Lagu ini ditulis oleh kedua member band, Matt Berninger dan Aaron Dessner.
“Runaway” terdapat dalam album kelima mereka yang bertajuk High Violet, dirilis pada tahun 2010 melalui label 4AD Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Runaway” dari The National.
Capo 4
[Intro]
C Fmaj7 C Em
[Verse 1]
C Fmaj7 C
There's no savin' anything
Em C
Now we're swallowin' the shine of the sun
Fmaj7 C
There's no savin' anything
Em
How we swallow the sun
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7 C Em
But I won't be no runaway, ‘cause I won't run
C Fmaj7
No I won't be no runaway
C Em Am
What makes you think I’m enjoyin' being led to the flood
F C
We got another thing comin' undone
G
That’s taking us over
Am F
We don't bleed when we don't fight
C G
Go ahead go ahead, throw your arms in the air tonight
Am F
We don't bleed when we don't fight
C G
Go ahead go ahead, lose our shirts in the fire tonight
Am F C
What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
G C
We got another thing comin' undone
[Instrumental]
Fmaj7 C Em
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7 C Em
But I won't be no runaway, ‘cause I won't run
C Fmaj7 C Em
No I won't be no runaway, ‘cause I won't run
C Fmaj7
No I won't be no runaway
C Em Am
What makes you think I’m enjoyin' being led to the flood
F C
We got another thing comin' undone
G
And it’s taking us over
Am F
We don't bleed when we don't fight
C G
Go ahead go ahead, throw your arms in the air tonight
Am F
We don't bleed when we don't fight
C G
Go ahead go ahead, lose our shirts in the fire tonight
Am F C
What makes you think I'm enjoying being led to the flood
G Am
We got another thing comin' undone
F C
We got another thing comin' undone
G
And it’s taking forever
[Instrumental]
C Fmaj7 C Em
[Verse 2]
C Fmaj7 C
I'll go bravin' everything
Em C
With you swallowin' the shine of the sun
C Fmaj7 C
I'll go bravin' everything
Em
Through the shine of the sun
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7 C Em
But I won't be no runaway, cause I won't run
C Fmaj7 C Em
No I won't be no runaway, cause I won't run
C Fmaj7
No I won't be no runaway
C Em Am
What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
F C
We got another thing comin' undone
G
And it’s taken us over
Am F
We don't bleed when we don't fight
C G
Go ahead go ahead, throw your arms in the air tonight
Am F
We don't bleed when we don't fight
C G
Go ahead go ahead, lose our shirts in the fire tonight
Am F C
What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
G Am
We got another thing comin undone
F C
We got another thing comin' undone
G Am F C
That’s taking us over
G C
That’s taking forever
[Outro]
Fmaj7 C Em
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