EVERCLEAR - "American Girl" Tablature
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American Girl
As recorded by Everclear on the Heroin Girl Single
Tabbed by Jason Pan (balaka@alphalink.com.au)
(Chords used)
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D5 G A Bm D(2) E G(2) A(2)
e|-2---0-----3---5--3-0--2-------------------|
B|-3---3-----3---3--3-2--3-------------------|
G|-2---2-----2---2--0-2--4-----7---9--12--14-|
D|-0---0-----0---0--0-2--4-----7---9--12--14-|
A|------------------2-0--2-----5---7--10--12-|
E|------------------3------------------------|
(INTRO)
D D Dsus2 Dsus4 D5
e|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--|x1 e|-2-2-2--0-0-0-|x5 e|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|x1
B|----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
G|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--| G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-| G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
D|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
A|-----------------------| A|--------------| A|--------------|
E|-----------------------| E|--------------| E|--------------|
(Play this short solo over the third time you play the D, Dsus2 thing
above until the start of the verse)
e|-------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--3-5-5-5-|
B|-7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5-3-3-3--3-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Verse Riff. This is what the guitar plays, while the bass plays the root
notes of the chords. Either play the chords or this riff)
D Bm G A
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2-2h4p2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
(Verse Riff x3)
D Bm G A
She was an American girl raised on promises
D Bm G
She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life
A
Somewhere else
D Bm G A
After all it was a great big world with lots of places to run to
A
And if she had to die trying, she had one little promise she was gonna keep
G A
Oh yeah, all right
D
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all night
G A D
She was an American girl
(Verse Riff x3)
D Bm G A
It was kind of cold that night as she stood alone on the balcony
D Bm
She could hear the cars roll by
G A
out on four forty one like waves crashing on the beach
D Bm G A
And for one desperate moment there she crept back in her memory
A
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
A
Is still so far out of reach
G A
Oh yeah, all right
D
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all night
G A D
She was an American girl
(Solo - arranged for one guitar)
e|---------------2b-(let ring)-----------------2b-(let ring)---------|
B|------------------------------3-3h5p3-3-2----3----3-2-----3----3-2-|
G|--2--2h4p2-----2--2h4p2-------2-2h4p2------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------0---0--------0---0------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D(2) E G(2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2------3----3-2-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0---------0---0------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A(2) D(2) E G(2) A(2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2----3----3-2-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0-------0---0------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D(2) E G(2)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
"Wah-oah" "Oah-oh" "Ah-oah"
A(2)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
E|----------------------------|
"Ohhh..."
G A
Oh yeah, all right
D
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all god*** night
G A D
She was an American girl
D (with verse riff overdubbed, bass plays D instead of verse chords though)
Yeah American Girl
Yeah American Girl
American Girl
American Girl
American Girl......
JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/
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