Run Like Hell

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Run Like Hell, Pink Floyd
8/4, ¼ = 116 bpm Drop D tuning
Intro aprox 3 bars freestyle noises (free time, muted + wah/flanging + delay)
[Bridge] 2 bars (flanging + delay effects)
P.M.----------------------------<<
e||--------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------||
D||0-000-000-000-000-000-000-0030-3||
A||------------------------------3-||
D||--------------------------------|| 2x
[Interlude] 2 x 4 bars
|| 1 a + a 2 a + a 3 4 5 6 7 8 a + a| 1 a + a 2 a + a 3 4 5 6 7 8 a + a|
e||10----10-10-----9---------------------------------|-7-----7--7-----5---------------------------------|
B||10----10-10----10---------------------------------|-8-----8--8-----7---------------------------------|
G||11----11-11-----9---------------------------------|-7-----7--7-----7---------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------|-0-----0--0-----0---------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
e | 5-----5--5-----3-----------------------0--0--0---|-0-----2-----2------------------------------------||
B | 5-----5--5-----3-----------------------2--2--2---|-2-----3-----3------------------------------------||
G | 6-----6--6-----4-----------------------2--2--2---|-2-----2-----2------------------------------------||
D | 0-----0--0-----0-----------------------2--2--2---|-2-----0-----0------------------------------------||
A |-------------------------------------------0--0---|-0------------------------------------------------||
D |--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|| 2x
[Verse]
/ F| / A(play for F: F/C = 333500 und for A A+F = 777900)
Run, Run, Run, Run, | Run, Run, Run, Run,
D| (play for D: D/A= 00023x)
Run, Run, Run, Run, | Run, Run, Run, Run.
/ E( E= 222000)
You better make your face up in your favorite disguise.
/ F( F= 333000)
With your button down lips and your roller blind eyes.
\ E  
With your empty smile and your hungry heart.
/ C( C= 10 10 10 000)
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past.
\ B( B= 999000)
With your nerves in tatters when the cockleshell shatters
EAnd the hammers batter Down the door. You'd better run
Play 1 x [Bridge] like above
Play 1 x [Interlude] like above
[Verse]
/ F| / A  
Run, Run, Run, Run, | Run, Run, Run, Run,
D|
Run, Run, Run, Run, | Run, Run, Run, Run.
/ E  
You better run all day and run all night
/ F  
Keep your dirty feelings Deep inside
\ E  
And if you're taking your girlfriend Out tonight
/ C  
You'd better park the car well out of sight
\ B  
Cause if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks
EThey're gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box. You better run.
[Solo + Outro] guitar 1 solo, 2+3 rhythm + freestyle + congas:
(10 bars)
| D| D| E| F| E| C| B| E| D| D|
( 9 bars)
9 x D (like Bridge + muted freesyle + flanging echos)
( 4 bars)
1 x Interlude
( 1 bars)
| D|
All chords in this song (7)

The story behind the song

"Run Like Hell" is a song from Pink Floyd's album The Wall, written from the perspective of the antihero Pink. It captures a hallucination where the alienated rock star transforms into a fascist dictator, inciting a concert audience into a violent mob. The song's atmosphere is heightened by sound effects like cruel laughter, running footsteps, and a loud scream, creating a palpable sense of paranoia. When playing, channel the frantic energy and unsettling control of a mind spiraling into dark delusion.

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