Runaway Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays617

Runaway by We Are The Ocean is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, A5, G and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 1:
 
C 
I... 
F 
I won't pretend 
C                      F 
That I did the best I can 
            C 
It's an awful shame 
           F 
But am I to blame 
C                                     F 
Like a train crash we collide into each other 

Link: C F C F
 
C                           F 
How good it looks, from afar 
C                                    F 
I said some things just to comfort your heart 

Pre-Chorus:
 
A5                                      C 
And it's late at night and I wonder where you are 
A5 
(I know there must be something wrong) 
 (A5)                                   C 
I'm being played for a fool yes I know but I'm not one for letting go 

 
F                               C 
Cause I don't like where its going 
F              C              G 
And it's bound to get deeper 
C              G                            A5 
And it's never gonna get any better unless we try 
F          C          G 
You said I don't like this 
F          C        G 
Well I don't either 
F          C          G            A5      F 
Well pardon me if I just don't suffice 

Verse 2:
 
C 
I 
F 
I won't pretend 
C                     F 
That I did the best I can 
C                     F 
My mind is set and it's full of regret 
C 
And I say bye bye (and I say bye bye) 
C                     F 
And I say bye bye to love 

Pre-Chorus 2:
 
A5                              C 
And it's late at night and I wonder where you are 

(I know there must be something wrong) 
A5                                                     C 
I'm being played for a fool yes I know but I'm not one for Letting go 

 
F                               C 
Cause I don't like where its going 
F              C              G 
And it's bound to get deeper 
C              G                            A5 
And it's never gonna get any better unless we try 
F          C          G 
You said I don't like this 
F          C        G 
Well I don't either 
F          C          G            A5      F 
Well pardon me if I just don't suffice 

Outro:
 
G   D5 A5 
Run Away 
G   D5 A5 
Run Away 
G   D5 A5 
Run Away 
G   D5 A5 
Run A-Way 


F                               C 
Cause I don't like where its going 
F              C              G 
And it's bound to get deeper 
C              G                            A5 
And it's never gonna get any better unless we try 
F          C          G 
You said I don't like this 
F          C        G 
Well I don't either 
F          C          G            A5      F 
Well pardon me if I just don't suffice 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante