Tabs
RUN WITH THE PACK
As recorded by Bad Company
(From the 1976 Album RUN WITH THE PACK)
Words and Music by Paul Rodgers
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Piano arr. for Gtr.'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Guitar 4'
Gtr V (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Guitar 5'
Intro
Q=122
Am/D 
D5D5
4/4
Gtrs II, III
W H Q E MajorE E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------7-7-|
|-------------------------|--------------------7-7-|
|-------------------------|--------------------5-5-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-13----13----13----13----|-13----13----13-12------|
|-14----14----14----14----|-14----14----14-12------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
+W +H. E MajorE E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)----------------------|-(7)-----------------7-7-|
|-(7)----------------------|-(7)-----------------7-7-|
|-(5)----------------------|-(5)-----------------5-5-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-13-----13----13----13----|-13-----13----13-12------|
|-14-----14----14----14----|-14-----14----14-12------|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12--12-12-12-12-12------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
N.C.
+W +H. S S E MajorE
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(7)----------------------|-(7)-----------------------|
|-(7)----------------------|-(7)-----------------------|
|-(5)----------------------|-(5)---------------------0-|
|--------------------------|---------------------0h2---|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q.
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-13-----13----13----13----|-12-----12----13-12--------|
|-14-----14----14----14----|-12-----12----14-12--------|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-----12----12-12-12--------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C.
PM PM--------| PM
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----0---0-2-----|-------2---0-2-2----|
||-----0---0-2-----|-------2---0-2-2----|
||o-0----0-----0-0-|-(0)-0---0-------0--|
||-----------------|--------------------|
|
| W W
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
PM PM
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE E +E MajorE
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----2---0-2-----|----------------------------|
|-----2---0-2-----|---------5-----------7-(7)\-|
|---0---0-----2-3-|-(3)-5s7---5-(5)-7s9--------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
PM PM--------| PM PM
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----2---0-2-----|-------2---0-2-2----|
|----2---0-2-----|-------2---0-2-2----|
|-0----0-----0-0-|-(0)-0---0-------0--|
|----------------|--------------------|
Gt
PM PM
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----2---0-2-----|-------------------------||
|-----2---0-2-----|---------5-----------7---||
|---0---0-----2-3-|-(3)-5s7---5-(5)-7s9-----||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gt
| W W
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
B5B5 D5D5
r II
H. E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E S S +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------|---------0-0-(0)--------|
|---------------|-----------------3-3----|
|---------------|-------2--------------2-|
|-------------0-|-(0)-0------------------|
|-2--------2----|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|
|r III
| H. +E MajorE E MajorE +Q H E MajorE E MajorE
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|-4-------(4)-7-|-(7)---7-----------7\---|
|-4-------(4)-7-|-(7)---7-----------7\---|
|-2-------(2)-5-|-(5)---5-----------5\-0-|
|---------------|------------------------|
B5B5 D5D5 B5B5 D5D5
W Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q E MajorE E a W Q E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E MajorE
|------------|-------0-(0)------|------------|-------0-(0)-------|
|------------|--------------3---|------------|--------------3----|
|------------|----2-----------2-|------------|-----2-----------2-|
|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-2----------|-0----------------|-0h2--------|-0-----------------|
|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
|
| Q H. Q H. W Q. E MajorE +Q E MajorE E MajorE
|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-4--4-------|-7--7-------------|---4--------|-7-----7-(7)--7\---|
|-4--4-------|-7--7-------------|---4--------|-7-----7-(7)--7\---|
|-2--2-------|-5--5-------------|---2--------|-5-----5-(5)--5\-0-|
|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
Chorus
Q=112
$
B minorBm 
A5A5 D5D5
H. +E MajorE E MajorE +W e E MajorE Q H H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE
|-----------------|------------|-------------||------0-----------|
|-----------------|------------|-------------||---------3-(3)----|
|-----------------|------------|-2-----------||---------------0--|
|-----------------|------------|-2-----------||------------------|
|-2---------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-0-----------||-0----------------|
|-----------------|------------|-------------||------------------|
|
| Q Q Q E MajorE E MajorE +W e E MajorE Q H W
|-----------------|------------|-------------||------------------|
|-----3------3----|------------|-------------||------------------|
|-----4------4--2-|-(2)--------|-2-----------||-7----------------|
|-----4------4--2-|-(2)--------|-2-----------||-7----------------|
|-2------2------0-|-(0)--------|-0-----------||-5----------------|
|-----------------|------------|-------------||------------------|
C5C5 D5D5 C5C5 D5D5
W H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE W H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE
|----------|------0----------|----------|------0----------|
|----------|---------3-(3)---|----------|---------3-(3)---|
|----------|---------------0-|----------|---------------0-|
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|-3--------|-0---------------|-3--------|-0---------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|
| W W W W
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|-5--------|-7---------------|-5--------|-7---------------|
|-5--------|-7---------------|-5--------|-7---------------|
|-3--------|-5---------------|-3--------|-5---------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
1. 2. Q=122
To Coda
C5C5 D5D5 A5A5 D5D5 A5A5
Gtr IV
W W W H Q E MajorE E
|----------|----------|---------------||--------------||
|----------|----------|--------------o||------------8-||
|----------|----------|---------------||--------------||
|----------|----------|---------------||--------------||
|-3--------|----------|--------------o||--------------||
|----------|----------|---------------||--------------||
|
| Gtrs II, III
| W W +H. E MajorE E H. E MajorE E
|----------|----------|---------------||--------------||
|----------|----------|--------------o||--------------||
|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)------2-2--||-7--------2-2-||
|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)------2-2--||-7--------2-2-||
|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)------0-0-o||-5--------0-0-||
|----------|----------|---------------||--------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
+E MajorE +E MajorE Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE Q +E MajorE Q E MajorE E
