Title: Let Him Run
Artist: Night Ranger
Album: Midnight Madness
Tempo = 90
12 St. Steel Guitar
Legend
L - tied note
The following transcription is my own work and was derived from countless hours of watching Jeff Watson
play this piece. The picking pattern is played by playing the first note with a down-stroke and the
remaining notes are played with an “upward sweep”. Jeff Watson refers to this as flat-picking and this
picking pattern is identical for their song “Goodbye”. All credit goes to Night Ranger.
INTRO
D#|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
A#|-----10----------10----------10----------10---------|-----8-----------8-----------6-----------6----------|
F#|--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-------|--------7-----------7-----------5-----------5-------|
C#|-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7----|-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3----|
G#|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----10----------10----------10----------10---------|-----8-----------8-----------6-----------6----------|
--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-------|--------7-----------7-----------5-----------5-------|
-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7----|-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3----|
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
VERSE
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|-----5-----------5-----------5-----------5----------|
--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-------|
-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5----|
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------|
--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-----------5-----------5-------|
-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----|
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------|
--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-------|
-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0----|
--0-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------4-------------------------|--2-----------------------2-------------------------|
--------------0-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----3-----------3-----------3----------------------|--2--------5--------3-----------5-----3-----0-------|
--------2-----------2-----------2-------------------|--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|
-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------|--2--------5--------4-----------5-----4-----0-------|
--------------------------------------0--2--3-------|--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|
--1-----------------------3-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
last two chords simulate keyboards
----------------------------------------------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
--2--------5--------3-----------5-----3-----0-------|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|
--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------|
--2--------5--------4-----------5-----4-----0-------|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|
--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----5-----------5-----------5-----------5----------|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|
--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-------|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------|
-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5----|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|
--------4-----------4-----------5-----------5-------|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-------|
-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------4-------------------------|
--0-----------------0-----------------0-------------|--------------0-------------------------------------|
--3-----------------3--------------------3----------|-----3-----------3-----------3----------------------|
--2-----------------2-----------2-----------2-------|--------2-----------2-----------2-------------------|
--0-----------------0--------------0-----------0----|-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------0--2--3-------|
--2-----------------2-------------------------------|--1-----------------------3-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--2--------5--------3-----------5-----3-----0-------|--2--------5--------3-----------5-----3-----0-------|
--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|
--2--------5--------4-----------5-----4-----0-------|--2--------5--------4-----------5-----4-----0-------|
--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS
----------------------------------------------------|--------------0-------------------------------------|
-----7--------7--------------7--------7-------------|-----3-----------3-----------3----------------------|
--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7-----7----|--------2-----------2-----------2-------------------|
-----------7--------7--------------7--------7-------|-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------|
--5-----------------------5-------------------------|--------------------------------------0--2--3-------|
----------------------------------------------------|--1-----------------------3-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--2--------5--------3-----------5-----3-----0-------|--2--------5--------3-----------5-----3-----0-------|
--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|
--2--------5--------4-----------5-----4-----0-------|--2--------5--------4-----------5-----4-----0-------|
--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|--0--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--1-----------------------3L----------3-------------|
-----7--------7--------------7--------7-------------|--1-----------------------3L----------3-------------|
--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7-----7----|--2-----------------------4L----------4-------------|
-----------7--------7--------------7--------7-------|--3-----------------------5L----------5-------------|
--5-----------------------5-------------------------|--3-----------------------5L----------5-------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--1-----------------------3L----------3-------------|
INTRO PART AGAIN AS BRIDGE
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------|
-----10----------10----------10----------10---------|-----8-----------8-----------6-----------6----------|
--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-------|--------7-----------7-----------5-----------5-------|
-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7----|-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3----|
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
--------------0-----------------------0-------------|--------------0-----------------------0-------------||
-----10----------10----------10----------10---------|-----8-----------8-----------6-----------6----------||
--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-------|--------7-----------7-----------5-----------5-------||
-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7----|-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3----||
--0-----------------------0-------------------------|--0-----------------------0-------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
The rest of the song can be performed by repeating these 3 sections, intro, verse, and chorus. The first
bar of the chorus is not guaranteed to be accurate in terms of the picking pattern but is definitely
played as a DMaj chord (C#Maj in reality because we are half-step down).
