Run So Far

Song

RUN SO FAR

Eric Clapton

from the album "Journeyman"

Transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)

NOTES: This song was written by Eric's friend George Harrison,

and it appears on Eric's 1989 "Journeyman" album. The song

has several guitar parts, including a rhythm guitar playing

the chords, a lead guitar playing the fills, and a slide

guitar played by George Harrison. I have transcribed the

rhythm guitar part and some of the leads/fills.

Intro/Chorus:

C G

|--/-12--\-8-----3--2--3--2--1-------------|
|-------------------------------3--0-------|

|------^-----------------------------------| (play twice)

|----slide---------------------------------|

|----guitar--------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

C G C

|--/-12--\-8-----3---3--2--3--2--1---------|
|-----------------------------------3--1---|
|------^-----------------------------------|

|----slide---------------------------------|

|----guitar--------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

C G C F

You fly out as your smile wears thin

C G C F

And I sigh, knowing the mess you're in

G C

And you know that you can't get away

G C (play fill #1)

And you know you can't hide it from yourself

Chorus 1: (play intro)

C G C G

Lonely days, heavy heart

C G C

No escape, can only run so far

Verse 2:

C G C F

I know something I ought to say

C G C F (play fill #2 after "here")

Stuck here, trying to find a way (play fill #3 after "way")

G C

And you know that you can't get away

G C (play fill #1)

And you know you can't hide it from yourself

Chorus 2: (play intro twice)

C G C G

Lonely nights, blue guitar

C G C G

No way out, can only run so far

C G C G

Lonesome tears at the bar

C G C

One way street, can only run so far

Verse 3:

C G C F

Oooh ooooh, oooohh ooooh oooh

C G C F (play fill #2)

I pray that you might make it through

C G C F (play fill #3)

Those teardrops they now seem a part of you

G C

And you know that you can't get away

G C (play fill #1)

And you know you can't hide it from yourself

Chorus 3: (play intro three times)

C G C G

Fallin' down, under par

C G C G

Can't get out, can only run so far

C G C G

Lonely days, heavy heart

C G C G

No escape, can only run so far

C G C G

Lonesome tears at the bar

C G C

One way street, can only run so far

Ending:

C G C F

Oooh ooooh, oooohh ooooh oooh

C G C F

Oooh ooooh, oooohh ooooh oooh

Fill #1 Fill #2 Fill #3

|--0-0-0-1h3-3--|--0h1p0--------|--0h1p0----------|
|---------------|--------1------|--------1--------|
|---------------|----------2-0--|----------2---0--|
|---------------|---------------|------------3----|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|

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