RUN FOR YOUR LIFE As recorded by The Beatles (From the 1965 Album RUBBER SOUL) Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison (El. Gtr.1) ' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison (El. Gtr.2)' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon (Ac. Gtr.3)' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison (El. Gtr.4 - w/ slide)' Intro Q=87(16=s16) D 4/4 Gtr III H Q E E E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr I W W |-------------|-------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------| E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / Gtr I E E +S E. E. S +S E. |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---5-(5)-4------2-----------------| |---------------------3-(3)-4------| |-5--------------------------------| |----------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | H Q E E |----------------------------------| |------------------------------5s==| |------------------------------5s==| |------------------------------5s==| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| 1st, 2nd & 4th Verses $ E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / E E +S E. E. S +S E. W |------------------------------------||------------------------------| |------------------------------------||o-----------------------------| |---5--(5)-4-------2-----------------||------------------------------| |-----------------------3-(3)-4------||------------------------------| |-5----------------------------------||o-----------------------------| |------------------------------------||------------------------------| | | E Q. +Q E E E Q. +H |------------------------------------||------------------------------| |-7-7-------------(7)------------5s==||o=7-7----------(7)------------| |-7-7-------------(7)------------5s==||==7-7----------(7)------------| |-7-7-------------(7)------------5s==||==7-7----------(7)------------| |------------------------------------||o-----------------------------| |------------------------------------||------------------------------| W W W |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| Chorus W W |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| To Coda W |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| 1. Gtr I H E E E E E E +S E. E. S +S E. |-------------------------||----------------------------------| |-------------------------||----------------------------------| |-------------------------||---5-(5)-4------2-----------------| |-------------------------||---------------------3-(3)-4------| |---------------2-3---4---||-5--------------------------------| |-------------------------||----------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | W H Q E E |-------------------------||----------------------------------| |-------------------------||------------------------------5s==| |-------------------------||------------------------------5s==| |-------------------------||------------------------------5s==| |-------------------------||----------------------------------| |-------------------------||----------------------------------| E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / E E +S E. E. S +S E. |---------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------o|| |---5--(5)-4-------2--------------------|| |-----------------------3-(3)-4---------|| |-5------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------|| | | E Q. +Q E E |---------------------------------------|| |-7-7-------------(7)------------5/----o|| |-7-7-------------(7)------------5/-----|| |-7-7-------------(7)------------5/-----|| |--------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------|| Guitar Solo 2. Gtr II W Q E. S +E S S S S S S |-------------------------||-------------15b17==(15)r-15-13-15-13-------| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------15-13-| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | H Q E E E E +H E E |-------------------------||---7-(7)------------------------------------| |---------------------5s==||=7-7-(7)-------------------------------5s===| |---------------------5s==||=7-7-(7)-------------------------------5s===| |---------------------5s==||=7-7-(7)-------------------------------5s===| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------------------------------------| e Q. E S S +S S e |------------------15b17-15pb17-15pb17r(15)-13------| |-15-15----------------------------------------15---| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| | | E E +H E E |-----7--(7)----------------------------------------| |--7--7--(7)-----------------------------------10s==| |--7--7--(7)-----------------------------------10s==| |--7--7--(7)-----------------------------------10s==| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| E E +E. S +E S S +S S S S a e Q. E S S +S S e |---------------------------15----------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |----------------15b17-(15)----15pb17r(15)-13----13-|-11h13-13------------------10----------------------| |----12-(12)----------------------------------14----|---------------------12b14----12pb14r(12)-10-------| |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------12----| |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | | E E +H E E E E +H E E |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-12-12-(12)-----------------------------------5s===|=====7--7--(7)-------------------------------12s===| |-12-12-(12)-----------------------------------5s===|=====7--7--(7)-------------------------------12s===| |-12-12-(12)-----------------------------------5s===|=====7--7--(7)-------------------------------12s===| |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| H E S S +S S E |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------12---------12-----| |------------------/12----12-(12)--------| |----------------------------------------| | | E E +H E E |----------------------------------------| |-14-14-(14)-------------------------5s==| |-14-14-(14)-------------------------5s==| |-14-14-(14)-------------------------5s==| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| 3rd Verse H E S S +S S e a E E Q +H |--------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |---------------------10---------------------||-----------------------------------| |---------------12b14----12pb14r(12)-10------||-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------12---||-10s12-12-12--------(12)-----------| |--------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| | | E E +H E E E E +Q +H |--------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |-7-7-(7)--------------------------------5s==||=====7--7-(7)--------(7)-----------| |-7-7-(7)--------------------------------5s==||=====7--7-(7)--------(7)-----------| |-7-7-(7)--------------------------------5s==||=====7--7-(7)--------(7)-----------| |--------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| W W W |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| Chorus W W W |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| Gtr I H E E E E E E +S E. E. S +S E. |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|---5-(5)-4------2-----------------| |-------------------------|---------------------3-(3)-4------| |---------------2-3---4---|-5--------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | W H Q E E |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------5s==| |-------------------------|------------------------------5s==| |-------------------------|------------------------------5s==| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| D.S. al Coda E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / E E +S E. E. S +S E. |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| |---5-(5)-4------2-------------------|| |---------------------3-(3)-4--------|| |-5----------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| | | E E +H E E |------------------------------------|| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5/----|| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5/----|| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5/----|| |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| Outro & Gtr I H E E E E E E +S E. E. S +S E. |-------------------------||-----------------------------------| |-------------------------||o----------------------------------| |-------------------------||----5-(5)-4------2-----------------| |-------------------------||----------------------3-(3)-4------| |---------------2-3---4---||o-5--------------------------------| |-------------------------||-----------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | H Q E E E E +H E E |-------------------------||-----------------------------------| |---------------------5s==||o=7-7-(7)----------------------5s==| |---------------------5s==||==7-7-(7)----------------------5s==| |---------------------5s==||==7-7-(7)----------------------5s==| |-------------------------||o----------------------------------| |-------------------------||-----------------------------------| E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / E E +S E. E. S +S E. |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |---5-(5)-4------2------------------| |---------------------3-(3)-4-------| |-5---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| | | E E +H E E |-----------------------------------| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5s===| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5s===| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5s===| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| E E +S E. E. S +S E. E E +S E. E. S +S E. |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---5-(5)-4------2-----------------|---5-(5)-4------2-----------------| |---------------------3-(3)-4------|---------------------3-(3)-4------| |-5--------------------------------|-5--------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| | | E E +H E E E E +H E E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5s==|=7-7-(7)----------------------5s==| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5s==|=7-7-(7)----------------------5s==| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5s==|=7-7-(7)----------------------5s==| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E E S S S S E E S S S S | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / E E +S E. E. S +S E. |-----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------o|| |---5-(5)-4------2------------------|| |---------------------3-(3)-4-------|| |-5--------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------|| | | E E +H E E |-----------------------------------|| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5---o|| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5----|| |-7-7-(7)----------------------5----|| |----------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------|| 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