|-----------------8---5-5-|--5--8b8.5---(8)-----------|
|-(8)-(8)b8.5-5-----------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------7b9-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM PM PM------| PM
| +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(2)---------2---0-2-----|-----------2-----0-2-2-----|
|-(2)---------2---0-2-----|-----------2-----0-2-2-----|
|-(0)--0--------0-----0-0-|-(0)-0--------0--------0---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE S E. Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q +E MajorE E MajorE
|-----5-------------------|----------5---------------------------|
|-----5-5h8-5-------------|--------5---8b10==(8)-----(8)rs=7-----|
|-(7)---------8p5b6-------|--7b9---------------------------------|
|---------------------7---|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| PM
| E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------2-----0-----2-----|--------------------------------------|
|-------2-----0-----2-----|----------5----------------7---(7)\---|
|-----0-----0---------2-3-|-(3)--5s7---5-----(5)-7s9-------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
~
E MajorE Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|---10---(10)-8-10-10b12-8-|-(8)-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----10-8-10---------|
|--------------------------|-------------9-------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM PM------| PM PM
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|------2------0--2---------|--------2----0-2-2---|
|------2------0--2---------|--------2----0-2-2---|
|-0--------0--------0----0-|--0---0----0-------0-|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
~~~
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE H
|--------------8-10b12==|=(10)r---10b12r(10)-8--------------||
|---8-8-8-8h10----------|----------------------10-----------||
|---9-------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| PM
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----2---0--2----------|-----------------------------------||
|-----2---0--2----------|-----------------5------------7----||
|---0---0------2--3-----|--(3)--5s=7---------5-(5)-7s9------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||
Interlude
B5B5 D5D5
Gtr IV
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H. Q
|-10b12r=(10)--------------------------|------------------|
|---------------10pb12r(10)--7s=10b12==|=(10)r------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H. Q
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|-10b12r=(10)--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------9pb11r=(9)--7---9b11==|==(9)r------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H. +E MajorE E MajorE +Q H E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
|--4------------------------(4)--7-----|--(7)---7----7\---|
|--4------------------------(4)--7-----|--(7)---7----7\---|
|--2------------------------(2)--5-----|--(5)---5----5\-0-|
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
B5B5 D5D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H. Q
|-10b12r=(10)------------------------|------------------|
|---------------10pb12r(10)-7s10b12==|=(10)r------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H. Q
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|-10b12r=(10)------------------------|------------------|
|----------------9pb11r=(9)-7--9b11==|==(9)r------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|
| Q H. Q H.
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|--4-------4-------------------------|---7----7---------|
|--4-------4-------------------------|---7----7---------|
|--2-------2-------------------------|---5----5---------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
B5B5 D5D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H. Q
|-10b12r=(10)------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------10pb12r(10)-7s10b12==|=(10)r---------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H. Q
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-10b12r=(10)------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------9pb11r=(9)-7--9b11==|==(9)r---------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| W Q. E MajorE +Q E MajorE E MajorE
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--4---------------------------------|---7-----7-(7)--7\---|
|--4---------------------------------|---7-----7-(7)--7\---|
|--2---------------------------------|---5-----5-(5)--5\-0-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda
B minorBm A5A5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +S S E MajorE +E MajorE +W W
|-10b12r=(10)----------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|---------------10pb12r(10)p7-10b12r(10)-|-(10)--------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~
| Q +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +S S E MajorE +E MajorE +W W
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|-10b12r=(10)----------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------9pb11r=(9)p7--9b11r=(9)-|--(9)--------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| Q Q Q E MajorE E MajorE +W e E MajorE Q H
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------3-------------------3---------|-------------|--------------||
|----------4-------------------4------2--|--(2)--------|-2------------||
|----------4-------------------4------2--|--(2)--------|-2------------||
|--2-------------2--------------------0--|--(0)--------|-0------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
Outro
Q=112
&
D5D5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5
Gtr II
H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE W H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE W 16x
|------0----------|----------||-------0----------|-------||
|---------3-(3)---|----------||o---------3-(3)---|------o||
|---------------0-|----------||----------------0-|-------||
|-----------------|----------||------------------|-------||
|-0---------------|-3--------||o-0---------------|-3----o||
|-----------------|----------||------------------|-------||
|
| Gtr III
| W W W W 16x
|-----------------|----------||------------------|-------||
|-----------------|----------||o-----------------|------o||
|-7---------------|-5--------||--7---------------|-5-----||
|-7---------------|-5--------||--7---------------|-5-----||
|-5---------------|-3--------||o-5---------------|-3----o||
|-----------------|----------||------------------|-------||
D5D5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5
H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE W H E. S +E MajorE E MajorE W 8x
||-------0----------|----------|------0----------|-------||
||o---------3-(3)---|----------|---------3-(3)---|------o||
||----------------0-|----------|---------------0-|-------||
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
||o-0---------------|-3--------|-0---------------|-3----o||
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
|
| W W W W 8x
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||--7---------------|-5--------|-7---------------|-5-----||
||--7---------------|-5--------|-7---------------|-5-----||
||o-5---------------|-3--------|-5---------------|-3----o||
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Other versions of Run With The Pack
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Run with the pack (Ver. 2) by Bad Company
