Quarter Past Midnight
Bastille
RockEasy for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
C
D
Em
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Capo on 1st fret Intro G C It's a quarter past midnight as we cut through the city (yeah, yeah, yeah) G C The streets are getting restless, good times, bad decisions (yeah, yeah) G C It's a quarter past midnight and the sirens are mending some hearts G C But we're the losers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart" G C It's a quarter past midnight, still avoiding tomorrow G C It's a quarter past midnight, but we're just getting going C G We keep on running, running through a red light D Em Like we're trying to burn the night away C G Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh D Em Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh C G This is my favorite part, oh D Em Help me piece it all together darling C G Before it falls apart, oh D C Help me piece it all together G C It's a quarter past midnight and the speakers are blowing (yeah, yeah) G C We want the bodies on my billboards, not the lives underneath them (yeah, yeah, yeah) G C And now we're crawling up the walls again and it's a quarter past the world G C And you said we'd leave this place in dust and fall from heaven straight through hell G C We never know what we have, we never knew what we had C G We keep on running, running through a red light D Em Like we're trying to burn the night away C G Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh D Em Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh C G Why we always chasing after something D Em Like we trying to throw our lives away C G Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh D Em Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh C G This is my favorite part, oh D Em Help me piece it all together darling C G Before it falls apart, oh D Help me piece it all together G C I can't remember, I can't remember G C I can't remember, I can't remember G C It's a quarter past midnight and the secrets are flowing G C Our lips are getting looser, I don't know what I'm saying G We never knew what we had, never know what I've had C G We keep on running, running through a red light D Em Like we're trying to burn the night away C G Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh D Em Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh C G Why we always chasing after something D Em Like we trying to throw our lives away C G Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh D Em Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh C G This is my favorite parts, oh D Em Help me piece it all together darling C G Before it falls apart, oh D C Help me piece it all together
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Chord set
G · C · D · Em
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.