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Artist: A Flock of Seagulls
Song: I Ran
Tuning: Standard
Transcribed by: John D.
# of Guitars: 1

I have seen only a few tabs for this song on the internet and they are horrendously wrong. I have played it live a few times, so I trust its accuracy. This is an absolutely great song and very cool to play with a bunch of people.

Please rate this tab, and give any comments where you see fit.

b= bend half step
bH= bend whole step
/= slide up
\\= slide down
h= hammer on
p= pull off

At the beginning some werid seagull sounds are made by turning on the delay to 350 milliseconds (I am not sure on how much feedback, but you can estimate pretty close) and pick scraping the 1st 2nd and 3rd strings repeatedly.

(With a delay set at 350 milliseconds)
Intro
e ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G 9-(let ring)---|19-------------|9--------------|19-------------|
D 7--------------|17-------------|7--------------|17-------------|
A ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 (Delay Off)
 Pre-Verse
e ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------
B ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------
G ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------
D 3--------------|5--------------|7-(let ring)---|-------
A 3--------------|5--------------|7--------------|-------
E 1--------------|3--------------|5--------------|-------

 Verse (1)                                                                                (Very quick lick)
e 0-0-0---|---------------0-0-0--|----------------0-0-0--|--------------------------|---------------|
B ------3-|---------------------3|----------------------3|--------------------------|---------------|
G --------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0----5---5-8/9|
D --------|------2-2-------------|------2-2--------------|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|--5h7---7------|
A --------|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
E --------|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|


e 0-0-0---|---------------0-0-0--|----------------0-0-0--|----------------------------|
B ------3-|---------------------3|----------------------3|----------------------------|
G --------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
D --------|------2-2-------------|------2-2--------------|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|
A --------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
E --------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|

 Chorus
e --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|
G -7-9-7-5---5-7-5-7-9-9-77-5-7-55|
D ---------7----------------------|
A --------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|

Solo (1)
e 5-5-5-5-5--3-5-|--5-5-5-5-55--5|3-3---3--5/7---7-|-7-5-5-3-5--55-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
B ---------------|---------------|----5------------|-------------------------5-----|
G ---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------------2/9|
D ---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
A ---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
E ---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|

e -10-8------8----8|-10/12-12-10-10|-8--10--8-10-12|-10-8---------8----8-10/12-12-10-10-8-10-|
B --------10---10--|---------------|---------------|------10---10---10-----------------------|
G -----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|
D -----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|
A -----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|
E -----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|


Verse (2) (Similar to intro, with delay at 350 milliseconds)
                                               (Turn off delay for this lick)
e ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G 9--------------|-9-------------|19---19---19---|------5---5-8/9|
D 7--------------|-7-------------|17---17---17---|--5h7---7------|
A ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

e 0-0-0---|---------------0-0-0--|----------------0-0-0--|----------------------------|
B ------3-|---------------------3|----------------------3|----------------------------|
G --------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
D --------|------2-2-------------|------2-2--------------|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0---|
A --------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
E --------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|

Solo (2) (only on the high e string)
e 12-12|13-12-10--12-13-12-10--12-13-12-10--12-13-12-10--13-12-10--12-13-12-10--12-13-12-10--12-13-12-10--

e 12-12|13-13-12-12-10-10-12-12-13-13-12-12-10-10-12-12-13-13-12-12-10-10-12-12-13-13-12-12-10-10-12-12

e 13-13-12-12-10--8-10--8-10--12-12-10-10-8-10

Intro
Pre-Verse
Verse 1
Chorus x2
Intro
Verse (1)
Chorus x2
(4 measure rest for drum solo)
Solo
Verse (2)
Chorus x2
Solo (2)
End with the very beginning 9-7 chord (with delay)

If you have any question email kane171@yahoo.com  It is not checked often but I will get to it.