Run For Your Life
                             (Lennon/McCartney)
                                 The Beatles
                             Rubber Soul (1965)
Intro:


The song opens with an acoustic guitar playing a D. Then two 
electric guitars enter:

 e. guitar 1
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------1---0-|------------|------1---0-|------------|-----------|
|------------|-2--------2-|------------|-2--------2-|-----------|
|-0----------|-----3--4---|-0----------|-----3--4---|-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|

 e. guitar 2
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|----------5-|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----5----|
|------------|----------5-|/7----5-----|----------5-|/7----5----|
|------------|----------5-|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7----|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|

An acoustic guitar plays straight chords and accompanies the vocals:

[verse 1]
		           D
		Well I'd rather see you dead little girl
		        Bm
		Than to be with another man
	              D
		You better keep your head little girl
	                Bm
		Or you won't know where I am

[chorus]	        	                     E
		You better run for your life if you can little girl
		 Bm                    E
		Hide your head in the sand little girl
		 Bm                     G  
		Catch you with another man
		 F#        Bm               D
		That's the end little girl.

	
 e. guitar 1
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|-----1---0-|-----------|-----1---0-|-----------|----------|
|----------|-----------|-2-------2-|-----------|-2-------2-|----------|
|----------|-0---------|----3--4---|-0---------|----3--4---|----------|
|--2--3--4-|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|

 e. guitar 2
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|---------5|/7----7----|---------5-|/7----7----|---------5-|/7----7---|
|---------5|/7----5----|---------5-|/7----5----|---------5-|/7----5---|
|---------5|/7----7----|---------5-|/7----7----|---------5-|/7----7---|
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|


[verse2]
		          D
		Well you know that I'm a wicked guy
		           Bm
		And I was born with a jealous mind
		    D
		And I can spend my whole life
		                Bm
		Tryin' just to make you tow the line.
	
[chorus]	
		                                     E
		You better run for your life if you can little girl
		 Bm                    E
		Hide your head in the sand little girl
		 Bm                     G
		Catch you with another man
		 F#        Bm               D
		That's the end little girl.

[solo]	

e. guitar 1
|---|---15|b(17)-b(17)15-13-15-13------|-----15|b(17)(17)-b(17)15-13-----|
|---|-----|----------------------15-13-|15-15--|--------------------15-13|
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|

 e. guitar 2
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|-5-|/7-7-|--------------------------5-|/7-7---|-----------------------10|
|-5-|/7-5-|--------------------------5-|/7-5---|-----------------------10|
|-5-|/7-7-|--------------------------5-|/7-7---|-----------------------10|
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|---|-----|----------------------------|-------|-------------------------|





e. guitar 1
|----------|-----12------------------|------------|----------------------|
|15--15--15|b(17)---b(17)15-13----13-|15---15-----|-----10---------------|
|----------|-------------------15----|----------12|b(14)---b(14)12-10----|
|----------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------12-|
|----------|-------------------------|------------|----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|------------|----------------------|

 e. guitar 2
|----------|----- -------------------|------------|----------------------|
|/12--12---|-----------------------5-|/7----7-----|-------------------12-|
|/12--10---|-----------------------5-|/7----5-----|-------------------12-|
|/12--12---|-----------------------5-|/7----7-----|-------------------12-|
|----------|-------------------------|------------|----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|------------|----------------------|





e. guitar 1
|--------|---------------------|-----------|----------------------|------|
|--------|---------------------|-----------|-----10---------------|------|
|--------|---------------------|---------12|b(14)---b(14)12-10----|------|
|--------|--------12----12-----|12--12-----|-------------------12-|------|
|--------|---10/12----12----12-|-----------|----------------------|------|
|--------|---------------------|-----------|----------------------|------|

 e. guitar 2
|--------|---------------------|-----------|----------------------|------|
|/14--14-|-------------------5-|/7---7-----|--------------------5-|/7--7-|
|/14--12-|-------------------5-|/7---5-----|--------------------5-|/7--5-|
|/14--14-|-------------------5-|/7---7-----|--------------------5-|/7--7-|
|--------|---------------------|-----------|----------------------|------|
|--------|---------------------|-----------|----------------------|------|







[verse 3]
                 D 
		Let this be a sermon
                        Bm
		I mean every thing I said
                 D
		Baby I'm determined
                          Bm
		That I'd rather see you dead

[chorus]
                                                     E
		You better run for your life if you can little girl
		 Bm                    E
		Hide your head in the sand little girl
		 Bm                     G  
		Catch you with another man
		 F#        Bm               D
		That's the end little girl.

 e. guitar 1
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|----------|------1---0-|------------|------1---0-|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|-2--------2-|------------|-2--------2-|---------|
|----------|-0----------|-----3--4---|-0----------|-----3--4---|---------|
|--2--3--4-|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|

 e. guitar 2
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|---------5|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7--|
|---------5|/7----5-----|----------5-|/7----5-----|----------5-|/7----5--|
|---------5|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7--|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|



[verse 4]
 		      D
		I'd rather see you dead little girl
		        Bm
		Than to be with another man
	              D
		You better keep your head little girl
	                Bm
		Or you won't know where I am


[chorus]
                                                     E
		You better run for your life if you can little girl
		 Bm                    E
		Hide your head in the sand little girl
		 Bm                     G  
		Catch you with another man
		 F#        Bm               D
		That's the end little girl.


 e. guitar 1
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|----------|------1---0-|------------|------1---0-|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|-2--------2-|------------|-2--------2-|---------|
|----------|-0----------|-----3--4---|-0----------|-----3--4---|---------|
|--2--3--4-|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|

 e. guitar 2
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|---------5|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7--|
|---------5|/7----5-----|----------5-|/7----5-----|----------5-|/7----5--|
|---------5|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7-----|----------5-|/7----7--|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|

         (repeat and fade)                                   No No No



transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu