Quarter Past Midnight

	 
[Strophe]
       G                          
It's a quarter past midnight as we
                 C 
 cut through the city (yeah, yeah,
 yeah) 
It's a quarter past midnight as we cut through the city (yeah, yeah, yeah) 
    G                            
The streets are getting restless,
                   C 
 good times, bad decisions (yeah,
 yeah) 
The streets are getting restless, good times, bad decisions (yeah, yeah) 
       G                            
It's a quarter past midnight and the
            C 
 sirens are mending some hearts 
It's a quarter past midnight and the sirens are mending some hearts 
              G                 
But we're the losers on the back
                              
 seats singing "Love Will Tear
 C 
 Us Apart" 
But we're the losers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 
                    G              
It's a quarter past midnight, still
            C 
 avoiding tomorrow 
It's a quarter past midnight, still avoiding tomorrow 
                    G            
It's a quarter past midnight, but
                    C 
 we're just getting going
It's a quarter past midnight, but we're just getting going
[Refrain]
   C                 G 
We keep on running, running through a
 red light 
We keep on running, running through a red light 
D                             Em 
Like we're trying to burn the night
 away 
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
 
Help me piece it all together darling 
C                G 
Before it falls apart, oh 
D                    N.C. 
Help me piece it all together
[Strophe]
       G                            
It's a quarter past midnight and the
              C 
 speakers are blowing (yeah, yeah) 
It's a quarter past midnight and the speakers are blowing (yeah, yeah) 
            G                        
We want the bodies on the billboards,
                    C 
 not the lives underneath them (yeah,
 yeah, yeah) 
We want the bodies on the billboards, not the lives underneath them (yeah, yeah, yeah) 
              G                    
And now we're crawling up the walls
                  C 
 again and it's a quarter past
 twelve 
And now we're crawling up the walls again and it's a quarter past twelve 
        G                            
And you said we'd leave this place in
                    C 
 dust and fall from heaven straight
 through hell 
And you said we'd leave this place in dust and fall from heaven straight through hell 
                          G         
We never know what we have, we never
                 C 
 knew what we had
We never know what we have, we never knew what we had
[Refrain]
   C                 G 
We keep on running, running through a
 red light 
We keep on running, running through a red light 
D                             Em 
Like we're trying to burn the night
 away 
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
 
Why we always chasing after something 
D                           Em 
Like we trying to throw our lives
 away 
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
 
Help me piece it all together darling 
C                G 
Before it falls apart, oh 
D                    N.C. 
Help me piece it all together
[Pont]
G                 C 
I can't remember, I can't remember 
G                 C 
I can't remember, I can't remember
[Strophe]
       G                            
It's a quarter past midnight and the
        C 
 secrets are flowing 
It's a quarter past midnight and the secrets are flowing 
    G                               
Our lips are getting looser, I don't
           C 
 know what I'm saying 
Our lips are getting looser, I don't know what I'm saying 
                         G 
We never knew what we had, never know
 what I've had
We never knew what we had, never know what I've had
[Refrain]
   C                 G 
We keep on running, running through a
 red light 
We keep on running, running through a red light 
D                             Em 
Like we're trying to burn the night
 away 
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
 
Why we always chasing after something 
D                           Em 
Like we trying to throw our lives
 away 
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
 
Help me piece it all together darling 
C                G 
Before it falls apart, oh 
D                    N.C. 
Help me piece it all together