RUN RUN RUN
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1966 Album A QUICK ONE (HAPPY JACK))
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Electric Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Guitar 3'
Intro
Q=176(8=s8)
G5 F5 G5 F5
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E E Q E 4x Q Q E Q E
||-----------------||-||-----3----1----|
||o---------------o||-||o----3----1----|
||-----------------||-||---------------|
||--5--5-----3--x--||-||---------------|
||o-5--5-3h5-3--x-o||-||o--------------|
||--3--3-----------||-||---------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
G5 F5 G5 C5
Q E E +Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E
|-3----1-(1)------||-||--------------------|
|-3----1-(1)-----o||-||o-------------------|
|-----------------||-||----------5---5-----|
|-----------------||-||--5---5---5---5-----|
|----------------o||-||o-5---5---3---3-----|
|-----------------||-||--3---3-------------|
G5 F5 G5 C5 G5 F5 G5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------5---5---|-----------------|---------5---5---|
|-5---5-x-3-3-3-3-|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5-x-3-3-3-3-|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5---5-x-3-3-3-3-|-5---5---3---3---|-5---5-x-3-3-3-3-|-5---5---3---3---|
|-3---3-x-1-1-1-1-|-3---3-----------|-3---3-x-1-1-1-1-|-3---3-----------|
Chorus
G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q E Q E E +Q Q Q Q E Q E
|-----------------||----3----1----|-3----1-(1)-----|----3----1----|
|-----------------||----3----1----|-3----1-(1)-----|----3----1----|
|-----------------||--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-5---5-x-3-3-3-3-||--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-5---5-x-3-3-3-3-||--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-3---3-x-1-1-1-1-||--------------|----------------|--------------|
G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
Q E E +Q Q Q Q E Q E Q E E +Q Q Q Q E Q E
|-3----1-(1)-----|----3----1-----|---3----1-(1)---------|----3----1-----|
|-3----1-(1)-----|----3----1-----|---3----1-(1)---------|----3----1-----|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q E Q. a Q E E E E E E Q Q E Q.
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----6----5-----|---3------------------|----6----5-----|
|----------------|----7----5-----|-3h4------------------|----7----5-----|
|----------------|---------------|-----------3--3-3-(3)-|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|--------5-------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
Interlude
G5 F5 G7sus4
Gtr II
Q E E +Q Q W +W
|---3----1-(1)----------||----------|------------|
|---3----1-(1)---------o||----------|------------|
|-----------------------||-5--------|-(5)--------|
|-----------------------||-3--------|-(3)--------|
|----------------------o||-5--------|-(5)--------|
|-----------------------||-3--------|-(3)--------|
|
| Gtr I
| a Q E E E E E E W W
|-----------------------||----------|------------|
|---3------------------o||----------|------------|
|-3h4-------------------||----------|------------|
|-----------3--3-3-(3)--||----------|------------|
|--------5-------------o||----------|------------|
|-----------------------||----------|------------|
G5 F5 F5
W +H. Q
|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|--------------------||
|-5-------------|-(5)----------------||
|-5-------------|-(5)----------------||
|-3-------------|-(3)----------3-----||
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|--------------------||
|-5--5-----3--x-|--5---5-----3---x---||
|-5--5-3h5-3--x-|--5---5-3h5-3---x---||
|-3--3----------|--3---3-------------||
Guitar Solo
G5 F5 G5 F5
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------3-----3-|
|-------------------------|-------3-----3-5-3---5---5-----|
|-----------------3-----3-|-5-3-5---5---------------------|
|-3-----3-6-3---6---6-----|-------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5---5-------3-------x---|-5-----5-----------3-------x---|
|-5---5-3h5---3-------x---|-5-----5---3h==5---3-------x---|
|-3---3-------------------|-3-----3-----------------------|
G5 F5 G5 F5
Q Q H H Q +Q
|--------3--------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5b7===(5)r---5b7------|-5b7------5b7====(5)r----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5------5---------3--x-|-5----5--------3------x--|
|-5------5---3h5---3--x-|-5----5-3h5----3------x--|
|-3------3--------------|-3----3------------------|
