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FOO FIGHTERS RUN

Featuring on the Foo Fighters’ 2017 album Concrete And Gold, Run is primarily rhythm guitar-based, centring around arpeggios, powerchords and a neat open-string bending riff. Multiple guitars are layered up by guitarists Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear, so, in our tab, we’ve given you a flavour of the most important parts. For example, the pre-chorus includes the core backing chords, a string bending line and an octave melody; we’ve tabbed each approach – if you’re jamming with friends try playing them all together!

is in 4/4 time but each section has a different groove. The intro has a triplet feel over the 4/4 backbeat, so when the heavy riff enters and the high energy drums kick in, it gives the effect of a faster tempo. By

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