Runaway by Del Shannon

Runaway tab by Del Shannon

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RUNAWAY

As recorded by Del Shannon
(From the 1961 Album RUNAWAY / THE BEST OF DEL SHANNON)

Words and Music by Del Shannon & Max Crook

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Al Caiola - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Max Crook - Musitron arr. for Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret'


  Intro                 Verse
  Q=152
  Am                  Am
  4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
  Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
||-----^0-0---------|----^0-0----------||----^0-0---------|
||o----^1-1---1---1-|----^1-1---1---1-o||----^1-1---1---1-|
||-----^2-2---2---2-|----^2-2---2---2--||----^2-2---2---2-|
||-----^2-2---2---2-|----^2-2---2---2--||----^2-2---2---2-|
||o-0---------------|-0---------------o||-0---------------|
||----------0---3---|---------0---3----||---------0---3---|

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          G                  F
 Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E
|----^0-0---------|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^1-1---1---1-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^3-3---3---3-|
|-0---------------|----^5-5-5---5---|----^5-5-5---5---|----^3-3-3---3---|
|---------0---3---|-3---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|


          E7                 Am
 Q  E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E
|----^1-1---1---1-|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|----^0-0---------|
|----^1-1---1---1-|-3---3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|-1---1---1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^3-3---3---3-|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^3-3-3---3---|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-0---------------|
|-1---------------|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---------0---3---|


          G                  F
 Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E E E E E
|----^0-0---------|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^1-1---1---1-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^3-3---3---3-|----^1-1---1---1-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^4-4---4---4-|----^2-2---2---2-|
|----^2-2---2---2-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^5-5---5---5-|----^3-3---3---3-|
|-0---------------|----^5-5-5---5---|----^5-5-5---5---|----^3-3-3---3---|
|---------0---3---|-3---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|


                            Pre-Chorus
                           $
          E7                   A
 Q  E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  Q E E Q E E
|----^1-1---1---1-|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-||----0-0----0---|
|----^1-1---1---1-|-3---3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-||----2-2----2---|
|----^2-2---2---2-|-1---1---1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-||----2-2----2---|
|----^3-3---3---3-|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-||----2-2----2---|
|----^3-3-3---3---|-2---2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-||----0-0----0---|
|-1---------------|-0---0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-||---------------|


           F#m               A
 Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----2-2----2----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----0-0----0----|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----------------|


                         Chorus
           F#m               A
 Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----0-0----0----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---||----2-2----2----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---||----0-0----0----|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---||----------------|


           F#m               A
 Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----2-2----2----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----0-0----0----|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----------------|


           F#m               D
 Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----3-3----3----|
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2----|
|----2-2----2---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----0-0----0----|
|----0-0----0---|----4-4----4---|----4-4----4---|----------------|
|---------------|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|----------------|


             To Coda
           E7                A
 Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E
|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0----|----0-0----0---|----0-0----0---|
|----3-3----3---|----3-3----3----|----3-3----3---|----2-2----2---|
|----2-2----2---|----1-1----1----|----1-1----1---|----2-2----2---|
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2----|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2---|
|---------------|----2-2----2----|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0---|
|---------------|----0-0----0----|----0-0----0---|---------------|


   D        A      E7
 Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E  E E E E E E E E
|----2-2----2---|----0-0----0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-||
|----3-3----3---|----2-2----2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-||
|----2-2----2---|----2-2----2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-||
|----0-0----0---|----2-2----2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-||
|---------------|----0-0----0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-||
|---------------|---------------|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-||
|
| Gtr II (Musitron arr. for Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
| W        W        H    E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------17---17-||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------------||


  Instrumental
    Am
   Q E E Q   E E   Q   E E Q   E E
||------0--0--------0----|---------^0--0--------0----|
||o-----1--1--------1----|---------^1--1--------1----|
||------2--2--------2----|---------^2--2--------2----|
||------2--2--------2----|---------^2--2--------2----|
||o-----0--0--------0----|---0-----^0--0--------0----|
||-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  Q E e e e e E  +E  E E e e e E e
||--17----16-17-------17-|-(17)-16-17----------17----|
||o-------------17-------|------------17----17-------|
||-----------------17----|---------------17-------17-|
||-----------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------|---------------------------|


 G
  Q  E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q   E E
|-----^3--3--------3----|-------^3--3--------3----|
|-----^3--3--------3----|-------^3--3--------3----|
|-----^4--4--------4----|-------^4--4--------4----|
|-----^5--5--------5----|-------^5--5--------5----|
|-----^5--5--------5----|-------^5--5--------5----|
|--3--------------------|--3----------------------|
|
| Q  E e E e E e  E e E e E e E e
|-15--14-15-------------|-------------------14-15-|
|-----------14-15-------|-------------14-15-------|
|-----------------15-16-|-------15-16-------------|
|-----------------------|-16-17-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


 F
  Q  E E Q   E E  Q   E E Q  E E
|-----^1--1--------1---|-------^1--1------1---|
|-----^1--1--------1---|-------^1--1------1---|
|-----^2--2--------2---|-------^2--2------2---|
|-----^3--3--------3---|-------^3--3------3---|
|-----^3--3--------3---|-------^3--3------3---|
|--1--^1--1--------1---|--1----^1--1------1---|
|
| Q  e e e e Q   e e e e Q  Q
|-13--12-13-------13---|-12-13-------13--13---|
|-----------13---------|-------13-------------|
|--------------14------|----------14----------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|


                         D.S. al Coda
 E7
  E   E E E E E  E E  E   E E   E E   E E E
|--0-------0---0-0------0-|--0-----0--0-----0--x-----0-----0---||
|--3-------3---3-3------3-|--3-----3--3-----3--x-----3-----3--o||
|--1-------1---1-1------1-|--1-----1--1-----1--x-----1-----1---||
|--2-------2---2-2------2-|--2-----2--2-----2--x-----2-----2---||
|--2-------2---2-2------2-|--2-----2--2-----2--x-----2-----2--o||
|--0-------0---0-0------0-|--0-----0--0-----0--x-----0-----0---||
|
| H.        +E E  S S e S S e S S e e e
|-12tr13-----------(12)---|-12h13p12-10h12p10------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------13h15p13-12-12--o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||


          Outro
 &
   E7        A        D
 Q E E Q E E   Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E 4x
|----0-0----0---||-----0-0----0-0-|----2-2----2----||
|----3-3----3---||o----2-2----2-2-|----3-3----3---o||
|----1-1----1---||-----2-2----2-2-|----2-2----2----||
|----2-2----2---||-----2-2----2-2-|----0-0----0----||
|----2-2----2---||o----0-0----0-0-|---------------o||
|----0-0----0---||----------------|----------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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