B                                  A   F#
Turn off the light bulb ache to a shrieking pain
          B                                       A    F#
Turn that hair into a haircut and change your name
            B                                A   F#
Through the yellow teeth white lies are told
       B                                 A    F#
Of the notches made in the house of smoke
            B
So pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
         A                                 F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues

And go

[Chorus]
E             B               F#
 What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B                  F#
The past may die but it's never gone
             E                   
What are you running from, ahh

[Instrumental]
B B A F# x2

[Verse 2]
        B                                          A   F#
This is textbook heartbreak from the country school
        B                                        A   F#
The prescription sculpture of a thoughtless stool
                B                                           A   F#
You've got your heroin monologues that you lifted from books
           B                                                A   F#
Now you're wearing a helmet whilst you're breaking the rules
         B
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
         A                                 F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues

It goes

[Chorus]
E             B               F#
 What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B                  F#
The past may die but it's never gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B               F#
What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
               B             F#
The accent you hid behind is gone
             E                 
What are you running from, ahh

[Bridge]
B  B

      A                   F#
There isn't a cure, there isn't a cure
B  B
      A                   F#
There isn't a cure
          B                                          A   F#
Save your wax world torture for your modeling friends
       B                                            A   F#
Speak emotional trash straight from Zimmerman's bin
         B
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
         A                                 F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues

It goes

[Chorus]
             B               F#
What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
               B             F#
The accent you hid behind is gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh
E             B               F#
 What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B                  F#
The past may die but it's never gone
             E                 
What are you running from, ahh