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 here
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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 twice
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-|
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!
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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---------------------------------------------------------------|
continued
x---------------|
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 twice
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-|
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---------------------------------------------------------------|
continued
x---------------|
x---------------|
x 7-99-7-7-5557-|
x---------------|
x---------------|
x---------------|
Intro for solo
x----
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-----------------------------------------------------------------|
continued
x ---------------------------------------------------------|
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 2/19
x----
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
continued
x--------------------------------------------------|
x------------bend first 2--------------------------|
x---17---17---19-19--19-19-17-17-19----------------| END OF SOLO
x 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----------------------------------|
continued
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------------------------------------------------|
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---------------------------------------------------------------|
continued
x---------------|
x---------------|
x 7-99-7-7-5557-| Play this once
x---------------|
x---------------|
x---------------|
continued
x------------------------------------------|
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
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x-17--18-18-17-17-15----------------| Play this 8 times
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x-----------------------------------|
x-----------------------------------|
x-----------------------------------|
x--------------------------------------|
x 17-17-18-18-17-17-15-15--------------| play this 5 times
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x--------------------------------------|
x--------------------------------------|
x----------------------------------------|
x 15-----15-----15-17-17-15-15--------15-|
x----17-----17-----------------17-17-----|
x----------------------------------------|
x----------------------------------------|
x----------------------------------------|
ENDING
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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
