Run for the Night(Tabs)

	        Run For the Night (live) by Blind Guardian 
   off Tales from the Twilight World 
 
Transcribed by Stefan Gabriel 
e-mail: [email protected] 
 
* Words and music by Blind Guardian (1991) 
 
Legend 
fb  - full bend 
fbr - full bend then release 
hb  - half bend 
~   - vibrato 
h p - hammer-on, pull-off 
{{  - tremolo picking 
T   - tap 
tr  - trill 
 
Fast Tempo 
 
 
Intro                          x3 
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|-7-------------------------------|-9-7-9-|| 
|-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-7-5-7-|| 
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    P.M........................} 
 
 
Riff A 
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|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|*-9-----------------------------|------------------------------7-| 
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-| 
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    P.M.......................................................} 
 
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|-5-----------------------------|--------------------------5--4-| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--2-| 
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    P.M..................................................} 
 
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|-2-------------------------------|-----------------------------2-| 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
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    P.M........................................................} 
 
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|-12--11--12-|-14--12--11-*| 
|-10--9---10-|-12--10--9---| 
|------------|-------------| 
 
 
Riff B 
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|--------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|*-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|*-6-----------------------------|-----------------------------4-| 
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-| 
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    P.M......................................................} 
 
|-------------------------------|----|---------|-----------| 
|-------------------------------|----|---------|-----------| 
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|-2---------------------------4-|-6\-|-9--8--9-|-11--9--8-*| 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-4\-|-7--6--7-|-9---7--6--| 
|-------------------------------|----|---------|-----------| 
    P.M.....................} 
 
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|-9-----------------------------|------------------------------7-| 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-| 
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    P.M......................................................} 
 
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|-5-----------------------------|--------------------------5--4-| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--2-| 
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    P.M.................................................} 
 
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|-2-----------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
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    P.M.........................................................} 
 
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|-12--11--12-|-14--12--11-|| 
|-10--9---10-|-12--10--9--|| 
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Riff C   with fill (high fret notes) 
|---|-----|---|-----|---|------------|-----------------|----------------| 
|---|-----|---|-----|---|-15fb 15fbr-|-(15)p13p12----12|-----------tr---| 
|---|-----|---|-----|---|------------|------------14---|-12-14--11h12p11| 
|-9-|-(9)-|-7-|-(7)-|-5-|-(5)--------|-7---------------|-12------11-----| 
|-7-|-(7)-|-5-|-(5)-|-3-|-(3)--------|-5---------------|-10------9------| 
|---|-----|---|-----|---|------------|-----------------|----------------| 
 Run for the night.... 
 
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|--------|| 
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|--------|| 
|-14~--|------|------|------|------|------|------|--------|| 
|-9----|-(9)--|-7----|-(7)--|-5----|-(5)--|-7----|-12--11-|| 
|-7----|-(7)--|-5----|-(5)--|-3----|-(3)--|-5----|-10--9--|| 
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|--------|| 
 
 
Riff D 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-------------------------7-6-| 
|-5-------5-------5-------4-5-|-7-------7-------7-------5-4-| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| 
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    P.M..   .....   .....         .....   .....   .....} 
 
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------|| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------7---6-|| 
|-5-------5-------5-------4-5-|-7-------7-------5---4-|| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|| 
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    P.M..   .....   .....         .....   ....} 
 
 
 Riff E 
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|-5-------------------------------|------------------4---5---| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-3-3-| 
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| 
    P.M.............................................   ..  ..} 
 
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|------------------7---6---| 
|-7-------------------------------|------------------5-5-4-4-| 
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------| 
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    P.M............................................    ..  ..} 
 
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-5-------------------------------|------------------4---5---| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-3-3-| 
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    P.M.............................................   ..  ..} 
 
|---------------------------------|--------------------| 
|---------------------------------|--------------------| 
|---------------------------------|-7--6------*--------| 
|-7-------------------------------|-5--4-----(7)-------| 
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------(5)-------| 
|---------------------------------|--------------------| 
    P.M.........................}         *2nd time only 
 
 
Riff F 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
|-9-----------------------------|-9-7-9-|-12-------------------------------| 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| 
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    P.M........................              ............................} 
 
