Quarter Past Midnight Bastille

Quarter Past Midnight

Bastille

Virginia

142
0:00 3:17
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Ab
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
       Ab
It's a quarter past midnight
                      Dbmaj7
As we cut through the city
Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Ab
The streets are getting restless
                  Dbmaj7
Good times, bad decisions
Yeah, yeah,
       Ab
It's a quarter past midnight
                   Dbmaj7
And the sirens are mending some hearts
              Ab
But we're the losers on our back seats
                        Dbmaj7
Singing "Love Will Tear Us    Apart"
                    Ab
It's a quarter past midnight

[Pre-Chorus]
                 Db
Still avoiding tomorrow
                    Ab
It's a quarter past midnight
                       Db
But we're just getting going

[Chorus]
   Db
We keep on running
   Ab
Running through a red light
Eb                            Fm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 Db      Ab  Eb       Fm
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
Db                  Ab
This is my favorite part oh
Eb                   Fm
Help me piece it all together, darling
Db               Ab
Before it falls apart oh
Eb                   Fm
Help me piece it all together

[Verse 2]
       Ab
It's a quarter past midnight
                     Dbmaj7
And the speakers are blowing
Yeah, yeah,
            Ab
we want the bodies on the billboards
                   Dbmaj7
Not the lives underneath them

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, yeah,
              Ab
and now we're crawling up the walls again
           Dbmaj7
And it's a quarter past twelve
        Ab
And you said we'd leave this place in dust
              Dbmaj7
And fall from heaven straight through hell
                          Ab
We never know what we have
We never knew what we had

[Chorus]
   Db
We keep on running
   Ab
Running through a red light
Eb                            Fm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 Db      Ab  Eb       Fm
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
   Db                 Ab
Why  are we always chasing after something
Eb                      Fm
Like we trying to throw our lives away?
 Db      Ab  Eb       Fm
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
Db                  Ab
This is my favorite part oh
Eb                   Fm
Help me piece it all together, darling
Db               Ab
Before it falls apart oh
Eb                   Fm
Help me piece it all together

[Bridge]
Ab Dbmaj7 Ab
Dbmaj7       Ab
      It's a quarter past midnight

[Verse 3]
                    Dbmaj7
And the secrets are flowing
    Ab
Our lips are getting looser
                      Dbmaj7
I don't know what I'm saying
                         Ab
We never knew what we had
I never know what I've had

[Chorus]
   Db
We keep on running
   Ab
Running through a red light
Eb                            Fm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 Db      Ab  Eb       Fm
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
   Db                 Ab
Why  are we always chasing after something
Eb                      Fm
Like we trying to throw our lives away?
 Db      Ab  Eb       Fm
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
Db                  Ab
This is my favorite part oh
Eb                   Fm
Help me piece it all together, darling
Db               Ab
Before it falls apart oh
Eb                   Fm
Help me piece it all together

Bars

[Verse 1]
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - |

It's a quarter past midnight
As we cut through the city
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The streets are getting restless
Good times, bad decisions
Yeah, yeah,
It's a quarter past midnight
And the sirens are mending some hearts
But we're the losers on our back seats
Singing "Love Will Tear Us    Apart"
It's a quarter past midnight

[Pre-Chorus]
         | Db | - |
| Ab | - | Db | - |

Still avoiding tomorrow
It's a quarter past midnight
But we're just getting going

[Chorus]
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |

We keep on running
Running through a red light
Like we're trying to burn the night away
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
This is my favorite part oh
Help me piece it all together, darling
Before it falls apart oh
Help me piece it all together

[Verse 2]
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |

It's a quarter past midnight
And the speakers are blowing
Yeah, yeah,
we want the bodies on the billboards
Not the lives underneath them

[Pre-Chorus]
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | -      | - |

Yeah, yeah,
and now we're crawling up the walls again
And it's a quarter past twelve
And you said we'd leave this place in dust
And fall from heaven straight through hell
We never know what we have
We never knew what we had

[Chorus]
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |
| Db | Ab | Eb | Fm |

We keep on running
Running through a red light
Like we're trying to burn the night away
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
Why  are we always chasing after something
Like we trying to throw our lives away?
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
This is my favorite part oh
Help me piece it all together, darling
Before it falls apart oh
Help me piece it all together

[Bridge]
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - |

It's a quarter past midnight

[Verse 3]
         | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | Dbmaj7 | - |
| Ab | - | -      |

And the secrets are flowing
Our lips are getting looser
I don't know what I'm saying
We never knew what we had
I never know what I've had

[Chorus]
               | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Fm | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Fm | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Fm | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Fm | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Fm | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Fm |

We keep on running
Running through a red light
Like we're trying to burn the night away
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
Why  are we always chasing after something
Like we trying to throw our lives away?
Awayway, oh, awayway, oh
This is my favorite part oh
Help me piece it all together, darling
Before it falls apart oh
Help me piece it all together

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