RUNAWAY BOYS
As recorded by Stray Cats
(From the 1981 Album STRAY CATS)
Words and Music by Brian Setzer & James McDonell
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Setzer - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Setzer - Electric Guitar 2'
Intro 1
Q=178(8=s8)
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-7---5---4---2---|-----------------|-7---5---4---2---|------------------o||
||----0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0---||
Intro 2 & Interlude
$
F#5
~~~
H E E E E E E +H Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-4---2-|-------------------|
|-----------3-4---3-|-3-3-(3)-----------|
|-------------------|-4-4-(4)-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------------
| a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3s4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|-1s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E H. Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---/2-4---2---------|--------------------|
|---/3-4---3---3---3S|=1------------------|
|--------------4---4S|=2------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------|
| a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3s=4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-1s=2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A5
~~~
H E E E E E E +H Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5-7---5-|---------------------|
|-----------6-7---6-|---3-6-(6)-----------|
|-------------------|---4-7-(7)-----------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| a E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6s7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4s5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
N.C.
~
E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-3---3---0---0-0--|
|---/5-7---5----------|-5---5---3---3-0--|
|---/6-7---6---6------|---------4---4-1--|
|--------------7------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|
| a E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-6s=7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-|------------------|
|-4s=5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM------------------------------|
+W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------|------------|-7---5---4---2---|-----------------||
|------------|------------|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-||
1st - 3rd Verses
N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7---5---4---2---|-----------------|-7---5---4---2---|------------------|
||----0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0--|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---5---4---2---|-----------------|-7---5---4---2---|-----------------|
|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|
1.
A5
PM------------------------------| PM----------| PM----------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3b5---------------|-3b5---------------|
C5 N.C.
~
a E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E Q E H E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------0----|-3---3---0---0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|------0------|-5---5---3---3-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|---5---------|---------4---4-1---|
|-4s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------|-------------------|
|-2s3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2s3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|
To Coda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM-------------------------------|
+W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------------------|------------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------------------|-----------------o||
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|------------------|------------------||
|------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------|------------|-7---5---4---2----|-----------------o||
|------------|------------|---0---0---0---0--|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0--||
2.
A5 N.C.
PM------------| PM----------------------------| ~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-3---3---0---0-0-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-5---5---3---3-0-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------4---4-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3b5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM------------------------------|
+W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------|------------|-7---5---4---2---|-----------------||
|------------|------------|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-||
Bridge
$$
F#5
PM-----------------------------------
a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-3s4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-1s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
---------------------------------------|
a E E E E E E E E a E E E E a E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-3s4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3s4-4-4-4-3s4-4-4-4-|
|-1s2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1s2-2-2-2-1s2-2-2-2-|
To Dbl. Coda
A5 N.C.
PM-----------------------------------------------------|
a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-3---3---0----3p==||
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-5---5---3--------||
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------||
|-4s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-4s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|-2p0-----------3p2p0---------|---3p2p0-----------------|
|-----3-2p0---0-------3p2p0---|-0-------3p2p0-----------|
|-----------3---------------3-|---------------3-2b4=====|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3----|
+E E E +E E E E +E E
|------0---------------------------|
|------0---------------------------|
|-(2)r---2pb4r(2)p0-2-2pb4r(2)p0---|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-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 +E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------0-x--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------0-x--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-----0-2b4-(2)------|
|-2-0-----2-----2-----2-|-----------0-2p0---|-0-2----------------|
|-----1h2---1h2---1h2---|-------0-2-------2-|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-0-2h3-------------|--------------------|
|--3--| |---3----| |-----3-----|
E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-12----------------12---------------------------|
|----15-12-------12------------------------------|
|----------14b15-------14pb15r(14)p12-14-12b12.5-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----14-----12-----11--|
|-14-12----14-12-------------------|----------------------|
|-------14-------14-13-13-12-11-10S|=12----12------12-----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
+E E E E E Q. E Q E Q E E
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|-(11)-------------------|---------------|
|---------14----12-11\---|---7----5----4-|
|------12----12----------|-0----0----0---|
|------------------------|---------------|
\1 \1
+E E E E E E +E E +Q +E +E +E E +E E
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-(4)-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----0-7-0-5-4-(4)---|---------------------------|
|-------------------0-|-(0)--(0)-(0)-(0)-0--(0)-0-|
\1 \1 \1
|-3-|
E +E E E +E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------0-2p0---|
|--------------------------|-------0-2-------2-|
|-0--(0)-0-0--(0)-0-0--(0)-|-0-2h3-------------|
D.S. al Coda D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
N.C.
PM------------|
|-3-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||------------------||
|---------------0--------||------------------||
|-----0-2b4-(2)---2p0----||------------------||
|-0-2-----------------2--||------------------||
|------------------------||------------------||
|------------------------||-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0--||
&&
A5 N.C.
PM----------------|
a E E E E a E E E E E E E E Q. E
|---------------------|-3---3---0----0-||
|---------------------|-5---5---3----0-||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|-6s7-7-7-7-6s7-7-7-7-|----------------||
|-4s5-5-5-5-4s5-5-5-5-|----------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
Outro
N.C.
~~~
+W W
|-(0)---------------|-------------------|
|-(0)---------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--7----5---4---2---|-------------------|
|-----0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0---|
~~~
W E E E E Q. E +W W
|-----------------|-3---3---0------0-|-(0)---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5---5---3------0-|-(0)---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7---5---4---2---|------------------|--7----5---4---2---|-----------------|
|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2--0-1-0-|-----0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|
~~~
W E E E E Q. E +W
|-----------------|-3---3---0------0-|-(0)---------------|
|-----------------|-5---5---3------0-|-(0)---------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-7---5---4---2---|------------------|--7----5---4---2---|
|---0---0---0---0-|-5-0-3-0-2--0-1-0-|-----0---0---0---0-|
Gtr II
PM----------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-7---5---4---2---|-0------------*|
|-5-0-3-0-2-0-1-0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0-3-0------*|
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
