• Song:

    Running Across The Tracks

  • Artist:

    Billy Talent

  • Album:

    Dead Silence

As usual with Billy Talent songs, this is in Drop D Tuning.

^=hammer-on/pull-off
b=bend
r=release bend
~=let ring/vibrato
X=Deadnote


Main Riff:

It's played as the Intro as well as being variated in the Verses. For the intro, play it twice.

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-5-77---------2^0-----5/7-|  x2
|-5-77-3^0-5^0-----3^0-----|
|-5-77---------------------|

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-33-----------------------|  x2
|-2-33-3^0-5^0-6^0-56-5^3^0--|
|-2-33-----------------------|



Verse 1:

|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-0----------|
|-0----5^3^0-|
|-0----------|

|------|
|------|
|------|
|-5-77-|  x2
|-5-77-|
|-5-77-|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2-33----2-33-----------------------|
|-2-33----2-33-3^0-5^0-6^0-56-5^3^0--|
|-2-33----2-33-----------------------|

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-5-77---------2^0-----5/7-|  x2
|-5-77-3^0-5^0-----3^0-----|
|-5-77---------------------|

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-33-----------------------|
|-2-33-3^0-5^0-6^0-56-5^3^0--|
|-2-33-----------------------|

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-2-33---------------------|
|-2-33-3^0-5^0-2^3^2^0-----|
|-2-33-----------------3^2-|

Bridge:

|-------|     |-----------------------------|
|-6-666-|     |-----------------------------|
|-X-XXX-|     |-----------------------------|
|-7-777-| x2  |-----------------------------|     together x2
|-5-555-|     |-3-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-----|
|-0-000-|     |-------------------------3^2-|


|-------|     |--------------------------------------------|
|-6-666-|     |--------------------------------------------|
|-X-XXX-|     |--------------------------------------------|
|-7-777-| x2  |-----------------------------2----3----33333|
|-5-555-|     |-3-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2^3-5^3-2^0-2----3----33333|
|-0-000-|     |-----------------------------2----3----33333|



Chorus 1:

|-------------------------------|
|8---8--8---8--8---13-13--12-12-|
|X---X--X---X--X---X--X---X--X--|
|10--10-10--10-10--10-10--10-10-| x2
|0---0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-14--14-14-14-14-14---12--12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-|

|----------------------12--12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|-X---X--X--X--X--X----X---X--X--X--X--X--|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|-8---8--8--8--8--8----8---8--8--8--8--8--|
|-----------------------------------------|

all of that x2 an add the last time:

|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-5-3-0-|
|-------|




Verse 2:
same as Verse 1



Bridge




Chorus 2:
same as Chorus 1



Breakdown:
play just like chorus, but strum evenly (up & down) and let ring. Just listen to the 
song to get the strumming perfectly.
last bit:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
|-X---X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
|-8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|----------------------------------------------------|




Solo:

Backing
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3~--------10-10-10--7~--------10-10-10-3~--------| and so forth...
|-3~--------10-10-10--7~--------10-10-10-3~--------|
|-3~--------10-10-10--7~--------10-10-10-3~--------|


|------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------8---10\-|
|-----------------------2^0---5~5~---------789---9-----|
|---------------2^0---------2-----7^5-7/10-------------|
|-------3^0-5^0-----3^0--------------------------------|
|-5-777------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------8---10~-8--|
|-----------------------2^0---5~5~---------789---9-------9|
|---------------2^0---------2-----7^5-7/10----------------|
|-------3^0-5^0-----3^0-----------------------------------|
|-5-777---------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------8---10~10-|
|-----------------------2^0---5~5~---------789---9-------|
|---------------2^0---------2-----7^5-7/10---------------|
|-------3^0-5^0-----3^0----------------------------------|
|-5-777--------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------3---5~5-7b8r7-5\3---|
|----------------------------------345---5---------------5-|
|-----------------------2^0---5~5~-------------------------|
|---------------2^0---------2------------------------------|
|-------3^0-5^0-----3^0------------------------------------|
|-5-777----------------------------------------------------|




Interlude:

In the background one guitar steadily plays:
|-555555-|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


|-----------------------|
|-------------10-10-10~-|
|-------------X--X--X---|
|-333~--------10-10-10~-| x2
|-333~--------0--0--0~--|
|-333~------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------6------10-----|
|---------------------------------------X------X------|
|-------3----10-10-10-7--7----10-10-10--7-x16--10-x16-|
|-23532-3x36-10-10-10-7--7x32-10-10-10--5------8------|
|-------3----10-10-10-7--7----10-10-10----------------|
                                         (In the background you can hear a part of the 
solo again)

|--------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|-X---X--X--X--X--X--|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-| x2
|-0---0--0--0--0--0--|
|--------------------|

|---------------------------|
|10-10--9--9---10-10--10-10-|
|X--X---X--X---X--X---X--X--|
|10-10--10-10--10-10--10-10-|
|0--0---X--X---X--X---7--7--|
|-------9--9---10-10--------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|8---8--8---8--8---13-13--12-12--8---8--8---8--8---13-|
|X---X--X---X--X---X--X---X--X---X---X--X---X--X---X--|
|10--10-10--10-10--10-10--10-10--10--10-10--10-10--10-|
|0---0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0---0--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|



Chorus 3:
Play like any other Chorus plus the Breakdown part.

End with:
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-----------5-77-|
|-5-6-5-3-0-5-77-|
|-----------5-77-|
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