Runaround Van Halen

 
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 "She don't like it..." "And don't like..."


 


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 "She ain't about to give..."


 


 b&r


 

 
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 "She can take me..."


 


 a.h....... b


 

 
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 "...drives me home..."


 


 b&r p.m...


 

 
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 "I'd walk, but I want it..."


 


 

 
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 "what fool believes.." "I've got her in my sight..."


 


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 "But just out of..."


 


 

 
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 "Here we go around..."


 


 

 
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 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":


 


 

 
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 "oo. ah." "It goes like this"


 


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 "Oh man it's..."


 


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 "And you make it harder..." "Fill me up..."


 


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{t:Runaround}
 {st:Van Halen}
 
 Okay, here's my second posting of a rather difficult Van Halen tune (the
 first being that &quot;Poundcake&quot; 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: &quot;p.m....&quot; means palm-mute;
 &quot;a.h....&quot; means artificial harmonics
 &quot;b&quot; means bend
 &quot;b&amp;r&quot; means bend the notes up to pitch and
 then release the bend to the original
 pitch.
 &quot;bf&quot; means bend full
 
 Runaround
 by Van Halen
 tab by Paul D.
 
 
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 [b] 
 {sot}
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 ----------------------0-||-0--------|-----5------0-|-0--------|------------|
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 {eot}
 &quot;She don't like it...&quot; &quot;And don't like...&quot;
 
 [b] [b] 
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 &quot;She ain't about to give...&quot;
 
 b&amp;r
 
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 [b] [b] 
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 {eot}
 &quot;She can take me...&quot;
 
 a.h....... b
 
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 {eot}
 &quot;...drives me home...&quot;
 
 b&amp;r p.m...
 
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 {eot}
 &quot;I'd walk, but I want it...&quot;
 
 
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 -----11-------------|---9---------------|-----6-----------|----------------|
 --11---------7------|-----9---7h9p7\6---|---6-------------|----------------|
 9----------5--------|-----------------7-|-4----/7-5-5/9-7-|----------------|
 -----------------0--|-------------------|---------------0-|----------------|
 {eot}
 &quot;what fool believes..&quot; &quot;I've got her in my sight...&quot;
 
 p.m...
 
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 {eot}
 &quot;But just out of...&quot;
 
 
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 &quot;Here we go around...&quot;
 
 
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 {eot}
 
 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 &quot;bridge&quot;:
 
 
 {sot}
 ||----------|---------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|-------|
 ||-----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-|----------|---------|-------|
 {eot}
 &quot;oo. ah.&quot; &quot;It goes like this&quot;
 
 b bf pm
 
 {sot}
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 ----8-----7-7-|-7-5-7-7---||--------|-----------------|--------------------|
 --5-------5-5-|-5-5-7-7---||--------|-----------------|--------------------|
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 --------------|---------2-||--------|---------------2-|--------------------|
 --------------|---------0-||--3-----|-4------4------0-|--------------------|
 {eot}
 &quot;Oh man it's...&quot;
 
 b bf pm
 
 {sot}
 --------------------------|---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-|---------|
 {eot}
 &quot;And you make it harder...&quot; &quot;Fill me up...&quot;
 
 [b] 
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 {eot}
 Oh man she owns it.&quot; &quot;Here we go a- round...&quot;
 
 (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
 and I'll give it a shot. I might even do the outro part too.
 Questions/Comments welcome (by email).
 **Coming soon: &quot;Crackerman&quot; by STP**
 
 For the most part, this tab was created with:
 == Shareware version of the BUCKET 'O TAB ==
 == tablature creation software for Windows ==
 == For more information: ==
 
 Good luck!

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