The Ventures – Runaway (Bass Tab)

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RUNAWAY (Bassline) As recorded by The Ventures (From the 1963 Album LET'S GO!) Music by Max Crook & Del Shannon Arranged by The Ventures Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Bogle - Bass'
  Q=160
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-0--------------|
|----------|------0-(0)--3--|------0-(0)--3--|

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    H    +Q.   E    H    +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|--------------||--------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------||--------------|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0----(0)-----||-0----(0)-----|
|------0-(0)--3--|------0-(0)--3--|--------------||--------------|

  H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----(0)-----|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-3----(3)-----|-3----(3)-----|-1----(1)-----|

  H    +Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E    H    +Q.   E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------||--------------|
|--------------|---------------|-2-2-0-0---------||--------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------3-3-2-2-||-0----(0)-----|
|-1----(1)-----|-0------0------|-----------------||--------------|

  H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----(0)-----|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-3----(3)-----|-3----(3)-----|-1----(1)-----|

  H    +Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E    Q  E Q  E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------||----2-2----2----|
|--------------|---------------|-2-2-0-0---------||----------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------3-3-2-2-||-0-------0---0--|
|-1----(1)-----|-0------0------|-----------------||----------------|

  Q  E Q  E +E  E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  E
|----2-2----------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----4-4-(4)---4---|----4-4-(4)------|
|-0-------0-(0)---|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-|-2----------2---2-|-2----------0--3-|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|----2-2-(2)---2---|----2-2-(2)------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----4-4-(4)---4---|
|-0----------0---0-|-0----------0----|------------------|
|------------------|---------------4-|-2----------2---2-|

  Q  E E +S  S E +S  S E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------------|----2-2-----2---|----2-2-----2---|-----------------|
|----4-4-(4)-------------|----------------|----------------|----4-4-----4----|
|------------------------|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----------------|
|-2------------0-(0)---3-|----------------|----------------|----------2------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----2-2-----2---|----2-2-----2---|-----------------|
|----4-4-----4---|----------------|----------------|----4-4-----4----|
|----------------|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----------------|
|----------2-----|----------------|----------------|----------2------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|----7-7-(7)---7---|----9-9-(9)---9----|
|----4-4-----4---|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-5----------5---5-|-5----------5---5-|-7----------7---7--|
|----------2-----|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|----9-9-(9)---9---|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|-------------------|
|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7----|
|-7----------7---7-|------------------|-5----------5---5-|-------------------|
|------------------|-5----------5---5-|------------------|-5----------5---5--|

  E E E E E E E E    H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E
|-----------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-5----(5)-----|-5----(5)-----|-3----(3)-----|

  H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-3----(3)-----|-1----(1)-----|-1----(1)-----|-0------0------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E
|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2--0--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------3--2--|-0----(0)-----|-0----(0)-----|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-3----(3)-----|

  H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   W          Q.   E Q.   E
|--------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|-3----(3)-----|-1----(1)-----|----------|-0------0------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E +E  E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|-------------||----2-2-(2)---2---|----2-2-(2)---------|-------------------|
|-2--0--------||------------------|--------------------|----4-4-(4)---4----|
|-------3--2--||-0----------0---0-|-0----------0-(0)---|-------------------|
|-------------||------------------|------------------2-|-2----------2---2--|

  Q  E E +E  Q  E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  E
|-----------------|----2-2-(2)---2---|----2-2-(2)------|
|----4-4-(4)------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0----------0---0-|-0----------0----|
|-2----------0--3-|------------------|---------------2-|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|----2-2-----2---|----2-2-----2----|
|----4-4-(4)---4---|----4-4-(4)------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------0-----|----------0------|
|-2----------2---2-|-2----------0--3-|----------------|-----------------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----2-2-----2---|----2-2-----2----|
|----4-4-----4---|----4-4-----4---|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------0-----|----------0------|
|----------2-----|----------2-----|----------------|-----------------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|----7-7-(7)---7----|
|----4-4-----4---|----4-4-----4---|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5----------5---5-|-5----------5---5--|
|----------2-----|----------2-----|------------------|-------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|----9-9-(9)---9---|----9-9-(9)---9---|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7----||
|------------------|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|-------------------||
|-7----------7---7-|-7----------7---7-|------------------|-5----------5---5--||
|------------------|------------------|-5----------5---5-|-------------------||

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7----|
|----7-7-(7)---7---|------------------|----7-7-(7)---7---|-------------------|
|------------------|-5----------5---5-|------------------|-5----------5---5--|
|-5----------5---5-|------------------|-5----------5---5-|-------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   E E Q  H      +W           +W
|------------------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|----7-7-(7)---7---|-------------|------------|--------*|
|------------------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-5----------5---5-|-5------5----|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
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