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|----------|-----------------------------------|---------| 
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------| 
|-14-12-11-|-12-11-9---------------------------|-9--7--9-| 
|-12-10-9--|-10-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--5--7-| 
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                     P.M......................} 
 
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|-5---------------5-------------|-4---------------7---------------|| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|| 
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    P.M............   .........     .............   .............} 
 
 
Riff G 
half tempo 
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|---------|---------|---------|---------|---|-----|---|-----|| 
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---|-----|---|-----|| 
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-5-|-(5)-|-7-|-(7)-|| 
|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-3-|-(3)-|-5-|-(5)-|| 
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|---|-----|---|-----|| 
 
 
Solo 
       E5          E5 D5 E5 
|-------||------|---|---|-15fb~-12|-17-12-12-12-17-12-12-12-| 
|-12-15-||-15fb-|---|---|---------|-------------------------| 
|-------||--{{--|---|---|---------|-------------------------| 
|-------||------|-%-|-%-|---------|-------------------------| 
|-------||------|---|---|---------|-------------------------| 
|-------||------|---|---|---------|-------------------------| 
 
|-17-12-12-12-17-12-12-12-|-17fb--17fb--17fb-|-17fb~-15-| 
|-------------------------|------------------|----------| 
|-------------------------|------------------|----------| 
|-------------------------|------------------|----------| 
|-------------------------|------------------|----------| 
|-------------------------|------------------|----------| 
 
|-19p15----15h17p15----15-|---|---|-20fb~-|-19-17-15-|-17-15-14-| 
|-------17----------17----|---|---|-------|----------|----------| 
|-------------------------|---|---|-------|----------|----------| 
|-------------------------|-%-|-%-|-------|----------|----------| 
|-------------------------|---|---|-------|----------|----------| 
|-------------------------|---|---|-------|----------|----------| 
 
|-15-17-15-|-----17p15p|14-15-----|------17p15p|14-15--------| 
|----------|-17~-------|------17~-|-(17)-------|------15~----| 
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|-------------| 
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|----------14-| 
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|-------------| 
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|-------------| 
 
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----|---------------| 
|-13-12----|-15-13-12-|-13-12----|----------|-----|---------------| 
|-12-11-14-|-14-12-11-|-12-11-14-|-12-11-12-|-12~-|-(12)-12-14-16-| 
|-------14-|----------|-------14-|-12----12-|-14~-|-(14)-14-16-17-| 
|----------|----------|----------|----14----|-----|---------------| 
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----|---------------| 
 
|-----|---------------|-----|------------|-------------------| 
|-----|---------------|-----|------12-13-|-15-13h15p13-12----| 
|-14~-|-(14)-14-12-11-|-12~-|-(12)-11-12-|-14-12h14p12-11-14-| 
|-16~-|-(16)-14-12-14-|-14~-|-(14)-------|----------------14-| 
|-----|---------------|-----|------------|-------------------| 
|-----|---------------|-----|------------|-------------------| 
 
|-------------|-----|---------------|---------|------------| 
|-12----------|-----|------12h15p12-|-15fb-15-|-12~-15-----| 
|-11-14-12-11-|-12~-|-(12)--11-12---|-11------|-(11)-------| 
|----14-12-11-|-14--|-(14)----------|---------|------14-12-| 
|-------------|-----|---------------|---------|------------| 
|-------------|-----|---------------|---------|------------| 
 
|---------------------|-----------|--T--------T--------T--------T-------| 
|-15fb-15fb-15fb-15fb-|-15fb~--12-|-19p15p12-20p15p12-19p15p12-20p15p12-| 
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------| 
|-10~-----------------|-----------|-7-----------------------------------| 
|---------------------|-----------|-5-----------------------------------| 
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------| 
 
|--T--------T--------T-----|| 
|-19p15p12-20p15p12-19p12~-|| 
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|-12-------11--------------|| 
|-10--------9--------------|| 
|--------------------------|| 
 
