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Running Guitar Tablature
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:33:18 -0500
From: Fred Lidskog 
Subject: TAB: Running    by 311

"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

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)
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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)
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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)
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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:
   Here in this world feel it flowing
   River of life on a human journey
   Don't be afraid of becoming the sea
   Don't worry yourself
   Don't worry yourself
   Don't worry yourself
   Many stories will be left untold
   But understand everything must go
---Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1a
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   Slow slow lover, rub you down
   We don't want no one hurting, don't make a sound
   Oh, living is a journey, waking, believeing, running, for shelter now
---Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1b (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   Slow slow lover, rub you down
   We don't want no one hurting, don't make a sound
   Oh, living is a journey, waking, believing, running
---Guitar #1 play Riff 2.1 (x8)
    Guitar #2 play Riff 2.2 (x8) over:
   What's that you do, you're running around
   There's people that need you and you letting down
   And when it's time to care, you just leave town
   Don't worry yourself
   Don't hurry yourself
   Don't hurry yourself
   There's some wildness there and mercy
   It's the emptiness we love touching
---Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1a
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   Slow slow lover, rub you down
   We don't want no one hurting, don't make a sound
   Oh, living is a journey, waking, believeing, running, for shelter now
---Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1b (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 (x2) over:
   Slow slow lover, rub you down
   We don't want no one hurting, don't make a sound
   Oh, living is a journey, waking, believing, running
---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:
   Give thanks and praise for good things you found
   Humble people not ashamed nor proud
   And always try to keep your feet on the ground
   And love yourself
---Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1a
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 with heavy distortion (x2) over:
   Slow slow lover, rub you down
   We don't want no one hurting, don't make a sound
   Oh, living is a journey, waking, believeing, running, for shelter now
---Guitar #1 play Chorus Riff 1b (x2)
    Guitar #2 play Chorus Riff 2 with heavy distortion(x2) over:
   Slow slow lover, rub you down
   We don't want no one hurting, don't make a sound
   Oh, living is a journey, waking, believing, running
---Guitar #1 play Riff 1.1 (x8)
    Guitar #2 play Ending Solo

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