Runaway Bass

RUNAWAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Del Shannon
(From the 1961 Album RUNAWAY / THE BEST OF DEL SHANNON)
 
Words and Music by Del Shannon & Max Crook
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Milt Hinton - Bass'
 
Intro
  Q=152
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx2          H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------------|------------|------------||
|------------|-8-------6--|-8-------6--||
|------------|------8-----|------8-----||
|------------|------------|------------||
 
 
 Verse 1
  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-8-------6--|-8-------8--|-6----------|-6----------|
|------8-----|------8-----|------6--6--|------6--6--|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
 
 
  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|---------2-5---2-|-----------------|
|-4----------|-4-------4--|-3---3-----------|-3-3-3-3---3-5-7-|
|------4--4--|------4-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-8-------6--|-8-------8--|-6----------|-6----------|
|------8-----|------8-----|------6--6--|------6--6--|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
 
 
  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|---------2-5---2-|-----------------||
|-4----------|-4-------4--|-3---3-----------|-3-3-3-3---3-5-7-||
|------4--4--|------4-----|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Pre-Chorus
 Segno $
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|----5--8--5---|----5--8--5---|-------5-----|-------5------|
|-6----------6-|-6----------6-|-3--6-----6--|-3--6-----6-3-|
 
 
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|----5--8--5---|----5--8--5---|-------5-----|-------5------||
|-6----------6-|-6----------6-|-3--6-----6--|-3--6-----6-3-||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|----3-3----3--|----3-3----3--|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|----5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|----3-3----3--|----3-3----3--|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|----5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
                                     To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q   Q  Q    Q  Q   Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----5--8--5---|----5--8--5---|----7--10--7--|----7--10--7--|
|-6----------6-|-6----------6-|-8------------|-8------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q   Q  Q   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q   Q  Q   Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-8-------------|----5--8-----|-8-------------|---------5-5-7-7-||
|--------8------|-6--------6--|--------8------|-8-8---8---------||
|----10-----10--|-------------|----10-----10--|-----------------||
 
 
 Instrumental
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|
|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|----3--6--3--|----3--6--3--|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-4-----------|-4-----------|
 
 
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----3-----3--|----3--6-----|----2--5--2--|----------2--|
|-------------|----------4--|-3-----------|-3-----3-----|
|-------4-----|-------------|-------------|----3--------|
|-2-----------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
 
 
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-3-----------|-------------|----5--8--5--|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-6-----------|-6--------6--|
|----4-----4--|-1--4-----4--|-------------|-------6-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----8--------|
 
 
                                               Dal Segno al Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E Q  E   E E E E E E E E
|----3--6-----|----6--3-----|-------2-5--2-|-------------------||
|-4-----------|-4--------4--|-3--3---------|-3-3-3-3---3-5-7---||
|----------4--|-------------|--------------|-------------------||
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------||
 
 
                Outro
 Coda &
  Q  Q   Q  Q      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   4x
|--------------||--3-----------|--------------||
|----7--10-----||o-------3-----|----5--8--6--o||
|-8---------8--||o----5-----5--|-6-----------o||
|--------------||--------------|--------------||
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X