• Song:

    Rundown

  • Artist:

    Dark Tranquility

  • Album:

    Punish My Wacken

DARK TRANQUILLITY - RUNDOWN
                             From the Album - HAVEN
                            Version 1.0 - AUGUST 2000

Transcribed by: Umberto Cassinari
E-mail address: tremere@tiscalinet.it

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 b = full bend   \ = slide down   ah = artificial   x = muffled string
 h = hammer-on   / = slide up            harmonic 
 p = pull-off    M = palm mute    ~ = hold note

Guitar 1 slow part is missing. If someone can figure it out, please let me know.


Tune down Half Step (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

Main Riff (Part A) w/heavy distortion
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7------7-8-10--7---------5------7-7------7-8-10--7-7---------5----| 
|-0-0-0000--0-0--0-0---5-7-8---8-7--0-0-0000--0-0--0-0-0--5-7-8---8-7-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
      MMMM  M M  M                      MMMM  M M  M
                    
 (Part B)

|---------------------------------------| First time guitar 2 plays till the
|---------------------------------------| first D chord of Part A and whole Part B.
|---------------------------------------|              
|-----------------------8-10------------| Second time guitar 2 doubles guitar 1 (Part A)
|-7-7---------5-7-7-----8-10------------| playing a D chord and the variation of part A,  
|-5-5-555-6-5-3-5-5-555-6--8------------| then plays part C. 
      MMM M M M     MMM                   
                                          By the way, sometimes guitar 1 modifies Part B  
 (Variation)                              without palm muting. 

|-----------------|
|-----------------|                       
|-----------------| 
|-------5---------| GTR 2
|-5-7-8---8-7-8-5-|
|-----------------|

 (Part C)

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| GTR 2 
|-7-7777-8-7-5-10~~~~~12-14--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
             (Harmonize last two notes)

 Vocals enter. Now guitar 1 plays Part A and guitar 2 plays part A2

 (Part A2)

|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------10----------| 
|----- 10p9---9-10-9------10p9---10-12----12-10-9--| (2 times)
|-12~~~----12--------12~~~----12-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
                                
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------10~~~------------------------------|
|--9~~~1010109-------9-10-12-10-9------------------| (2nd time harmonize artificially last note)
|-------------12-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
   
 (Part D) GTR 2 clean tone w/light chorus  

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7--------7-7-----5--7-7--------------------------------------------5-5-----------| GTR 1
|-7-7--------7-7-----5--7-7--------5-----7-----8-8--------8-8------7---5-5-----------|
|-5-5--------5-5-----3--5-5--------5-----7-----8-8--------8-8------7---3-3-----------|
|----------------------------------3-333-5-555-6-6--------6-6------5-----------------|
|                                    MMM   MMM                                       |
|-----17--------------17---------------------------13----------------------15--------|
|--------15-----13-15---------------------------------11----------------------13-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                    |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------5-------------------------------------------------5-5-----------| GTR 3   
|-7-777-8-10-7-777---5--7-777-8-10-5-----7-----8-8-888-10-8-8------7---5-5--10-12-10-|       
|--------------------3-------------5-----7-----8----------8-8------7---3-3-----------|        
|----------------------------------3-333-5-555-6----------6-6------5-----------------|
                                     MMM   MMM                    
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| GTR 1
|-8-8-----10-10---------|
|-8-8-----10-10---------|
|-6-6-666--8--8-888-----|
|     MMM       MMM     |
|-----------15----------|
|---11--13--------------|
|-----------------------| GTR 2   (Maybe the GTR 2 part is played with a keyboard arranged for
|-----------------------|          guitar)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|                       |
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| GTR 3   
|-8-8-----10-10---------|       
|-8-8-----10-10---------|        
|-6-6-666--8--8-888-----|
      MMM       MMM

 Repeat till here, then part E.

 (Part E) ---> After two long pick scrapes...

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|-7--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------1-------------------------------|
|                                                                  |
|1312----1312----1312----1312----12------1312----1312----1312------|
|----1513----1513----1513----1513--131512----1513----1513----1513--| GTR 2 w/wah
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5-------------------------------| GTR 1
|-7--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                  |
|12------12------12------12------12------12------12------12--------|
|--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 2 w/wah
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 (Part F) 

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----5-7---5---7-----5-7---5----------------------------------| GTR 1
|-7-----5-7---5---7-----5-7---5---3------3----3---3------3-5-----|
|-5-555-3-5-5-3---5-555-3-5-5-3---3------3----3---3------3-5-----|
|---------------------------------1-1111-1-11-1---1-1111-1-3-----|
|   MMM     x       MMM     x       MMMM   MM       MMMM         |
|1312----1312----1312----1312----12------1312----1312----1312----|
|----1513----1513----1513----1513--131512----1513----1513----1513| GTR 2 w/wah
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5------5----5---5------5-------| GTR 1
|-7-----5-7---7---7-----5-7---7---5------5----5---5------5-------|
|-7-----5-7---7---7-----5-7---7---3-3333-3-33-3---3-3333-3-------|
|-5-555-3-5-5-5---5-555-3-5-5-5----------------------------------| 
|   MMM     x       MMM     x       MMMM   MM       MMMM         |
|12------12------12------12------12------12------12------12------|
|--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--131512--1315~~|
|----------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 2 w/wah
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 


 Uhmm.. ok.. now the slow part.. I really can't understand what GTR 1 is playing..
 

 (Solo slow Part) Second time till here--->|

|------5~------------5~----------------------------------------|
|-6-8-----8-6~--6-8-----5-6-5~--5-6--8~--6-5~--8-6-5-----5--6~-|
|----------------------------------------------------7~--------| GTR 2 clean tone w/light reverb
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


 (Heavy solo) (With Part E and Part F)  Not sure at all, but it seems to be very very similar.
 
 w/heavy distortion

|-------5---------------5-------8-5~~-5-6-5---5------------|
|-5-6-8---8-6-----5-6-8---8-5-8-------------8---8-6---5~~--|
|-------------7~~-----------------------------------7------| GTR 1 = GTR 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
                        
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-(5)-6-5-6-8---8-6-5-6-5~~---6---5-------6--\8p6h8p6\5-5--|
|-------------7-----------------------5----------------7---| GTR 1
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-(5)-6-5-6-6---8-6-5-6-6~~---6---5-------6---5------------|
|-------------7-----------------------5-----------5--------| GTR 2 variations 
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------5-5/6---5----\17--15h17p15\1312131012131210121312~~-----15----|
|-6---5-------6---------8---------------------------------------------13~~--13~~|
|---------5---------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6---5-------6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5--------(till here?)-------------------------------------------------| GTR 2 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Back to main riff (Part A) then Part D with some shifted and delayed keyboard effects.
 Then restart, play till Part A2 e then end with Outro:

 Outro (Part G)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----7-10-9-7\--------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|-7-----7-10-9-7\-------(Vol. off)---------------------------------|
|-5-555-5--8-7-5\--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   MMM                                                            |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------10-9-------------------------------------------------| GTR 2
|12-121212-12------12\--(Vol. off)---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


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