G5 F5 G5 F5
~~~~~
Q E E E E E E a Q Q E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--3---3-3-----|--------------3-5-|
|------5-----5---|-3h5--5-----5-----|
|----------------|----------3-------|
|----------------|------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--5-----3---x-|---5--5-----3---x-|
|-5--5-3h5-3---x-|---5--5-3h5-3---x-|
|-3--3-----------|---3--3-----------|
G5 F5 G5 F5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q E +E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5b7--5b7---5b7---5b7---|-5b7--5b7==(5)r-5p3-----3-----|
|------------------------|----------------------5---3h==|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5----5---------3-----x-|-5----5-------------3-----x---|
|-5----5---3h5---3-----x-|-5----5-----3h==5---3-----x---|
|-3----3-----------------|-3----3-----------------------|
G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
Q Q q Q E Q E Q Q H H E Q. Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------/3---3---|-3-1---x-0-------|--------0------|-3-1------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5--3---/3---3---|-3-2---x-0-------|--------0------|-3-2------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5--5------3---x-|-5---5-----3---x-|-5--5-----3--x-|-5----5-----3---x-|
|-5--5-3h=5-3---x-|-5---5-3h5-3---x-|-5--5-3h5-3--x-|-5----5-3h5-3---x-|
|-3--3------------|-3---3-----------|-3--3----------|-3----3-----------|
G5 F5 G5 F5
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
E E E Q H E E E Q E E E Q
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-3h5p3------------|-3h5p3-----3h5p==3-----|
|-------5---4------|-------5-----------5---|
|-----------5------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-----5-----3--x-|-5-----5-------3-----x-|
|-5-----5-3h5-3--x-|-5-----5-3h5---3-----x-|
|-3-----3----------|-3-----3---------------|
G5 F5 G5 F5
|-3-| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------3-5b7r5p3p(0)-|-0------2b4-0-------|
|-------3h5-----------------|--------------3p0---|
|-3h5p3---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-----------3----x--|-5--5-------3---x---|
|-5-----5---3h==5---3----x--|-5--5-3h5---3---x---|
|-3-----3-------------------|-3--3---------------|
G5 F5 G5
|-3-| |3|
H E E E E E E E E Q +H
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-0--------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----3h5-3-(3)----|
|----------------|-3h5--------------|
|--------3-3-3-3-|------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E W
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-5--5-----3---x-|-5----------------|
|-5--5-3h5-3---x-|-5----------------|
|-3--3-----------|-3----------------|
<
+H. +E a E +W
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(3)------(3)-3h5-|-([5])-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| +H. +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(5)------(5)---5-|---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-(5)------(5)---5-|---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-(3)------(3)---3-|---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
>
+H. Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-([5])-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
3rd & 4th Verses
A5 D5 A5 G5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||----------7---7---|---------------------|
||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5-|
||o-7---7---5---5---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5-|
||--5---5-----------|-5---5-x-3---3---3-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------7p5-----5-7-|
||o---------5---5-x-|---------------7-----|
||--5---5-----------|-5---5---------------|
A5 D5 A5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------7---7---|----------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5--|
|-7---7---5---5---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5--|
|-5---5-----------|-5---5-x-3---3---3-3--|
|
| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|---------7p5-----5-7--|
|---------5---5-x-|---------------7------|
|-5---5-----------|-5---5----------------|
A5 D5 A5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------7---7---|---------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5-|
|-7---7---5---5---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5-|
|-5---5-----------|-5---5-x-3---3---3-3-|
|
| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------7p5-----5-7-|
|---------5---5-x-|---------------7-----|
