Always On The Run tab by Lenny Kravitz

Tabs

"Always on the run" by LENNY KRAVITZ
          from the album "Mama Said"


The main riff (E minorEm):
                             P  P  H
e ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G ----------------|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD ----2---0-------|0-----0---2-----|----2---0-------|0-0---------0^2-|
A augmentedA ----------4-----|----------------|----------4-----|----4^0---------|
E MajorE 0-------------0-|0---------------|0-------------0-|0-------3^0-----|
 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4


... while the second guitar is playing:
                                 S
e 12----------------|----------------|----------------|--------11^12-12----|
BB 12-x--x---x---x---|x---x-x-x-x-x---|x-x-x---x---x---|x---x-x-11^12-12----|
G+G 12-x--x---x---x---|x---x-x-x-x-x---|x-x-x---x---x---|x---x-x-11^12-12----|
D MajorD ---x--5---7---x---|x---x-5-x-x-x---|x-x-5---7---x---|x---x-x-------------|
A augmentedA --------------5---|7---------5-7---|------------5---|7-------------------|
E MajorE ------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
 1 ' 2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3 ' 4

The x means: striking the strings while your index finger is muting the
strings on the 4th fret (to create a scratch effect). Play the melody with
your middle finger and little finger.

The song:

2x riff [E minorEm]
2x riff with bass and second guitar

      my mama said
      that your life is a gift
      and my mama said
      there's much weight you will lift
      and my mama said
      leave those bad boys alone
      and my mama said
      be home before the dawn
      and my mama said
      you can be rich or poor
      but my mama said
      you can be big or small

choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run
      [E minorEm] always on the run
choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run

2x riff

      my mama said
      that it's good to be fruitful
      but my mama said
      don't take more than a mouthful
      and my mama said
      that it's good to be natural
      and my mama said
      that it's good to be factual

choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run
      [E minorEm] always on the run
choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run

2x riff
guitar solo from Slash:  [A augmentedA]  [E minorEm]  [BB]  [E minorEm]
 (who can make a transcription of THIS for me ?)
1x riff

      my mama said
      baby don't ride that crazy horse
      and my mama said
      you must push with much force
      and my mama said
      go get all that you're after
      and my mama said
      that love's all that mathers

choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run
      [E minorEm] always on the run
choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run

choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run
      [E minorEm] always on the run
choir:   [G+G] but I'm [A augmentedA] always on the run

2x riff   (ah, what's that mama ?
       do you want...? right now ?  hold on !  yeah!)

5x riff (with brass)


enjoy...

Fabian Moonen.
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