Jun232023

Goo Goo Dolls – Run All Night Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm C G/B D AmGD/F#

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[Intro]
 Em   C   Em   C

[Verse 1]
     G/B
I was born a stranger
on a dead-end street
     Em
I'm a ghost in a corner,
 never meant to be
       D
I was living in the silence
                   C
Till I heard it scream
     G/B
But I kept my head down,
staring at my feet
      Em
Didn't say a word,
I was never seen
         D
Yeah, I killed
my father's name
           C
Before it killed me

[Chorus]
                 G/B
Don't let your dreams
 die young
                C
Don't let your heart go numb
               Em
'Cause all we got is
just one life
            Am
You better run all night,
          C
 better run all night
          G/B
So let's burn so bright
              C
While we're still alive
             Em
And on this long, lonely mile
           Am
We better run all night,
         C            G    Am
 better run all night
                Em      C
Better run all night

[Verse 2]
     G
I was going crazy
 tryna break my cage
     Em
I was caught inside
 a blinding rage
       D
I was searching for a reason
                     C
But couldn't find a way
        G
Yeah, we broke away and
we were oh so young
         Em
But we're born in shadows
that you can't outrun
               D
Yeah, they'll catch
you when you're older
       C
Turn around and
 then it's over

[Chorus]
                 D
Don't let your dreams die young
                C
Don't let your heart go numb
            Em
And all we got is just one life
            Am
You better run all night,
         C
 better run all night
           G
And we'll burn so bright
               C
'Cause we're still alive
             Em
And on this long, lonely mile
          Am
We gotta run all night,
        D           G  Am
gotta run all night
     Em      C
All night

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[Bridge 1]
D          C
Oh, we're ready
D         C
Oh, it's heavy
But it's real

[Instrument]
 G C  Em  Am    C

[Bridge 2]
     G
Yeah, love's a bullet
 well worth taking
D/F#
 When your heart beats
                    Em
it's not breaking down
            C
Believe me now

[Chorus]
                 D
Don't let your dreams
 die young
                C
Don't let your heart go numb
            Em
And all we got is
 just one life
            Am
You better run all night,
         C
 better run all night
           G
And we'll burn so bright
               C
'Cause we're still alive
             Em
And on this long, lonely mile
          Am
We gotta run all night,
         D
gotta run all night

[End]
 G   C  Em   Am    C

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How to play Run All Night: key, chords and progression

These are Run All Night chords by Goo Goo Dolls on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Run All Night by Goo Goo Dolls is centred on E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: Em, C, G/B, D, Am, G and D/F#.

Listen for C – Em – Am – C (VI – i – iv – VI in E minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.