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}
 
 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
 
 
 
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 {eot}
 
 [b] 
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 {eot}
 "She don't like it..." "And don't like..."
 
 [b] [b] 
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 {eot}
 "She ain't about to give..."
 
 b&r
 
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 {eot}
 "She can take me..."
 
 a.h....... b
 
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 {eot}
 "...drives me home..."
 
 b&r p.m...
 
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 {eot}
 "I'd walk, but I want it..."
 
 
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 {eot}
 "what fool believes.." "I've got her in my sight..."
 
 p.m...
 
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 {eot}
 "But just out of..."
 
 
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 {eot}
 "Here we go around..."
 
 
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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 "bridge":
 
 
 {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}
 "oo. ah." "It goes like this"
 
 b bf pm
 
 {sot}
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 --5-------5-5-|-5-5-7-7---||--------|-----------------|--------------------
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 --------------|---------2-||--------|---------------2-|--------------------
 --------------|---------0-||--3-----|-4------4------0-|--------------------
 {eot}
 "Oh man it's..."
 
 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}
 "And you make it harder..." "Fill me up..."
 
 [b] 
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 {eot}
 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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