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Running Tab by 311

Running tab by 311

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"Running"
Performed by 311
>From the album "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury Records
Music by: T. Mahoney
Lyrics by D. Martinez
(c) 1997 Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by Fred Lidskog

Tab key:

h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
/ = slower slide
b = bend (7b8 means bend the string at the 7th fret to make the note the
string would make if played at the 8th fret with no bend)
r = release bend
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Riff 1.1 (w/ flanger)
--------
NOTE: This part is actually played by 2 guitars, but sounds like the riff
below if you look over the little overlapping notes in the actual song.

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--2h3p2-------3p2----------------------------------------------------------
G------------------2--------------------------------------------------------
D----------4h5--------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fill 1 (clean sound)
------

e--------------12-----------------------------------------------------------
B------------------14--12--12/14--------------------------------------------
G--12s14---14---------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 1.2 (clean sound)
--------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-10s12--11----------------------------10s12--11-----------------------------
D------------12--11------------------------------12--11----------------------
A-------------------12--10-9-10-9------------------------12--10-9-10-9-10s12-
E---------------------------------10-9---------------------------------------

Riff 2.1 (clean sound)
--------
(This is actually the bass riff, but sounds good on guitar too)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------4-0-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-4-3-2-0------------------------------------------
E--3-4-5--------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 2.2 (w/ wah wah pedal)
--------

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------8-------10-------8--------------------------------------------------
G--7s9----9s11------7s9-----7-5---------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------7-------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus Riff 1a (clean sound)
--------------

e--5-----5-----5-----5-----3----3----3----3/5-5----5----5---5---3---3-----3-3-
B--5-----5-----5-----5-----3----3----3----3/5-5----5----5---5---3---3-----3-3-
G--6-----6-----6-----6-----4----4----4----4/6-6----6----6---6---4---4-----4-4-
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus Riff 1b (clean sound)
--------------

e-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3---------------------------
B-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3---------------------------
G-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-4---------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus Riff 2 (clean sound except 3rd chorus use heavy distortion)
-------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----0---7---0--2--3--2--3--2--0----------------------------5-----------------
E-----------------------------------3--3--3--3---0-2-3-3--3---3---------------

Riff 3 (w/ heavy distortion, play at same time as guitar solo)
------

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------
A-1--3--3---0-3--3--1-3-1----0-1-3--3--0-1--3--1--0-------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------3--1-------------------

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------2----------1--3--1--0-----------------------------
A-1--3--3---0-3--3--1-3-1----0--1--3-------------3--1--0--------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo (clean sound)
-----

e-------------------------8-------------------------------------------------
B--11--10--8--10--11--10-----11--10--8--11--10--8---------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------10--9--10--9---10p9-----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------10--
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------8-11-10--11-11--11p10--11/13--13---------------------
G--------------9----9h10------------------------------------15p14-------------
D---8p7-8-8s10---10-----------------------------------------------17-15p14-17-
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-18-17----------------------18-17---------------------18-17-18-15-17-13----
G----------15p14----------------------15p14---------------------------------
D----------------17-15p14-17----------------17-15p14-17---------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-13p11-10h11--13--11--10---------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------10--12/14----------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ending Solo (clean sound)
-----------

e------------------------------------12-------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------12--12/14--------------------------
G--10s12---12p11--11--11s9----9/14------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lyric/Song Structure
====================
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x4)
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x4)
    Guitar #2 play Fill 1
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x16)
    Guitar #2 play Riff 1.2 (x4)
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 2.1 (x8)
    Guitar #2 play Riff 2.2 (x8) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1a
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1b (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Riff 2.1 (x8)
    Guitar #2 play Riff 2.2 (x8) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1a
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1b (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Riff 3 (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Guitar Solo
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x4)
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x8)
    Guitar #2 play Riff 1.2 (x2)
--->Guitar #1 play Riff 2.1 (x4)
    Guitar #2 play Riff 2.2 (x4) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1a
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 with heavy distortion (x2) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1b (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 with heavy distortion(x2) over:
   --->Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x8)
    Guitar #2 play Ending Solo

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