Run (song)

Name	Run
Album/single	Pacifier
Length	3.49 (album version)
Alternative titles	??
First live performance	??
Recorded	2002
Writer/composer	Shihad
Producer	Antonio Reid

Additional Information

Decribed by Jon:

“No other band could have come up with a song that sounds like that. For me it harks back to the Killjoy era of Shihad. It's got one of the simplest messages on the record, which is ‘Don't ever lapse into comfort ‘cause that becomes a cage’.” - NZgirl.co.nz

Lyrics

On the rising tide
Roller coaster ride
As the truth decends
You chose not to ride again

So you run
Whatcha holding on, holding on to
Run
Life is going on
All around you
Run
Whatcha holding on, holding on to

You still love to dance
Love to take a chance
But something turned inside
And the dreams: they got left behind

So you run
Whatcha holding on, holding on to
Run
Life is going on
All around you
Run
Whatcha holding on, holding on to
Run
Look what's going on, all around you

Don't want to have to make a change
Wouldn't want to exaggerate the pain
Go running and back to the old ways

So you run
Whatcha holding on, holding on to
Run
Life is going on
All around you
Run
Life is going on
All around you
Run 

Tab

Guitar (Acoustic)

shihad acoustic tuning

hopefully this should be pretty self explanatory, but it aint the easyiest of songs to play. pm or msn me if you are having trouble.

when playing, attempt to focus on playing the 3 lower strings. this makes the bassy bits stand out more, and its sounds better if they do (because they are the only bits changing in the song). the higher notes are just repeating, so try to back off a wee bit on them.

the tab looks fucked up in the forum - copy it into notepad, and it looks the way it should.
Code:

Jons part

Intro

-333333-333333-3-3-3333------
-333333-333333-3-3-3333------
-000000-000000-0-0-0000------  x2
-333333-222222-0-0-0000------
--------------------------0-3
---------------3-3-3333-3----

-333333-333333-3-3-3333
-333333-333333-3-3-3333
-000000-000000-0-0-0000
-333333-222222-0-0-0000
---------------3-3-3333
-----------------------

-----33---3-3
-----33---3-3
-----00---0-0
---0--------0
-1-----------
--------1---3


MAIN RIFF

-----33---3-3333
-----33---3-3333
-----00---0-0000
---0--------0000  
-1--------------
--------1---3333


CHORUS

3-3-3333
3-3-3333
0-0-0000
0-0-0000
----3333
3-3-----



SONG FORMATION

INTRO
MAIN RIFF x4 (on a rising tide...)
CHORUS x6 + 1x MAIN RIFF (so you run...)
MAIN RIFF x4 (you still love to dance...)
CHORUS x8 (so you run...)
INTRO (don't want to have to make a change...)
MAIN RIFF x3 (ooo, ohhhhh...)
CHORUS x12 (so you run...)
MAIN RIFF x1 as outro


Phils Part

Intro
|-555555555333333--3--3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| x4
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Verse
|--------------------------------|
|---6-8-6---6-----6-8-6---6--8-6-|
|-0-------7---7-0-------0---0----|
|--------------------------------| x4
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

Chorus

Part1
|-3333333333333333-|
|-0000000011111111-|
|-0000000022222222-|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|

Part 2
|---------5--------5-----|
|--6-8--6---6-8--6---6-8-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------| x2
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

Fill
|---------5--------5--------5--------5-------|
|--6-8--6---6-8--6---6-8--6---6-8--6---6-8-6-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Outro
|---------5--------5---|
|--6-8--6---6-8--6---6-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Song Structure:
Intro
Verse
Chorus Part 1
Chorus Part 2
Fill
Verse
Chrous Part 1
Chorus Part 2 (x2)
Intro
Verse (Ooo Ohhh's)
Pause (Jon only)
Chrous Part 1
Chorus Part 2
Outro

Tab

Bass

tabber-beau

intro
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A-----------------------
C#----12(8)-11(8)-2(8)--

verse
G---------------------
D---------------------
A---------------------
C#--5(4)-4-2-0(3)-22--

chorus
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--------------------------
C#--6(8)-7(8)-9(8)-11(8)---