 
Outro Solo (starts at fill from Riff C) 
|------------|------------------|-----------------|-----|---------------| 
|-15fb 15fbr-|-(15)p13p12----12-|-----------tr----|-----|---------------| 
|------------|-------------14---|-12-14--11h12p11-|-----|---------11-12-| 
|------------|------------------|-----------------|-14~-|-(14)-14-------| 
|------------|------------------|-----------------|-----|---------------| 
|------------|------------------|-----------------|-----|---------------| 
 
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-------------------| 
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|---12h13h15p13p12~-| 
|-11~-|-(11)-------|-----|------|----11h12p11----11h12h|14-----------------| 
|-----|------14-12-|-10~-|-(10)-|-14----------14-------|-------------------| 
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-------------------| 
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-------------------| 
 
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------12-13-| 
|-----|------11-12-|-11~-|-(11)-------|-----|------------| 
|-14~-|-(14)-------|-----|------14-12-|-14~-|-(14)-------| 
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
 
|-------------------|-------------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
|-15-13h15p13p12----|-12----------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
|----------------14-|----14-12-11-|-12~-|-(12)-11-12-|-11~-|-(11)-------| 
|-------------------|-------------|-----|------------|-----|------14-12-| 
|-------------------|-------------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
|-------------------|-------------|-----|------------|-----|------------| 
 
|--------|--------|--------------|-------------|| 
|--------|--------|-------12-13--|-15fb~-(15)r-|| 
|--------|-----11-|-12-14-{{-{{--|-------------|| 
|-10--12-|-14--{{-|-{{-{{--------|-------------|| 
|-{{--{{-|-{{-----|--------------|-------------|| 
|--------|--------|--------------|-------------|| 
 
Coda 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
|-9-----------------------------|-9-7-9-|-12-------------------------------| 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| 
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------| 
    P.M........................              ............................} 
 
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------| 
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------| 
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------| 
|-14-12-11-|-12-11-9---------------------------|-9--7--9-| 
|-12-10-9--|-10-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--5--7-| 
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------| 
                     P.M......................} 
 
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-5-----------------5-----------|-4---------------7---------------| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
    P.M............   .........     .............   .............} 
 
half tempo 
|---|----|----|---------|----|| 
|---|----|----|---------|----|| 
|---|----|----|---------|----|| 
|-9-|-12-|-5--|-*-------|-9--|| 
|-7-|-10-|-3--|-10-\\---|-7--|| 
|---|----|----|-{{------|----|| 
          P.M..} *slide down neck while tremolo picking 
 
Song Structure 
Intro         - intro x6 
Verse 1       - with Riff A 
Verse 2       - with Riff B 
Chorus        - with Riff C 
Interlude     - with intro 
Verse 3        - with Riff A 
Verse 2 
Chorus 1 
Interlude     - with Riff D 
Verse 4       - with Riff E 
Chorus 2      - with Riff F 
Interlude     - with Riff F, Riff G 
Solo 
Chorus 1 (x2) - with outro solo 
Coda          - with coda 
 
Intro 
 
Verse 1 
There comes the last part and end of our old age 
with thunder and lightning the dark lord is taking 
the crown of the whole world 
his creatures will kill me and poisons my soul 
to the end I'll fight 
 
Verse2 
but I know that the things 
that I do are so meaningless - Oh no 
I see the hill but it's so far away 
I know I can't reach it 
but I try it again and again in my dark dreams 
he's wasting my last will how long can I stay here 
when the mightiest of all will now 
 
Chorus 1 
Run for the Night burn away 
the times of his fall I've to pay 
 
Interlude 
 
Verse 3 
Visions of darkness prepared for the last strike 
and bloodlust their weapons and madness 
you see to their 
eyes there's no way out 
I'm lost in a dark dream and losing control 
to the end I'll fight 
 
Verse 2 
 
Chorus 
 
Interlude 
 
Verse 4 
You see them running in the shadows of the night 
It is not what it used to be 
they've been scared and they've been anxiously tonight 
you see them running with the wind they 
 
Chorus 2 
Run for the Night (x3) 
 
Interlude 
 
Solo 
 
Chorus 1 (x2) 
 
Coda 
 
The End
	        

Written by Hansi Kürsch/André Olbrich