Runaway tab by Del Shannon

Name: Runaway
Channel: Del Shannon

Guitar Tab

RUNAWAY

As recorded by Del Shannon
(From the 1961 Album RUNAWAY / THE BEST OF DEL SHANNON)

Words and Music by Del Shannon & Max Crook

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Al Caiola - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Max Crook - Musitron arr. for Gtr. w/ capo 1st  fret'


   Intro                                 Verse
    Q=152
    Am                                    Am
   4/4
    Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
    Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E     Q   E E E E E E
||-----^0-0---------|----^0-0----------||----^0-0---------|
||o----^1-1---1---1-|----^1-1---1---1-o||----^1-1---1---1-|
||-----^2-2---2---2-|----^2-2---2---2--||----^2-2---2---2-|
||-----^2-2---2---2-|----^2-2---2---2--||----^2-2---2---2-|
||o-0---------------|-0---------------o||-0---------------|
||----------0---3---|---------0---3----||---------0---3---|


                    G                                   F
  Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E
|----^0-0---------|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^1-1---1---1-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^3-3---3---3-|
|-0---------------|----^5-5-5---5---|----^5-5-5---5---|----^3-3-3---3---|
|---------0---3---|-3---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|


                    E7                                  Am
  Q   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E
|----^1-1---1---1-|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|----^0-0---------|
|----^1-1---1---1-|-3---3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|-1---1---1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^3-3---3---3-|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^3-3-3---3---|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-0---------------|
|-1---------------|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---------0---3---|


                    G                                   F
  Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E   Q   E E E E E E
|----^0-0---------|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^1-1---1---1-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^3-3---3---3-|
|-0---------------|----^5-5-5---5---|----^5-5-5---5---|----^3-3-3---3---|
|---------0---3---|-3---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|


                                                        Pre-Chorus
                                                      $
                    E7                                      A
  Q   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    Q  E E Q  E E
|----^1-1---1---1-|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-||----0-0----0---|
|----^1-1---1---1-|-3---3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-||----2-2----2---|
|----^2-2---2---2-|-1---1---1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-||----2-2----2---|
|----^3-3---3---3-|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-||----2-2----2---|
|----^3-3-3---3---|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-||----0-0----0---|
|-1---------------|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-||---------------|


                     F#m                             A
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----2-2----2----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----0-0----0----|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----------------|


                                                  Chorus
                     F#m                              A
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E    Q  E E Q  E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----0-0----0----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---||----2-2----2----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---||----0-0----0----|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----------------|


                     F#m                             A
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----2-2----2----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----0-0----0----|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----------------|


                     F#m                             D
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----3-3----3----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----0-0----0----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----------------|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----------------|


                         To Coda
                     E7                               A
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0----|----0-0----0---|----0-0----0---|
|----3-3----3---|----3-3----3----|----3-3----3---|----2-2----2---|
|----2-2----2---|----1-1----1----|----1-1----1---|----2-2----2---|
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2----|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|
|---------------|----2-2----2----|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0---|
|---------------|----0-0----0----|----0-0----0---|---------------|


     D               A            E7
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E  E E  E
|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-||
|----3-3----3---|----2-2----2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-||
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-||
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-||
|---------------|----0-0----0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-||
|---------------|---------------|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-||
|
| Gtr II (Musitron arr. for Gtr. w/ capo 1st  fret)
| W               W               H       E  E E  E
|---------------|---------------|-----------17---17-||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||


   Instrumental
        Am
     Q  E  E  Q     E  E     Q      E  E  Q     E  E
||------0--0--------0----|---------^0--0--------0----|
||o-----1--1--------1----|---------^1--1--------1----|
||------2--2--------2----|---------^2--2--------2----|
||------2--2--------2----|---------^2--2--------2----|
||o-----0--0--------0----|---0-----^0--0--------0----|
||-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|    Q  E  e  e  e  e  E    +E   E  E  e  e  e  E  e
||--17----16-17-------17-|-(17)-16-17----------17----|
||o-------------17-------|------------17----17-------|
||-----------------17----|---------------17-------17-|
||-----------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------|---------------------------|


  G
   Q   E  E  Q     E  E    Q     E  E  Q     E  E
|-----^3--3--------3----|-------^3--3--------3----|
|-----^3--3--------3----|-------^3--3--------3----|
|-----^4--4--------4----|-------^4--4--------4----|
|-----^5--5--------5----|-------^5--5--------5----|
|-----^5--5--------5----|-------^5--5--------5----|
|--3--------------------|--3----------------------|
|
|  Q   E  e  E  e  E  e    E  e  E  e  E  e  E  e
|-15--14-15-------------|-------------------14-15-|
|-----------14-15-------|-------------14-15-------|
|-----------------15-16-|-------15-16-------------|
|-----------------------|-16-17-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  F
   Q   E  E  Q     E E    Q     E  E  Q   E E
|-----^1--1--------1---|-------^1--1------1---|
|-----^1--1--------1---|-------^1--1------1---|
|-----^2--2--------2---|-------^2--2------2---|
|-----^3--3--------3---|-------^3--3------3---|
|-----^3--3--------3---|-------^3--3------3---|
|--1--^1--1--------1---|--1----^1--1------1---|
|
|  Q   e  e  e  e  Q      e  e  e  e  Q   Q
|-13--12-13-------13---|-12-13-------13--13---|
|-----------13---------|-------13-------------|
|--------------14------|----------14----------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|


                                                 D.S. al Coda
  E7
   E     E E E E E   E  E    E     E  E     E  E     E  E  E
|--0-------0---0-0------0-|--0-----0--0-----0--x-----0-----0---||
|--3-------3---3-3------3-|--3-----3--3-----3--x-----3-----3--o||
|--1-------1---1-1------1-|--1-----1--1-----1--x-----1-----1---||
|--2-------2---2-2------2-|--2-----2--2-----2--x-----2-----2---||
|--2-------2---2-2------2-|--2-----2--2-----2--x-----2-----2--o||
|--0-------0---0-0------0-|--0-----0--0-----0--x-----0-----0---||
|
|  H.               +E  E    S  S  e  S  S  e  S  S  e  e  e
|-12tr13-----------(12)---|-12h13p12-10h12p10------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------13h15p13-12-12--o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||


                   Outro
  &
     E7                A               D
  Q  E E Q  E E     Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E  4x
|----0-0----0---||-----0-0----0-0-|----2-2----2----||
|----3-3----3---||o----2-2----2-2-|----3-3----3---o||
|----1-1----1---||-----2-2----2-2-|----2-2----2----||
|----2-2----2---||-----2-2----2-2-|----0-0----0----||
|----2-2----2---||o----0-0----0-0-|---------------o||
|----0-0----0---||----------------|----------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 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

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