BLIND GUARDIAN - RUN FOR THE NIGHT

Transcribed by Stefan Gabriel

e-mail: g9404781@student.anu.edu.au
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---|
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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.....................]
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|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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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-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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)

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|---|-----|---|-----|---|-15fb 15fb-|-13-12----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....
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|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|--------||
|-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-------5-4-|-7-------7-------7-------5-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
P.M.. ..... ..... ..... ..... .....]
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------7---6-||
|-5-------5-------5-------5-4-|-7-------7-------5---4-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------||
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P.M.. ..... ..... ..... ....]

Riff E
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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--3-3-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
P.M............................................. .. ..]
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|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------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............................................ .. ..]
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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--3-3-2-2-|
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P.M............................................. .. ..]
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|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|-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
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|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------|
|-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-|
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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
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|-12-15-||-15fb-|---|---|---------|-------------------------|
|-------||--{{--|---|---|---------|-------------------------|
|-------||------|-%-|-%-|---------|-------------------------|
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|-17-12-12-12-17-12-12-12-|-17fb--17fb--17fb-|-17fb~-15-|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|

|-19-15----15-17-15----15-|---|---|-20fb~-|-19-17-15-|-17-15-14-|
|-------17----------17----|---|---|-------|----------|----------|
|-------------------------|---|---|-------|----------|----------|
|-------------------------|-%-|-%-|-------|----------|----------|
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|-------------------------|---|---|-------|----------|----------|

|-15-17-15-|-----17-15-|-14-15-----|------17-15-|-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-|
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|-10~-----------------|-----------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------|
|--T--------T--------T-----||
|-19p15p12-20p15p12-19p12~-||
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Outro Solo (starts at fill from Riff C)

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|-15fb 15fb-|-13-12----12|-----------tr----|-----|---------------|
|-----------|-------14---|-12-14--11h12p11-|-----|---------11-12-|
|-----------|------------|-----------------|-14~-|-(14)-14-------|
|-----------|------------|-----------------|-----|---------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------------|-----|---------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|----12-12h13-12----|
|-11~-|-(11)-------|-----|------|----11-12-11----11-12-|-14-------------12-|
|-----|------14-12-|-10~-|-(10)-|-14----------14-------|-------------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------12-13-|
|-----|------11-12-|-11~-|-(11)-------|-----|------------|
|-14~-|-(14)-------|-----|------14-12-|-14~-|-(14)-------|
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------------|
|-----|------------|-----|------------|-----|------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-----|------------|-----|------------|
|-15-13h15p13-12----|-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