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Run, Run, Run – guitar tab

Run, Run, Run | guitar tab
By the Who
>From A Quick One, 1966
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Tro-Essex Music, Inc.

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com      rev 2001-01-25          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[intro]
             4
||-----------||
||-----------||
||.---------.||
||.5-5-3h5-3.||
||-5-5-3h5-3-||
||-3-3-------||

[chorus]
   G  G C  C G  G F  F
   Run, run, run 
||----3----1----3----1--||
||----3----1----3----1--||
||.--------------------.||
||.--------------------.||
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
|                        |
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
||.--------------------.||
||.-----5--5-----------.||
||-5--5-3--3-5--5-3-----||
||-3--3------3--3-1p0h1-||


     G     G      C    C  G G     F F
Well baby, better take my advice
A black cat crossed your path twice
The moon came out next to the sun
And you opened your umbrella in a room

[chorus]
           G    C    G     F (E F)
You better run, run, run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run

Well you ain't the luckiest girl I know
And you won't get luckier the way you're going
Your horseshoe's rusty and your mirror's cracked
You walk under ladders then you walk right back

[repeat chorus]
You better run, run, run (pack up your things and go)
Run, run, run (you better be leavin')
Run, run, run (you better go)
Run, run, run

| G    | G      |

    G                 4 (then solo start)
||--------------------||
||--------------------||
||.------------------.||
||.-5-5------3-------.||
||--5-5--3h5----------||
||--3-3---------------||

  G                     G                     G
|---------------------|---------------------|------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------|
|---------------------|---------------3---3-|-5^---5^----|
|---------------------|-------3---3-5---5---|------------|
|---------------3---3-|-5-3-5---5-----------|------------|
|-0h3---3-6-3-6---6---|---------------------|------------|

  G          G                G             G
|----------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5^--5^---|-5^\-3---5-3----|-----------3-|-5^~5^~5^~5^~-|
|----------|-------5-----5p3|h5-----3-5---|--------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|--------------|

  G                 G                   G        G           
|------------------|------------------|--------|------------|
|------------------|-------3--3-1--0--|-0------|-3-1-0------|
|-5^~5^~5^/3p0h3---|------------------|-0------|------------|
|----------------3h|5-----3-3-3-2--0--|--------|-3-2-0------|
|------------------|--3h5-------------|--------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------|------------|

  G                   G                      G
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------|
|-***-0-1-3-1-------|----------------------|-------------|
|-***---------0h3p0-|-------------3^-------|-0---3^------|
|-***-0-2-3-2-------|---------3-5----5p3h0-|--------3h0--|
|-------------------|---1-3h5--------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-3--------------------|-------------|

  G             G              [drums stop]    GGGG GGGG GGGG GGGG 
|-------------|--------------|----------|----|-----|----|----|----|
|-------------|--------------|----------|----|-----|----|----|----|
|-0-3^-0------|-0------------|----------|-3^~|h5---|(5)-|(5)-|(5)-|
|--------3h0--|--------------|------3-5-|----|-----|----|----|----|
|-------------|--------------|---3-5----|----|-----|----|----|----|
|-------------|-----3-3-6-3--|-6--------|----|-----|----|----|----|

   A        D            A      G  
   When you dropped that little pin
||---------------------|-------------------||
||---------------------|-----7^-5-7\-------||
||.---------7-------7--|-----7^---7\-5----.||
||.7----7---7-------7--|-7-------------7-5.||
||-7----7---5-------5--|-7-----------------||
||-5----5--------------|-5-----------------||

Never thought what a mess it'd get you in
Little pin, little pin, bring me luck
Because I stopped to pick you up

[chorus]
           A    D    A   G
You better run, run, run (run away)
Run, run, run (pack your bags and go)
Run, run, run (you gotta go)
Run, run, run 

     A    A      D     D   A   A   G   G
Well now, little girl, I'm helping you
--||---------------------|--------------------||
--||---------------------|--------------------||
--||.------------7-----7-|-------------------.||
--||.7----7------7-----7-|-7---7---7h5---5-7-.||
--||-7----7------5-----5-|-7---7-------7------||
--||-5----5--------------|-5---5--------------||
    [palm mute]

I hope you believe what I say is true
Whenever you run, I'll be running, too
Whenever you run, I'll be following you

[repeat chorus]
           A    D    A    G
You better run, run, run
Run, run, run (you gotta move)
Run, run, run (you gotta go)
Run, run, run

  A    A        G     A         G           A   A       G     
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-7^--7^/\7---5-5-|
|-------------------|---------------5---5-|-----------7-----|
|-------------------|---------3-5h7---7---|-----------------|
|-----------------3h|5--5-3-5-------------|-----------------|

  A        G          A    A         G    A           G       
|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|---------5----5--5--|-5--5-------------|---------------------|
|-----5-7---5^-5^-5^-|-5^-5^-5----------|---------------------|
|-7-7----------------|---------5-7-7----|-7p5---5-5-----------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----7---------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-------------------3-|

  A    A        G   A       G
|-----------------|---------------------
|-----------------|---------------------
|-----------------|---------------------
|-----------------|---------------------
|-----------------|---------------------
|-5p3p0h3-5p3p0h3-|-5p3p0h3-5p3p0h3-----

=============
litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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