The intro starts out with a seagull sounding noise. This sound comes from Paul Reynold's guitar.
To make this sound simply mute the strings and slide your pick down the strings to make a
seagull effect. Now I should warn you, I'm not good at making tabs! But I know these
correct because I have studied videos and I have the master track recording of paul
on I ran.
Tabs made by: AFOSvideos
Song: I ran (So Far Away)
Band: A Flock of Seagulls (Mike Score, Ali Score, Paul Reynolds, Frank Maudsley)
A Delay Pedal is used herex---------------------------------------|x--------------20--------------------20-|x--------------19--------------------19-|x---------------------------------------|x---19--------------------19------------|x---17--------------------17------------|
x----------------------------------------|x----------------------------------------|x----------------------------------------|x-333-----------------555----------------|x-333-----------------555-------------19-|x-111-----------------333/--------X-X-17-| /= Slide Down __ mute strings on X
x----------------------------|x----------------------------|x 999-7----------------------|x------7-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-|x----------------------------| Play this twicex----------------------------|
x-------------------------------------------|x-------------------------------------------|x999-7--------------------------------------|x-----5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-|x-------------------------------------------|x-------------------------------------------|
x-------------------------------------|x-------------------------------------|x----5--5-7/9-------------------------|x 5-7--7------70-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7--|x-------------------------------------|x-------------------------------------|
x----------------------------|x----------------------------|x 999-7----------------------|x------7-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-|x----------------------------|x----------------------------|
x------------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------------|x999-7-------------------------------------------|x-----5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5--5-5-|x------------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------------|
Now heres the best part - THE CHORUS!
x---------------------------------------------------------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|x 7-7/9-7-5----57-5-7-7-99-7-7-5557--5-77-7-7-9-7-5-----57-5-7--|x----------7---------------------------------------7------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|
continuedx---------------|x---------------|x 7-99-7-7-5557-|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|
x---------------------------------------|x--------------20--------------------20-|x--------------19--------------------19-|x---------------------------------------|x---19--------------------19------------|x---17--------------------17------------|
x----------------------------|x----------------------------|x 999-7----------------------|x------7-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-|x----------------------------| Play this twicex----------------------------|
x-------------------------------------------|x-------------------------------------------|x999-7--------------------------------------|x-----5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-|x-------------------------------------------|x-------------------------------------------|
x------------------------------------|x------------------------------------|x----5--5-7/9------------------------|x 5-7--7------7-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7--|x------------------------------------|x------------------------------------|
x----------------------------|x----------------------------|x 999-7----------------------|x------7-7-7-0-7-0-7-7-7-----|x----------------------------|x----------------------------|
x------------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------------|x999-7-------------------------------------------|x-----5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5--5-5-|x------------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------------|
now heres the chorus again!x---------------------------------------------------------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|x 7-7/9-7-5----57-5-7-7-99-7-7-5557--5-77-7-7-9-7-5-----57-5-7--|x----------7---------------------------------------7------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|
continuedx---------------|x---------------|x 7-99-7-7-5557-|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|
Intro for solox----x----x----
x 3--- Do this many times. MANY TIMES!x----x----
||| | | | | | | |||x-----------------------------------------------------------------|x-----------------------------------------------------------------|x-141414-12-14-14-12-14---141414-14-14-14-14-12-12---12-12---12---|x--------------------------------------------------14-------------|x-----------------------------------------------------------------|x-----------------------------------------------------------------|
continuedx ---------------------------------------------------------|x Bend first 3---------------------------------------------|x 14-14-14--14-14-12-14---14( 11 times)-12-12-----12-------|x -----------------------------------------14------------|x ---------------------------------------------------------|x ---------------------------------------------------------|
SLIDE!x----x----x----
x 2/19x----x----
x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|x--------------------Bend first 2---------------------------------------|x 19-17-17---17----17---19-19--19-19-17-19--1717-19-19-19-21-19-17------|x---------19----19-------------------------------------------------19---|x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
continuedx--------------------------------------------------|x------------bend first 2--------------------------|x---17---17---19-19--19-19-17-17-19----------------| END OF SOLOx 19---19------------------------------------------|x--------------------------------------------------|x--------------------------------------------------|
x--------------------------------------------------------|x-----------------------------------20----20---20--------|x-----------------------------------19----19---19--------|x--------------------------------------------------------|x 19--Mute Strings-19-Seagull noise here-----------------|x 17--XX-XX-XX --17--------------------------------------|
x----------------------------------|x----------------------------------|x--------5h7-----------------------|x----5h7-----7-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-|x 5h7------------------------------|x----------------------------------|
continuedx----------------------------|x----------------------------|x 999-7----------------------|x------7-7-7-0-7-0-7-7-7-----|x----------------------------|x----------------------------|
x------------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------------|x999-7-------------------------------------------|x-----5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-5--5-5-|x------------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------------|
x---------------------------------------------------------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|x 7-7/9-7-5----57-5-7-7-99-7-7-5557--5-77-7-7-9-7-5-----57-5-7--|x----------7---------------------------------------7------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|x---------------------------------------------------------------|
continuedx---------------|x---------------|x 7-99-7-7-5557-| Play this oncex---------------|x---------------|x---------------|
continuedx------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------|x 5-77-7-7-9-7-5-----57-5-7-7-99-7-7-5557--|x---------------7--------------------------|x------------------------------------------|x------------------------------------------| Then play this 3 times
OUTRO SOLO
x-----------------------------------|x-17--18-18-17-17-15----------------| Play this 8 timesx-----------------------------------|x-----------------------------------|x-----------------------------------|x-----------------------------------|
x--------------------------------------|x 17-17-18-18-17-17-15-15--------------| play this 5 timesx--------------------------------------|x--------------------------------------|x--------------------------------------|x--------------------------------------|
x----------------------------------------|x 15-----15-----15-17-17-15-15--------15-|x----17-----17-----------------17-17-----|x----------------------------------------|x----------------------------------------|x----------------------------------------|
ENDINGx-----x-----x-----x-----x-20--x-17--
By the way I forgot the guitar string notes so I just filled em in with X's
h= Hammer on
/ = slide down
I recommend you go to YouTube and watch the I Ran video and just play along with it
By the way If you like A Flock of Seagulls check out my AFOS YouTube account at
YouTube.com/AFOSvideos
