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Quarter Past Midnight

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Capo 1st fret
[Verse 1]
It's a Gquarter past midnight as we cut through the Ccity (yeah, yeah, yeah)
The Gstreets are getting restless, good times, bad deCcisions (yeah, yeah)
It's a Gquarter past midnight and the sirens are Cmending some hearts
But we're the Glosers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear CUs Apart"
It's a quarter past Gmidnight, still avoiding toCmorrow
It's a quarter past Gmidnight, but we're just getting Cgoing
[Chorus 1]
We Ckeep on running, rGunning through a red light
DLike we're trying to burn the Emnight away
ACway-ay-ay, away-ay-Gay, oh
ADway-ay-ay, away-ay-Emay, oh oh
CThis is my favorite Gpart, oh
DHelp me piece it all Emtogether darling
CBefore it falls aGpart, oh
                    DN.C.
Help me piece it all together
[Verse 2]
It's a Gquarter past midnight and the speakers are Cblowing (yeah, yeah)
We want the Gbodies on the billboards, not the lives underCneath them (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And now we're Gcrawling up the walls again and it's a Cquarter past twelve
And you Gsaid we'd leave this place in dust and fall from Cheaven straight through hell
We never know what we haveG, we never knew what we hadC  
[Chorus 2]
We Ckeep on running, rGunning through a red light
DLike we're trying to burn the Emnight away
ACway-ay-ay, away-ay-Gay, oh
ADway-ay-ay, away-ay-Emay, oh oh
WChy we always Gchasing after something
DLike we trying to throw our Emlives away
ACway-ay-ay, away-ay-Gay, oh
ADway-ay-ay, away-ay-Emay, oh oh
CThis is my favorite Gpart, oh
DHelp me piece it all Emtogether darling
CBefore it falls aGpart, oh
                    DN.C.
Help me piece it all together
[Bridge]
GI can't remember, CI can't remember
GI can't remember, CI can't remember
[Verse 3]
It's a Gquarter past midnight and the secrets Care flowing
Our Glips are getting looser, I don't know what CI'm saying
We never knew what we hadG, never know what I've had
[Chorus 3]
We Ckeep on running, rGunning through a red light
DLike we're trying to burn the Emnight away
ACway-ay-ay, away-ay-Gay, oh
ADway-ay-ay, away-ay-Emay, oh oh
WChy we always Gchasing after something
DLike we trying to throw our Emlives away
ACway-ay-ay, away-ay-Gay, oh
ADway-ay-ay, away-ay-Emay, oh oh
CThis is my favorite Gparts, oh
DHelp me piece it all Emtogether darling
CBefore it falls aGpart, oh
                    DN.C.
Help me piece it all together

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Quarter Past Midnight

by Bastille

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1st fret

[Verse 1]

G C

It's a quarter past midnight as we cut through the city (yeah, yeah, yeah)

G C

The streets are getting restless, good times, bad decisions (yeah, yeah)

G C

It's a quarter past midnight and the sirens are mending some hearts

G C

But we're the losers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

G C

It's a quarter past midnight, still avoiding tomorrow

G C

It's a quarter past midnight, but we're just getting going

[Chorus 1]

C G

We keep on running, running through a red light

D Em

Like we're trying to burn the night away

C G

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh

D Em

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh

C G

This is my favorite part, oh

D Em

Help me piece it all together darling

C G

Before it falls apart, oh

N.C.

Help me piece it all together

[Verse 2]

G C

It's a quarter past midnight and the speakers are blowing (yeah, yeah)

G C

We want the bodies on the billboards, not the lives underneath them (yeah, yeah, yeah)

G C

And now we're crawling up the walls again and it's a quarter past twelve

G C

And you said we'd leave this place in dust and fall from heaven straight through hell

G C

We never know what we have, we never knew what we had

[Chorus 2]

C G

We keep on running, running through a red light

D Em

Like we're trying to burn the night away

C G

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh

D Em

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh

C G

Why we always chasing after something

D Em

Like we trying to throw our lives away

C G

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh

D Em

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh

C G

This is my favorite part, oh

D Em

Help me piece it all together darling

C G

Before it falls apart, oh

N.C.

Help me piece it all together

[Bridge]

G C

I can't remember, I can't remember

G C

I can't remember, I can't remember

[Verse 3]

G C

It's a quarter past midnight and the secrets are flowing

G C

Our lips are getting looser, I don't know what I'm saying

We never knew what we had, never know what I've had

[Chorus 3]

C G

We keep on running, running through a red light

D Em

Like we're trying to burn the night away

C G

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh

D Em

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh

C G

Why we always chasing after something

D Em

Like we trying to throw our lives away

C G

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh

D Em

Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh

C G

This is my favorite parts, oh

D Em

Help me piece it all together darling

C G

Before it falls apart, oh

N.C.

Help me piece it all together

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