The Killers
Runaways
Battle Born
2012
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: C#, same key to their hit song MR. BRIGHTSIDE

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C# -   x46664
Ab -   466544
Bbm -  x13321
F# -   244322
Ebm -  x68876
Ab/C - x365xx
C#/F - 143xxx
Fm -   133111

Intro: C# Ab F#  F# C# Ab   x2

Verse 1:
C# (x43121@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)           F#Blonde (244322@1)hair blowing in the summer wind
    F# (244322@1)      C# (x43121@1)         AbThe (xx1114@1)blue eyed girl playing in the sand
    C# (x43121@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)        F#I'd (244322@1)been on her trail for a little while
    F# (244322@1)         C#But (x43121@1)that was the night that 
    Abshe (xx1114@1)broke down and held my-

Refrain 1:
 F# (244322@1)         Bbm-hand (x13321@1)Teenage rush she said
Ebm (xx4342@1)                Ab (xx1114@1)  Ain't we all just runaways?
       F# (244322@1)                BbmWe (x13321@1)got time but that ain't much
         Ab (xx1114@1)         F#We (244322@1)can't wait until tomorrow
          AbYou (xx1114@1)gotta know that 
        Bbmthis (x13321@1)is real baby
F# (244322@1)          C#/F
Why you wanna fight it?
         BbmIt's (x13321@1)the one thing 
Ab/C      F# (244322@1)      Ab-Bbm-F#(hold)
you can't choose Oh!

Verse 2:
Ab (xx1114@1)     BbmWe (x13321@1)got engaged 
     F#on (244322@1)a Friday night
  F# (244322@1)         C#I (x43121@1)swore on the head 
       Abof (xx1114@1)our unborn child   
     C# (x43121@1)         AbThat (xx1114@1)I could take care 
       F#of (244322@1)the three of us
    F# (244322@1)      C#But (x43121@1)I got the tendency to 
 Abslip (xx1114@1)when the nights get-

Refrain 2:
 F# (244322@1)            Bbm-wild (x13321@1)It's in my blood
Ebm (xx4342@1)  She said she 
           Abmight (xx1114@1)just runaway       
          F#Somewhere (244322@1)else 
           Bbmsome (x13321@1)place good
         AbWe (xx1114@1)can't wait 
        F#until (244322@1)tomorrow
          AbYou (xx1114@1)gotta know 
             Bbmthat (x13321@1)this is real baby
F# (244322@1)          C#/F
Why you wanna fight it?
         BbmIt's (x13321@1)the one thing 
Ab/C      F#you (244322@1)can't choose
             AbLet's (xx1114@1)take a chance
baby we can't lose

Chorus 1:
                  C# (x43121@1)     AbF#
Ain't we all just runaways?
                 F#I (244322@1)knew it when I met you
C# (x43121@1)          AbI'm (xx1114@1)not gonna let you
   C# (x43121@1)AbF#
Runaway     I knew 
          F#it (244322@1)when I held 
      C# (x43121@1)           Abyou (xx1114@1)I wasn't letting go

Bridge:
           FmWe (133111@1)used to look at the 
             Bbmstars (x13321@1)and confess our dreams
          F#Hold (244322@1)each other 
                       FmEbm
until the morning light
   C#We (x43121@1)used to laugh
      Bbmno (x13321@1)we only fight
Ab (xx1114@1)                  F#(hold)
Baby are you lonesome now?

Verse 3:
         C# (x43121@1)         AbAnd (xx1114@1)That night I come home 
           F#after (244322@1)they go to sleep
        F# (244322@1)     C#Like (x43121@1)a stumbling ghost 
  AbI (xx1114@1)haunt these halls
          C#There's (x43121@1)a picture of 
Ab (xx1114@1)      F#us (244322@1)on our wedding day
       F# (244322@1)     C#I (x43121@1)recognize the girl but 
        Ab (xx1114@1)            F#--
I can't settle in these walls

Refrain 3:
         Ab (xx1114@1)        F#We (244322@1)can't wait till tomorrow
                AbNo (xx1114@1)we're caught up 
        Bbmin (x13321@1)the appeal baby
F# (244322@1)          C#/F  
Why you wanna hide it?
         AbIt's (xx1114@1)the last 
            F#thing (244322@1)on my mind
  AbI (xx1114@1)turn the engine over
and my body just comes Alive!

Chorus 2:
                  C# (x43121@1)     AbF#
Ain't we all just runaways?
                 F#I (244322@1)knew it when I met you
C# (x43121@1)          AbI'm (xx1114@1)not gonna let you
   C# (x43121@1)AbF#
Runaway     I knew 
          F#it (244322@1)when I held 
      C# (x43121@1)           Abyou (xx1114@1)I wasn't letting go oh oh
C# (x43121@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)     F# (244322@1)   
  ain't we all just runaway
F#  C# Ab
yeah
runaway
C# (x43121@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)     F# (244322@1)   
  ain't we all just runaway
F#  C# Ab
yeah

Outro: Ab-Bbm-F#(hold)