311 - "running" Tablature

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:33:18 -0500
From: Fred Lidskog <swede@email.unc.edu>
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 <swede@email.unc.edu>

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)
------

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)
--------

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)
------

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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