Learn Music: Runaround guitar tab - Van_halen tabs

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  From: Paul D 
  
  TAB: "Runaround" by Van Halen
  
  Okay, here's my second posting of a rather difficult Van Halen tune (the
  first being that "Poundcake" monster).  The first thing you gotta do if you
  wanna sound like the record is tune down 1/2 step.  The signature riff
  (which is also the chorus part) is quite difficult to play.  Try to find
  as many actual chord-shapes as possible; that way you won't have to make a
  million changes in hand position.  There's some bits of lyric here and there
  to help you keep up...
  A few notes on my tab:  "p.m...." means palm-mute;
                          "a.h...." means artificial harmonics
                          "b" means bend
                          "b&r" means bend the notes up to pitch and
                                  then release the bend to the original
                                  pitch.
                          "bf" means bend full
  
  
                                   Runaround
                                  by Van Halen
                                 tab by Paul D.
                              s3bz@music.transy.edu
  
  
  
  |---||---------------0-|--------------|-----------------|------------------
  |---||-------------3---|-3------------|---------------3-|------------------
  |---||-----2-----2-----|---2----------|-----2-------0---|------------------
  |---||---2-----0-------|--------------|---2-------------|------------------
  |---||-0-----3---------|----------0-3-|-0-----3---------|------------------
  |-3-||-----------------|-----3~~~-----|---------3~------|------------------
  
  
  
  --------------|---------------0-|--------------|-------------3-|-----------
  1-0-----0-----|-------------3---|-3------------|-------------3-|-----------
  ------2---2---|-----2-----2-----|---2----------|-----2-------0-|-----------
  ----0---------|---2-----0-------|--------------|---2---------0-|-----------
  --------------|-0-----3---------|----------0-3-|-0-----3-------|-----------
  ------------3-|-----------------|-----3~~~-----|---------3~----|-----------
  
  
  
  3-3-3-2---2-2-0-|------------|------------|------------|-------------------
  3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-------15---|-------14---|-------13---|-------------------
  0-0-0-2---2-2-2-|----12------|----12------|----10------|-------------------
  0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-14---------|-14---------|-12---------|-------------------
  ----------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------
  ----------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------
  
  
  
  -------------------|------------|------------|----------|------------------
  12-12-10h12-10-----|-------15---|-------14---|-------13-|------------------
  10-10-10----10-----|----12------|----12------|----10----|------------------
  10-10-10----10-----|-14---------|-14---------|-12-------|------------------
  -----------------0-|------------|------------|----------|------------------
  -------------------|------------|------------|----------|------------------
  
  
                                               b
  --------------14---12--||----------|--------------|----------|------------
  12-12-12-10---12---12--||----------|--------------|----------|------------
  10-10-10-10---12--------||----------|--------------|----------|------------
  10-10-10-10-----------2-||-2--------|------------2-|-2--------|------------
  ----------------------0-||-0--------|-----5------0-|-0--------|------------
  ------------------------||-------12|-2------2-----|-------12|------------
                                "She don't like it..."     "And don't like..."
  
         b                          b
  --------------|----------|--------------|---------------|------------------
  --------------|----------|--------------|-----------5-7-|------------------
  --------------|----------|--------------|-------5---5-7-|------------------
  ----7-------2-|-2--------|------------2-|-2-2/7---7-----|------------------
  4------4~~~-0-|-0--------|-----5------0-|-0-0-----------|------------------
  --------------|-------12|-2------2-----|---------------|------------------
                                               "She ain't about to give..."
  
  b&r
  ---------------|------------|------------|----------|----------------------
  -7-------------|-------15---|-------14---|-------13-|----------------------
  -7------p5-----|----12------|----12------|----10----|----------------------
  -----------7-7-|-14---------|-14---------|-12-------|----------------------
  -------------0-|------------|------------|----------|----------------------
  ---------------|------------|------------|----------|----------------------
  
  
                                b                      b
  --------------14---12--||----------------|----------------|----------|----
  12-12-12-10---12---12--||----------------|----------------|----------|----
  10-10-10-10---12--------||--------2---x-x-|----------------|----------|----
  10-10-10-10-----------2-||-2------2---x-x-|--------------2-|-2--------|----
  ----------------------0-||-0--3-------x-x-|-------5------0-|-0--------|----
  ------------------------||----------------|-2--------2-----|-------12|----
                                   "She can take me..."
  
       a.h.......                             b
  --------------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|---------
  --------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------5-7-|---------
  --------------------|-------2-----|--------------|-------5---5-7-|---------
  -----7------------2-|-2-----2-----|------------2-|-2-2/7---7-----|---------
  4------4---4-4~~~-0-|-0-3-----x-x-|-----5------0-|-0-0-----------|---------
  --------------------|-------------|-2------2-----|---------------|---------
  "...drives me home..."
  
  b&r                p.m...
  ---------------||------------------|---------------------|-----------------
  -7-------------||--------5-----7---|-----10---9h10p9-----|-----------------
  -7------p5-----||------6-----------|-9---------------9---|-----------------
  -----------7-7-||----6-------7---9-|---9---------------9-|-----------------
  -------------0-||--4-------5-----7-|---------------------|-----------------
  ---------------||----------------0-|---------------------|-----------------
                    "I'd walk, but I want it..."
  
