Band On The Run Chords & Tabs
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From: jblack@eureka.wbme.jhu.edu (Jason Black)
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney
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-10b(12)-(12)r10-10b(12)-(12)r10-------10^12^10^12^10^12^10^12^10-
---------(11)r-9---------(11)r 9-11-------------------------------
---------------------------------12-------------------------------
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----------12------------------------------------
-10-------10------------------------------------
-12^11-11--9----12^14^12^14^12^14^12^14^12--
-------12---------------------------------------
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-10b(12)-(12)r10--------------------------------------------------
-10b(12)-(12)r10-10b(12)-(12)r10-------10^12^10^12^10^12^10^12^10-
------------------9b(11)-(11)r-9-11-------------------------------
---------------------------------12-------------------------------
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----------12------------------------------- ?
-10-------10------------------------------- ?
-12^11-11--9----12^14^12^14^12^14^12^14^12- ? If anyone can help out with
-------12---------------------------------- ? the bit right here, please
------------------------------------------- ? e-mail me or post it.
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mccartney_paul/band_on_the_run_tab.html ]
And then, at [1:18]:
-----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-
-----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3---0-0-
-----5-5-5-4-4-4---2-2-------------------------
-------------------------0---------------------
-0---------------------------------------------
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At [2:05], there is a horn part:
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-----------0-------------------------0-----------------------------
-------0-2-----0---0-------------0-2-----0---0---------------------
---0-3-----------------3-----0-3-----------------3-----0-3-----0-3-
-3-------------------------3-------------------------3-------3-----
Starting at [3:39], there are a series of fills that go something like:
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-13-13---13-13----------------
----------------(14)r12----12-
------------------------14----
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And then the brief solo at [3:51]:
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-13--------------------------------------------------------------------
------(14)r12--------12-12-12-12b(14)r12-12---(14)r12-12-------11b(12)-
---------------13^14-------------------------------------14-13---------
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The fill after "And the county judge" at [4:38]:
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-13-12----12----------
-------14----14-12----
-------------------14-
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Notations:
~ vibrato
^ hammer on/pull off
harmonic
b bend from fret before b to fret following b
r release from fret before r to fret followin r
For bends and releases, numbers in ()'s indicate fret to bend to/release from;
only pick the first note of a bend or release.
Jason Black
jblack@eureka.wbme.jhu.edu