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Someone asked for this so here goes.
The recording is tuned down 1/2 step.
Runnin' With The Devil
by
Van Halen
strum strings behind nut
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intro V riff A end riffA
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|-----x---------------|--5---7--------x-x-|---7-H-8---10---9-----------|
|------x--------------|--5---7--------x-x-|---7-H-----9----9-----------|
|-------x-------------|--5---7--------x-x-|---7-H-9---11---9-----------|
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|---------x------17\--|-------------------|------------------------19\-|
repeat riff A 3 times.
verse 1
I live my life like there's no tomorrow.
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And all I've got I had to steal.
harm.........}
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|------------------------|---------12-----7------|
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|--2-------2----------5--|----4------------------|
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Least I don't need to beg or borrow.
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Yes I'm living at a pace that kills.
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Chorus
repeat riff A 4 times
Runnin' with the Devil. Runnin with the Devil.
Verse 2
I found the simple life ain't so simple
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When I jumped out on that road
*trill
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|--2------------------4--|----2--0-----7^9-----|
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|--0-------0-------0-----|--0------------------|
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I got no love, no love you'd call real.
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Ain't got nobody waitin' at home.
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Chorus:
repeat riff A 4 times
Solo: starts on last beat of chorus.
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|-12-13-15-13-13^12------12--------------|
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full......}
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repeat riff A 2 times
You know I..
3rd verse
Found the simple life, weren't so simple
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When I jumped out on that road. harm............}
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|------------------------|-------------------7---5---|
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|------3-----------------|---------------------------|
Got no love, no love you'd call real.
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Got nobody waitin' at home.
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|--0-------0-------0-----|-------------2-----|
|------3-----------------|-------------0-----|
repeat riff A 4 times
repeat solo.
repeat riff A 5 times.
B.C.
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"The blues is a low down achein' chill" Robert Johnson
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