Little Big Horn
by Running Wild
Taken from the album
Blazon Stone
Transcribed by Mikko Issakainen
miissaka@jyu.fi
Edited 9.8.1997
I think RW uses standard tuning in every song... :)
Here's another fine song from Running Wild. It is quite easy to play
but it was difficult to transcribe... so e-mail me if you find mistakes.
The timing seems to be correct most of the time but I had some problems
with the rythm guitar in the solo so listen to the record if you have it.
There might more hammer-on's, pull-off's and slides so add them if you
like. E-mail me your opinion about it!!
NOTES:
- Tempo is about 200, and it's played in 4/4 time;
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H = Hammer on, P = Pull off, S = Slide, Ah = Artificial harmonic
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |Figure 1-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------HP-|-5-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------454-|-----|-6---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-4~~~------------|-----|-------6---------|-4-6-4-----------|-------------4-6-|---------6~~-----|-----|-------------7---|-------7-4---2---|-7-?-7-?-4-7-----|-----------------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6---|-9-----------6---|-----------------|-9---------------|-9-------6-------|-6---|-9-----------6---|-7-----------9---|-9-----9---------|-9-------6-------|-4---|-7-----------4---|-7-----------9---|-7-----9---------|-7-------4-------|-----|-----------------|-5-----------7---|-------7---------|-----------------|
End Figure1 Pm-- | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-4-||-6---4-----------|-----------------|-----9---6---6-6-|(6)--------------||-------6---------|-4-6-4-----------|-----9---6---6-6-|(6)--------------||-------------7---|-------7-4---2---|-7-7-7---4---6-4-|(4)--------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-9-----------6---|-------------6---|-----9---6---6-6-|(6)----------6---||-9-----------6---|-7-----------6---|-----9---6---6-6-|(6)----------6---||-7-----------4---|-7-----------4---|-7-7-7---4---4-4-|(4)----------4---||-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(Repeat Figure1)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Pm- Pm- Pm- Pm- Pm- Pm|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||(6)--------------|--------------H--|-----------------|-6-4-------------||(6)--6---4-6-----|-4-----2-----2-4-|-----6---4-6-----|-----6-4-----4-2-||(4)----------4-2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-4-4---------4-4-|-----------2-----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||(6)--------------|(6)--------------|(6)--------------|-----------------||(6)--------------|(6)--------------|(6)--------------|-----------------||(4)--------------|(4)--------------|(4)--------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Verse Riff:
Pm- Pm-- Pm- Pm- Pm- Pm- Pm
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6-4-------------||-----6---4-6-----|-4-----2-----2/4-|-----6---4-6-----|-----6-4-----4-2-||-4-4---------4-4-|---4-4---4-4-----|-4-4---------4-4-|-----------4-----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(Verse Riff 4 times)
Hey Mr. Custer, why d'you dare the hand of fate
The claw of death waits to grab
A golden medal, your honor idolized
Your heart is stone, yout blood is iced
BRIDGE:
Ceasless rifle fire, blowing your dreams away Pm--------------- Pm---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------4-------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-6-4-------6-4---|-----------------|-6-4---4---6-----||-4-4-7-4-4-7-4-4-|-----7-4-------7-|-4-4-7-4-4-7-4-4-|-----7-------4---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------9-------|-6---------------|-9-------4---6---||-7---------------|-9-------9-------|-6---------------|-9-------4---6---||-7---------------|-9-------7-------|-4---------------|-7-------2---4---||-5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
The barrels are running hot, what a painful, bloody day Pm--------------- Pm--------------- Pm--------------- Pm---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------4-------|-----------------|-------------4---||-----------------|-6-4-------6-4---|-----------------|-6-4---4---6-4---||-4-4-7-4-4-7-4-4-|-----7-4-------7-|-4-4-7-4-4-7-4-4-|-----7-------2---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------9-------|-6---------------|-9---------9-----||-7---------------|-9-------9-------|-6---------------|-9-----9---9-9---||-7---------------|-9-------7-------|-4---------------|-7-----9---7-9---||-5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-------7-----7---|
CHORUS:
Last fight at Little Big Horn The hand of death was waiting Pm--- Pm--- Pm---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-6-----------6-6-|-9-----6-----6-6-|-6-----------6-6-|-9---6-4-----6---||-6-----------6-6-|-9-----6-----6-6-|-6-----------6-6-|-9---6-4-----6-7-||-4-----------4-4-|-7-----4-----4-4-|-4-----------4-4-|-7---4-2-----4-7-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|
To take the soldier blue away Pm|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------11|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------||---------------11|---------------7-|---------------4-|-4-------4-6-4---||---------------9-|---------------7-|---------------2-|-------7-------7-||-----------------|---------------5-|-----------------|-----------------|
(Chorus riff again)
Last fight at Little Big Horn Where the last command was given
And all the soldiers fought in vain
(Gtr2 plays these while Gtr1's Gtr1: D still rings)|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-6---------------|(6)--------------|---666--444------|--------H-P------||-6---------------|(6)--------------|-------------666-|-444---4-6-4-----||-4---------------|(4)--------------|-----------------|-----7-------7---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(Verse riff 4 times)
The soldiers're riding unprepared for the attack
A touch of death, the shotguns crack
The blood is flowing, the desert sand turns red
Why did you lead them to this trap?
