CLUTCH - "American Sleep" Tablature
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American Sleep
By Clutch
From the album ‘Pure Rock Fury’
Here’s a great song by Clutch called American Sleep. This tab does not show timings though so you’ll have to listen to the song to know the exact timing of it.
Intro – this is just feedback and squealing noises.
Then we go into Riff 1:
D|---------3---------4-----3-
A|---------3---------4-----3- x8
E|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-1-
******* ******* ***
Then the song’s main riff starts – Riff 2:
D|---------------------1-----2/5-5-5-3/5-5-5-----1-------1-----
A|-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-2-1---3-2-1/3-3-3-3/5-5-5-3-2---3-2-1---3-1-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
Next, the lead comes in over the above riff.
Lead:
e|-------------------------
B|-13-13-13-11—14b16r14---- x2
G|----------------------12-
e|---11-13-13b14r13-13b14r13-11-11----
B|-13------------------------------13- x2
G|------------------------------------
Verse – Riff 3:
e|-----------------------8-----
D|-8/101010-8/101010-9-8-8-108-
A|-8/101010-8/101010-9-8-6-108- x4
E|-6/8-8-8--6/8-8-8--7-6---8-6-
Chorus – Riff 4:
D|-101010108-
A|-101010108- x4
E|-8-8-8-8-6-
Then the main riff comes in again and more lead follows:
e|-----------------
B|-----------------
G|-5-5-5-3—5b7r5--- x2
D|---------------5-
The next part of the lead is tremolo picked with loads of wah. Listen to the song to get an idea of how long to tremolo pick each note.
G|-5-4-3-0-3-0-
Verse: Same as before
Chorus: Same as before
Next riff – Riff 5:
e|------------------
B|------------------
G|-----------8------
D|---8-10------10-8-
A|--------10--------
E|-8----------------
Lead that plays over above riff:
Note – this lead is really just a mess so you can do pretty much whatever you want as long as it is along the general theme of what’s below:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------6-
B|-8b9-6-------8----8b9-6-----------6-----6-----6b---------6-8---
G|-------8-5-5-8-5--------8-5---5h8---5h8---8-5----8-5-5-8-------
e|-10b12r10-6---
B|------------8- etc etc. Just mess about along those lines.
G|--------------
For the spoken part, the bass plays riff 5 while this wah riff plays in the background – Riff 6:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-8-6---6---6---6b----6---6---------6---6---6-----6---6---6---6---
D|-----8---8---8---8-5---8---8-5-5-5---8---8---8-5---8---8---8---8-
Again, it’s pretty messy so the above is just a part of the riff – improvise around the above for the rest.
For the last verse, play riff 5.
Final chorus – same as before, play twice.
Key to the tab:
h = hammer-on
b = bend to next note to pitch of next note
r = release bent note to pitch of next note
/ or \ = slide to next note
*** = palm mute
Email me with any corrections / suggestions - metruccai@hotmail.com
JK
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