From: Graph100@aol.com

hoobastank
running away
By: Guitarmonkey55

Drop D tuning (dadgbe) 

Ive been working on this for a while to get it to sound rite. I am 100% sure 
that the intro and chorus is exactly how they play it on the album, im not 
totally sure about the bridge but i think its rite, it sounds good to me.  If 
u think its wrong ur jes not playin it rite or ur tone def, u decide, dont 
forget drop d tuning!

i looked at the version thats here and the intro is kind of off, but illl 
give that guy credit he did a good job

    Ok if you want to play this song just like on the album you will need an 
electric guitar with some kind of acoustic simulator effect.  It sounds ok to 
do it in a clean channel electric on the acoustic parts too, but i prefer the 
real sound.  Its also fun to play the whole thing on acoustic, its a nice 
little entertaining piece to play in front of people.  They dont play it on 
two different guitars, they only have one guitarist and i saw them play it 
live on a few different shows.

(there is no timing here u gotta figure out how many times to play each chord 
urself)
Intro/Verse (acoustic guitar/sim)3x
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5--------------------|
|---10--7--x-9---10--7--x-9----5--7-x-9----3--5-x-5-3------------------|
|----7--7--x-7----7--7--x-7----5--5-x-5----3--3-x-3-3------------------|
|----7--7--x-7----7--7--x-7----5--5-x-5----3--3-x-3-3------------------|

Turn on  light distortion here and play 2x
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5--------------------|
|---10--7--x-9---10--7--x-9----5--7-x-9----3--5-x-5-3------------------|
|----7--7--x-7----7--7--x-7----5--5-x-5----3--3-x-3-3------------------|
|----7--7--x-7----7--7--x-7----5--5-x-5----3--3-x-3-3------------------|

Chorus(Heavy distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5-----------5-------5---------------------------|
|---7--9---10--0-----3-5-5----7--2-5-2---3-5-5-------------------------|
|---7--10--10--0-----3-3-5----7--2-3-2---3-3-5-------------------------|
|---7--9---10--0-----3-0-5----7--2-0-2---3-0-5-------------------------|

Interlude part1 (acoustic/sim)2x
|---------0-----------0------------------------------------------------|
|-------0---0-------0---0----------------------------------------------|
|-----5-------5---5-------5--------------------------------------------|
|---7-----------7-----------7------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Then play:
verse w/ distortion 4x
chorus

Bridge is as follows:
play interlude p1

then this:
interlude p2 (acoustic/sim)
|--------0-----------0-------------------------------------------------|
|------0---0-------0---0-----------------------------------------------|
|----0-------0---0-------0---------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------2-----------2-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
then:
interlude p1
after that turn on distortion and scratch with your pick from about the 12th 
fret going up the fretboard

then:
Bridge
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-x--x--7-7-7-7------2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2-2-2------------------------|
|--7-7-7-x--x--7-7-7-7------2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2-2-2------------------------|
|--7-7-7-x--x--7-7-7-7------2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2-2-2------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-x--x--7-7-7-7------2-2-2-x-x-3-3-5-5--------------------------|
|--7-7-7-x--x--7-7-7-7------2-2-2-x-x-3-3-5-5--------------------------|
|--7-7-7-x--x--7-7-7-7------2-2-2-x-x-3-3-5-5--------------------------|

then play the chorus until the end of the song, end on this:

|---|
|---|
|---|
|-7-|
|-7-|
|-7-|

there you have it, it is 100% correct! enjoy!