(Bridge & Chorus)
(Fade in the C# (10 fret) from 1st string and let it ring until the solo)|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------||-6----|(6)---|(6)---|(6)---|------|------|------|------||-6----|(6)---|(6)---|(6)---|------|------|------|------||-4----|(4)---|(4)---|(4)---|------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||--S--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||||*4/6-6-6-9---6---|(6)--------------|---------2---4---|(4)-------------*||||*4/6-6-6-9---6---|(6)--------------|-2/4-4-4-2---4---|(4)-------------*||||-2/4-4-4-7---4---|(4)--------------|-2/4-4-4-0---2---|(2)--------------||||-----------------|-----------------|-0/2-2-2---------|-----------------||
Solo fig.1 (Play this 4 times under solo) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Pm Pm- Pm|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7---7-10----7---|(7)--------------|-7---7-10--------|-----------------||-7---7-10----7---|(7)--8-8-8---10--|-7---7-10----5---|(5)--5-5-8-10----||-5---5-8-----5---|(5)--8-8-8---10--|-5---5-8-----5---|(5)--5-5-8-10----||-----------------|-----6-6-6---8---|-------------3---|(3)--3-3-6-8-----|
Solo: (It appears to be close enough but it's the first solo that I've
transcribed... Theere is NO timing written here in the solo!! So
don't wonder why the first part of the solo lasts only 8 measures
while the Solo fig.1 during it lasts 16... ;)
P|-14-12-------12---------------------------||-------14-12----14-12-14-12---------------||----------------------------13-11-11~~\\--||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
Pm-------------------|------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------P---------12~~-||----------------9-11-11b(13)r(11)-9----11-------||-----------9-11---------------------11----------||------9-11--------------------------------------||-9-12-------------------------------------------|
|-/19-16-19-16-19b(21)---------------------||----------------------19-17-19-17-16------||-------------------------------------18---||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-18-16-18-16----16---------P--------------------------||-------------18----18-16-181616-16b(18)r(16)-14-------||------------------------------------------------14\/\/||------------------------------------------------------|
Ah---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||------9--------------------------------||-9-11---11-9-11\-----------------------||------------------------11-9-----------||------------------9---9------12-9-9----|
P H|-/16--16161616161616--14----14/16--19--16\14-----||-------------------------15----------------------| Those slides sould be|-------------------------------------------------| replased with bends|-------------------------------------------------| but it's easier this way|-------------------------------------------------| :)|-------------------------------------------------|
P|-14-12-----------H-P----------------------------------------------||------14--14---121412-----12--------------------------------------||----------------------13------13-11-9-11-11b(13)r(11)-9----9------||--------------------------------------------------------11---11---||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||------------------------??---------------||---------------------9b(11)--------------||-----------9-11-9-11-------11-9----9-11--||------9-11----------------------11-------||-9-12------------------------------------|
Solo fig.2 (Play this twice under the rest of the solo) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------6-|---------------2-|---------------4-|-----------------||-2-------------6-|---------------2-|---------------4-|---------------2-||-2-------------4-|---------------0-|---------------2-|---------------2-||-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Pm End Solo fig.2|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------6-|---------------4-|-------------2-2-|-----------------||---------------6-|---------------4-|-------------2-2-|-----------------||---------------4-|---------------2-|-------------0-0-|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------F||-----------------------------9~~~-|(9)~~~-----------9---11--9---11ï-||---------------------9---11-------|---------------------------------||-9-------9---9---11---------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------F-|---------------------------------||-11b(13)--------b13r--11--9--11'--|-11------------------9---11--13--||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------P----------|----------------------------------||(13)-13--13--13--13--11-9--11--|---------------------9------------||-------------------------------|---------11------11------11--9----||-------------------------------|-------------9--------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----9---9---9------------------|-----------------9\--------------||-----------------11--9--7---9---|(9)~~~~--------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 2 3 4|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-----------------------------10--||---------------------10--12------||-8-------8---10--12--------------||---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 F 4 F|-------------------------10--13--|---------13--15--15'-`---13--15'-||-----------------10--13----------|---------------------------------||---------10--12------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 F__________________H _P|`(15)~~---------------13--15--15'-|(15)-------------20-(15)----15---||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4|-----------------15---------------|---------------------------------||-----18--15--18------18--13-------|-13--13--13--10------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------12--10--12~~----||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||(12)~~-----------\----------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Bridge)
(Chorus 2 times)
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------5-4-||-6---------------|-----------------||-6---------------|-----------------||-4---------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-6---------------|-6-4---4-----6---||-6---------------|-6-4---4-----6---||-4---------------|-4-2---2-----4---||-----------------|-----------------|
(Figure1)
(Figure1, but Gtr1 plays these bars during the first 4 bars:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------HP-||-------------4---|-5---4-----------|-----------4~----|-5~----4~----454-||-----4---6-------|-------4---------|-----4---6-------|-----------------||-6---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(Don't play the last measure from Figure1. Continue with these:)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||(6)--------------|-------------6-4-|-----------------|-----------------||(6)--------------|-------------6-4-|-----------------|-------4/6-4-----||(4)--------------|-------------4-2-|-----------------|---------------6-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||(6)--------------|-------------6-4-|-----------------|(4)--------------||(6)--------------|-------------6-4-|-----------------|(4)--------------||(4)--------------|-------------4-2-|-----------------|(2)--------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Let ring|---------------------------|---------------------------|-6----------------(7)------|-6----------------(7)------|-4----------------(5)------|---------------------------