|-5---5-----------|-5---5---------------|
A5 D5 A5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|---------7---7---|---------------------||
|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5-||
|-7---7---5---5---|-7---7-x-5---5---5-5-||
|-5---5-----------|-5---5-x-3---3---3-3-||
|
| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------7p5-----5-7-||
|---------5---5-x-|---------------7-----||
|-5---5-----------|-5---5---------------||
Chorus
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5
Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----7--(7)-5----|-7-----5--5--5-5-5-|----7--(7)-5----|-7------5--5--5-5-5-|
|----7--(7)-5----|-7-----5--5--5-5-5-|----7--(7)-5----|-7------5--5--5-5-5-|
|----5--(5)-3----|-5-----3--3--3-3-3-|----5--(5)-3----|-5------3--3--3-3-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E +E E E E W E E Q E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------7-(7)-------|----------------|--------------7-7---|
|----------------|-------7-(7)---5-7-|----------------|-5--7p5----5--7-7---|
|----------------|-------------7-----|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W Q E E +Q E E W Q E E +Q E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----2-0-(0)---0---|----------------|------2-0-(0)---0---|
|----------------|-----2-0-(0)---0---|----------------|------2-0-(0)---0---|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
A5 G5 A5 G5
Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|----7--(7)-5-----|-7-----5--5--5-5-5-|
|----7--(7)-5-----|-7-----5--5--5-5-5-|
|----5--(5)-3-----|-5-----3--3--3-3-3-|
|
| Q Q +E Q E Q e E E E E E
|---------------5-|-------------------|
|----5--(5)-5---5-|-----8-7p=5--------|
|----5--(5)-5-----|-----9-7p=5--7p5---|
|-----------------|-----------------7-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| W Q E E +Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----2-0-(0)---0---|
|-----------------|-----2-0-(0)---0---|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
A5 G5 A5 G5
Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----7--(7)-5----|-7-----5--5----5---5-5----||
|----7--(7)-5----|-7-----5--5----5---5-5---o||
|----5--(5)-3----|-5-----3--3----3---3-3----||
|
| |--3---|
| W Q E E E E E E E
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------7--7p=5-----5-7----||
|----------------|-----------------7-------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|
| W Q E E +Q E E
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|-----2-0-(0)-------0------||
|----------------|-----2-0-(0)-------0------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
Outro
A5 G5 A5 G5
Gtr II
|--3--|
H. +E E Q E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------7b9==|
|---------------------|---------------5-5------|
|---------------------|-----3-----3S7----------|
|-5-------------(5)-3h|=5-----5----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----7--(7)-5--------|-7-------5---5-5-5-5----|
|-----7--(7)-5--------|-7-------5---5-5-5-5----|
|-----5--(5)-3--------|-5-------3---3-3-3-3----|
A5 G5 A5 G5
~~~~
|---3---| |--3--|
+Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------8-8-----8-----|
|-(7)r--7b9==(7)r--7p=5------5-5-|------5h7-----7b9---7b9---|
|--------------------------7-----|-7--7---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------7---------(7)---5--------|-7--------5---5---5-5---5-|
|-------7---------(7)---5--------|-7--------5---5---5-5---5-|
|-------5---------(5)---3--------|-5--------3---3---3-3---3-|
A5 G5 A5 G5
~~~
|-3--| |--3--|
E E +E E E Q E E +Q E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-8--------------8---------|----------------------|
|-7b9r7-(7)-5h7--5-----5---|----------------------|
|------------------------7-|-(7)--7p5-----7-7-7---|
|--------------------------|------------7---------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------7------(7)-5------|--7-------5---5-5-5-5-|
|--------7------(7)-5------|--7-------5---5-5-5-5-|
|--------5------(5)-3------|--5-------3---3-3-3-3-|
A5 G5 A5 G5
|-3-| |-3-| |---3---| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|-5p3p0-5p3p0--5p=3p===0-5p3p0-|-5p3p0-5p3p==0-5p3p==0-5p3p==0-*|
|
| Q Q +E Q. Q. E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|-------7-----(7)---5----------|-7---------5---5---5---5---5---*|
|-------7-----(7)---5----------|-7---------5---5---5---5---5---*|
|-------5-----(5)---3----------|-5---------3---3---3---3---3---*|
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
