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[Intro]
Em Dm D Dm Am
F Dm C A# Dm
F G F C A#
Dm D Dm E Am E
[Opposition Leader]
DmOutside this Amhall, Fabuse and Cassault,
a cold-Dblooded war Grages Dmon
DWe’re leaving Ctoday, A#I’ll lead the Dway,
our Gperilous journey’s AbegunAm  A  
[Astronomers]
A#Crime and violence Dmcorrupting the heart,
Gmsociety’s Gfalling Aapart
All our Dmnations are Clost in this cruel A#holocFaust,
Aso run!
[TH1]
ARun, run, run, run, AmapocaAlypse!
[President]
DAnarchy Amreigns, Fchaos Cremains,
Dwe need to get out Gwhile we Dmcan
DNo sign of the ‘CFrame, we A#are to Dblame
for the Gfinal destruction of Aman
[Biologist]
A#Alliances spark down Dthere in the Dmdark,
the Gmunderworld’s coming Dmalive
I see raiders and Cthieves maA#rauding the Amstreets,
now Amrun!
[TH1]
N.C.
Time is running out
N.C.
Clearly the only viable solution
[Captain]
DRun! ApocaClypse! FRun! Our time is running Gout
and the Cdamage is A#doneC  
[Prophet]
DRun! ApocaFlypse! Run! The seven seals of Dmhell
have been Cbroken,A#the devil has won
[Captain]
DRun, the countCdown is Fon, the final hour
has come now Cthe end has A#begunC  
[Prophet]
DRun! ApocaClypse! FRun! Our souls are Dforsaken,
Dour faith has been shaken, it’s time to awaken
The devil has Ewon
[Instrumental]
E B A E Em
B A G Am F
Am E C D A# C
[Historian]
DIt’s Fbreak of day, we’re crawling our Cway down
Dthrough the Gmtunnels Dmbelow
Then just like he Csaid, there’s A#light up ahead,
Gmonly a Cfew miles to Ago
We A#run down the valley and Dmup to the hills,
where GmStarblade's awaiting Aon high
DmWe all climb aCboard, charting our Fcourse, we're aAlive!
[TH1]
N.C.
Coordinates are set, fire up the jets,
N.C.
wipe away the sweat, repress all your regrets
N.C.
Power up - throttle down - safety check..?
N.C.
ahh no time! Hold onto your heads...
AWe’re bound for Sirrah’s Eye!
[Captian]
DRun! ApocaClypse! FRun! Our time is running Gout
and the Cdamage is A#doneC  
[Prophet]
DRun! ApocaFlypse! Run! The seven seals of Dmhell
have been Cbroken,A#the devil has won
[Captain]
DRun, the countCdown is Fon, the final hour
has come now Cthe end has A#begunC  
[Prophet]
DRun! ApocCalypse! FRun!
Our Gsouls are forDsaken, our faith has been shaken,
it’s time to Gawaken
The Ddevil has Etaken everything we AlovGeF  Dm  D  

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Run Apocalypse Run

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em Dm D Dm Am

F Dm C A# Dm

F G F C A#

Dm D Dm E Am E

[Opposition Leader]

Dm Am F C

Outside this hall, abuse and assault,

D G Dm

a cold-blooded war rages on

D C A# D

We’re leaving today, I’ll lead the way,

G A Am A

our perilous journey’s begun

[Astronomers]

A# Dm

Crime and violence corrupting the heart,

Gm G A

society’s falling apart

Dm C A# F

All our nations are lost in this cruel holocaust,

so run!

[TH1]

A Am A

Run, run, run, run, apocalypse!

[President]

D Am F C

Anarchy reigns, chaos remains,

D G Dm

we need to get out while we can

D C A# D

No sign of the ‘Frame, we are to blame

G A

for the final destruction of man

[Biologist]

A# D Dm

Alliances spark down there in the dark,

Gm Dm

the underworld’s coming alive

C A# Am

I see raiders and thieves marauding the streets,

now run!

[TH1]

N.C.

Time is running out

N.C.

Clearly the only viable solution

[Captain]

D C F G

Run! Apocalypse! Run! Our time is running out

C A# C

and the damage is done

[Prophet]

D F Dm

Run! Apocalypse! Run! The seven seals of hell

C A#

have been broken,the devil has won

[Captain]

D C F

Run, the countdown is on, the final hour

C A# C

has come now the end has begun

[Prophet]

D C F D

Run! Apocalypse! Run! Our souls are forsaken,

our faith has been shaken, it’s time to awaken

The devil has won

[Instrumental]

E B A E Em

B A G Am F

Am E C D A# C

[Historian]

D F C

It’s break of day, we’re crawling our way down

D Gm Dm

through the tunnels below

C A#

Then just like he said, there’s light up ahead,

Gm C A

only a few miles to go

A# Dm

We run down the valley and up to the hills,

Gm A

where Starblade's awaiting on high

Dm C F A

We all climb aboard, charting our course, we're alive!

[TH1]

N.C.

Coordinates are set, fire up the jets,

N.C.

wipe away the sweat, repress all your regrets

N.C.

Power up - throttle down - safety check..?

N.C.

ahh no time! Hold onto your heads...

We’re bound for Sirrah’s Eye!

[Captian]

D C F G

Run! Apocalypse! Run! Our time is running out

C A# C

and the damage is done

[Prophet]

D F Dm

Run! Apocalypse! Run! The seven seals of hell

C A#

have been broken,the devil has won

[Captain]

D C F

Run, the countdown is on, the final hour

C A# C

has come now the end has begun

[Prophet]

D C F

Run! Apocalypse! Run!

G D

Our souls are forsaken, our faith has been shaken,

it’s time to awaken

D E A G F Dm D

The devil has taken everything we love

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