try to get off now    It’s about as insane             As those who wave lanterns     At runaway

 

G C G      C                      G                   Em                  D/G                C              Em               G   C

trains       .Steel rails and hard lives       Are always in twos.   I have been here  before this   and now it’s with

 

D/Gudud                        

you.           .

 

                     G      C G             C             G  C  G               D/G             D/F#  Em                       D/G   C  D/G

I’m worried about you.     I’m worried about me      We’re lighting the fuses,   and counting to 3.

             

                            G  C  G          D/F#             Em      D/G                 G C G             D/G       G  C  G

And what are the choices,   For those who remain,   The sign of the cross.   On a runaway train.

  

                                D/F#  Em       D/G            G  C  G                                       D/F#  Em     D/G        G  C  G

This thing has turned in     to          A runaway train           Our love has turned in      to      a runaway train.