  
  --------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------
  --------10-----7/10-|-9-----------------|-----------------|----------------
  -----11-------------|---9---------------|-----6-----------|----------------
  --11---------7------|-----9---7h9p76---|---6-------------|----------------
  9----------5--------|-----------------7-|-4----/7-5-5/9-7-|----------------
  -----------------0--|-------------------|---------------0-|----------------
  "what fool believes.."                   "I've got her in my sight..."
  
                        p.m...
  --------------------|------------------|-------------||--------------------
  -----------------10-|--------3-2-------|-0-----------||--------------------
  --9-----------11----|------2-----2---1-|-2---1-------||--------------------
  9----------11-------|----2-----------2-|-2---2-------||--------------------
  ---/11-9------------|--0-------------2-|-----2-------||--------------------
  --------------------|----------------0-|-----------3-||--------------------
  "But just out of..."
  
  
  --------------0-|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------
  ------------3---|-3------------|---------------3-|-1-0-----0-----|---------
  ----2-----2-----|---2----------|-----2-------0---|-------2---2---|---------
  --2-----0-------|--------------|---2-------------|-----0---------|---------
  0-----3---------|----------0-3-|-0-----3---------|---------------|---------
  ----------------|-----3~~~-----|---------3-------|-------------3-|---------
  "Here we go around..."
  
  
  --------------0-|--------------|-----------------|-------------||
  ------------3---|-3------------|---------------3-|-1-0-3---3---||
  ----2-----2-----|---2----------|-----2-------0---|-----2---2---||
  --2-----0-------|--------------|---2-------------|-----0---0-2-||
  0-----3---------|----------0-3-|-0-----3---------|-----------0-||
  ----------------|-----3~~~-----|---------3-------|-------------||
  
  Then it's back to the verse, pre-chorus, and chorus parts one more time
  through, then it's SOLO time.  (DON'T ASK!)  After that, there's a bit of
  a "bridge":
  
  ||----------|---------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|-------
  ||-----10---|-----9---|-----8---|-7-7-5h7-5---|-----10---|-----9---|-------
  ||---7------|---7-----|---5-----|-5-5-5---5---|---7------|---7-----|-------
  ||-9--------|-9-------|-7-------|-5-5-5---5---|-9--------|-9-------|-------
  ||----------|---------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|-------
  ||----------|---------|---------|-----------0-|----------|---------|-------
                         "oo.   ah."             "It goes like this"
  
                                b              bf     pm
  --------------|-----9-----||--------|-----------------|--------------------
  ----8-----7-7-|-7-5-7-7---||--------|-----------------|--------------------
  --5-------5-5-|-5-5-7-7---||--------|-----------------|--------------------
  7---------5-5-|-5-5-7-7---||--------|-----2---------2-|--------------------
  --------------|---------2-||--------|---------------2-|--------------------
  --------------|---------0-||--3-----|-4------4------0-|--------------------
                               "Oh man it's..."
  
                                             b            bf     pm
  --------------------------|---9-9-9-7-|--------|-----------------|---------
  --0-3h5p3p0-5p3p0---------|---7-7-7-7-|--------|-----------------|---------
  ------------------2h4p2p0-|---7-7-7-7-|--------|-----------------|---------
  --------------------------|-----------|--------|-----2---------2-|---------
  --------------------------|-----------|--------|---------------2-|---------
  --------------------------|-0---------|-0--3---|-4------4------0-|---------
  "And you make it harder..."               "Fill me up..."
  
                     b
  ------------|-------------------------||
  ------------|-------------------------||
  ------------|-------------------------||
  ----------2-|-------------------------||
  ----2-4---2-|-------------------------||
  3h4-------0-|-----------------------3-||
  Oh man she owns it."   "Here we go a-    round..."
  
  (go to the chorus and ad lib a fade-out)
  
  That's it.  That should be all you need to do an accurate version of
  "Runaround".  If you're REALLY hurtin' for the solo, email me and be nice
  and I'll give it a shot.  I might even do the outro part too.
  Questions/Comments welcome (by email).
  
  Good luck!
  Paul D. s3bz@music.transy.edu
  
  
  
  

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