guitar from john

"Always on the run" by LENNY KRAVITZ
from the album "Mama Said"


The main riff (Em):
P P H
e ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|
D ----2---0-------|0-----0---2-----|----2---0-------|0-0---------0^2-|
A ----------4-----|----------------|----------4-----|----4^0---------|
E 0-------------0-|0---------------|0-------------0-|0-------3^0-----|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4


... while the second guitar is playing:
S
e 12----------------|----------------|----------------|--------11^12-12----|
B 12-x--x---x---x---|x---x-x-x-x-x---|x-x-x---x---x---|x---x-x-11^12-12----|
G 12-x--x---x---x---|x---x-x-x-x-x---|x-x-x---x---x---|x---x-x-11^12-12----|
D ---x--5---7---x---|x---x-5-x-x-x---|x-x-5---7---x---|x---x-x-------------|
A --------------5---|7---------5-7---|------------5---|7-------------------|
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
1 ' 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 ' 4

The x means: striking the strings while your index finger is muting the
strings on the 4th fret (to create a scratch effect). Play the melody with
your middle finger and little finger.


The song:

2x riff [Em]
2x riff with bass and second guitar

my mama said
that your life is a gift
and my mama said
there's much weight you will lift
and my mama said
leave those bad boys alone
and my mama said
be home before the dawn
and my mama said
you can be rich or poor
but my mama said
you can be big or small

choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run
[Em] always on the run
choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run

2x riff

my mama said
that it's good to be fruitful
but my mama said
don't take more than a mouthful
and my mama said
that it's good to be natural
and my mama said
that it's good to be factual

choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run
[Em] always on the run
choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run

2x riff
guitar solo from Slash: [A] [Em] [B] [Em]
(who can make a transcription of THIS for me ?)
1x riff

my mama said
baby don't ride that crazy horse
and my mama said
you must push with much force
and my mama said
go get all that you're after
and my mama said
that love's all that mathers

choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run
[Em] always on the run
choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run

choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run
[Em] always on the run
choir: [G] but I'm [A] always on the run

2x riff (ah, what's that mama ?
do you want...? right now ? hold on ! yeah!)

5x riff (with brass)






bass tab
intro.

4/4 1 2 3 4 1
G--I-----------9-12-12-12-11--7-8----I--9--
D--I---------------------------------I-----
A--I---------------------------------I-----
E--I---------------------------------I-----


This is the interlude after The intro. and even between verse and ref.

4/4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G--I--9---------------------------------------------------I
D--I------------------------------------------------------I
A--I---------------------4/5-5-7----------------------5-5-I
E--I---0--0-0-----0---0-0--------0---0-0-----0---0-0------I


Verse. (Here you can improvise ex. slide and slap)
Basic line:

4/4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 etc.
G--I-----------------------------------------I-----
D--I-----------------------------------------I-----
A--I-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---------------5-7-5-I-7---
E--I--0--------------------0-3-3-3-0---------I--0--


Ref.

4/4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G--I-------------------------I-------------I-------------------------I
D--I-------------------------I-------------I-------------------------I
A--I-----2-3-4-5-----4-5-6-7-I--------12\--I-----2-3-4-5-------------I
E--I-3-3---------5-5---------I-0--0-0------I-3-3---------5-5-0-3-3-3-I


Solo.
4/4 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G--------I--------------------------------------------I
D--------I--------------------5h7-7-7-7-5-------------I
A--------I--------------------------------7-6-5\3-----I
E--0-3-4-I--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------5-3-I



4/4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G--I------------------------------------------I
D--I------------------------------------------I
A--I------------------------------------------I
E--I-0-0-----0-0-------0-0-------0-0--0-4-5-6-I



4/4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G--I-------------------------------------------------I
D--I-----------------7h9-7h9-7h9-7h9-7-5-------------I
A--I---------6-7-8-9---------------------7-6-5-3-----I
E--I-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------0---I