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You Better Run

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Emajor
90BPM
Tablature
1/45
Sound:
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Step 1 / 45Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Tune down to Eb.
. = palm mute
b = bend
x = left hand/percussive mute
Chords Used
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|------(5)-(7)-(8)-(9)--|
A|---2---5---7---8---9---|
E|---0---3---5---6---7---|
E G A A# B
*Note: the majority of the E chords are played with heavy palm muting
| Guitar
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------7-5---|
A|-----------------7--7--7-|
E|-------------------------|
-=Intro=-
Main Riff E x4(?)
-=Verse1=-
Main Riff E Main Riff E
I got no reason, to lie to you
Main Riff E Main Riff E
What's in the cards, that's what I do
Main Riff E Main Riff E
I was born a-running & laughing out loud
Main Riff E Main Riff E
With my feet on the ground & my head in the clouds
-=Chorus=-
E A E Main Riff E
You better run, oh baby you better run
E B B A# A G E
I got a blade like lightning, silver bullets in my gun
E Main Riff E B
^Bass only on this Main Riff
-=Verse2=-
I'm short & I'm tall, I'm black & I'm white
Sometimes I be wrong, sometimes I be right
I'm iron & steel, I'm bad to the bone
You come looking for trouble, honey don't you come alone
-=Chorus=-
You better run, oh baby you better run
I got a blade like lightning, silver bullets in my gun
-=Solo Backing=-
Repeat Verse & Chorus sequence.
-=Bridge=-
*This starts off as a bass and guitar lick trade off (the first 2 guitar
parts are below) which then goes into a further solo backed with the
chorus
Bridge riffs
e|-------------------------------------------|-12-12-12-10-15b-|
B|-10-12-x12b--10-12-x12b--10-12-x12b--12-10-|-----------------|
G|-10-12-x12b--10-12-x12b--10-12-x12b--12-10-|-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
-=Verse3=- *Note: don't play the E's during this verse
I seen 'em come, & I seen 'em go,
I seen things & been people, that nobody knows
I'm talking in pictures and I'm painting them black,
I seen Satan coming honey in a big black Cadillac
-=Chorus=-
You better run, oh baby you better run
I got a blade like lightning, silver bullets in my gun
-=Coda=-
e|-----------------------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------------------|-10---8--tremolo-|
G|-----------------------------|--9---7--picking-|
D|-----------------------------|--8---6----------|
A|-2-2-2-6-6-6-7-7-7-8-8-8-9---|--9---7----------|
E|-0-0-0-4-4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-7---|-----------------|
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