Album: Song For America
Transcribed by: J. Chitty
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This is an awesome song that I had never heard before
until someone requested to me to tab it out. Now I
love the song.
In the recording, there is only one guitar until the
solo, where one guitar does the background riff and
the other one does the solo (there?s also the short
harmonized solo, the only place Guitar 3 comes in).
I?m going to tab it just like it?s recorded. But if
you?re playing it in a band, just have both guitars
do the same thing until the solo and then you can
split them up, obviously.
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COMPLICATED AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THE SONG
ORDER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TAB SO YOU DON?T GET CONFUSED.
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Guitar 1 - Everything else
Guitar 2 - Solo Guitar
INTRO (Guitar 1)
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B||
G|00|
D|0002|
A|23233v3v|
E|(3)3|
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B||
G|00|
D|0002|
A|23233v3v|
E|(3)3|
e||
B||
G||
D|330|
A|03310131v1v|
E|(1)1|
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B||
G||
D|330|
A|03310131v1v|
E|(1)1|
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B||
G||
D||
A||
E|3555v33555v3555v33555v|
VERSE 2
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B||
G|(0)|
D|77p55v577557|
A|57v535|
E|55|
CHORUS 1
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B||
G|024|
D|02377|
A|01v3v302305555|
E|13333|
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B||
G|024|
D|023775|
A|01v03v302305535|
E|1333|
INTERLUDE
e||
B||
G|(0)|
D|77p55v577557|
A|57v535|
E|55|
VERSE 2
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B||
G|(0)|
D|77p55v577557|
A|57v535|
E|55|
CHORUS 2
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B||
G|024|
D|02377|
A|01v03v302305555|
E|13333|
e||
B||
G|024|
D|023---------------775|
A|01v03v35555357|
E|133335|
BRIDGE/INSTRUMENTAL 1 RIFF (Guitar 1)
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B||
G||
D|9~79~79~77|
A|7777~57777~57777~5755|
E|53|
PM . . . . . . . . .
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B||
G||
D|9~79~79~7977|
A|7777~57777~57777~575795|
E|----------------------------------------------57|
PM . . . . . . . . .
(Guitar 2)
e|12~12pb|
B|15b17v~15b1717r1512|
G|-------------------------------14p1214p12|
D|-------------------------------------1414|
A||
E||
e||
B||
G|1212b1412b1412-----------------------|
D|14p1212141412-----------------|
A|14-----------------------14131210|
E||
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B||
G||
D||
A|12p101010101012p1012p10|
E|121212101212|
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B||
G|-------------------------121212|
D|121214121414p1214121414|
A|12/141414-------------------------------------------|
E||
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B||
G|12b14r12b14r12b14r12b14r1212b14r12|
D|141412141214|
A||
E||
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B||
G|1214?14b16v1214121412h141212^12^|
D|-----------------------------------------1414|
A||
E||
e||
B||
G|-----------------1112111214b16v14b16v|
D|121411121414--------------------------------|
A||
E||
e||
B|15~-----------------pbpbpb|
G|14b16vpb16r14~12h1416r1416r1416r14|
D||
A||
E||
e||
B|pbpbpb------------------------------------|
G|16r1416r1416r1412141214?12h1414|
D||
A||
E||
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B||
G|12^-----------------------------------------------------|
D|1412------------------------------------------------|
A|x1312101210v-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------12577---------------|
GUITAR SOLO 2(also BRIDGE)
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B|15b17b17b1715v1215b17b17b1715v12|
G||
D||
A||
E||
e|--------------------------15b1715v----------------------|
B|15b17b17b1715v12-----------------------------------|
G||
D||
A||
E||
e|pb--------------------------------------------|
B|15b17vv17r1512--------------------------------------|
G|14b16141212|
D|--------------------------------141214x121414|
A||
E||
e||
B||
G|12b141212|
D|12v14v12vv121414---------------|
A|14v|
E||
e||
B|121215p121515b17vv15^---------------|
G|14p12141414|
D||
A||
E||
e|15b17~1512151212|
B|----------------------151215121512h1512|
G||
D||
A||
E||
e||
B|12------------------------------------------------------|
G|1412------------------------------------------------|
D|141214~14v14v-----------------------------|
A||
E||
INTERLUDE (Guitar 1)
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B||
G||
D|97~97~|
A|75~75~|
E||
INSTRUMENTAL 1 (Guitar 1)
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B||
G||
D|777779|
A|777777555557|
E|555555-------------------------------------|
e||
B||
G||
D|777779|
A|777777555557|
E|555555-------------------------------------|
e||
B||
G||
D|777777|
A|777777777555555|
E|555555555|
e||
B||
G||
D|777777|
A|777777777555555|
E|555555555|
BRIDGE 1 (Guitar 1)
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B||
G||
D||
A|7777777777777|
E|5555555555555|
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B||
G||
D|------------------------------------5|
A|777777777773|
E|55555555555|
e||
B||
G||
D|777777777777|
A|5555555755555|
E|-------------------------5-------------------------------|
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B||
G|5--------------------------------|
D|75555553555555-----------------|
A|5333333333333-----------------|
E||
e||
B||
G||
D|77777777777|
A|55555555555|
E||
e||
B||
G||
D|9~9~10~10~77|
A|7~7~8~8~55555|
E|--------------------------------333-----------------|
e||
B||
G||
D|799797997|
A|5775757755|
E|-----------------------------3|
e||
B||
G||
D|79979797|
A|577575755|
E|-----------------------------3|
BACKGROUND RIFF to G. Solo 3
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B||
G||
D|79979--------------------------------------------|
A|57757575-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------75~73~5~|
GUITAR SOLO 3 (Guitar 2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------5b8~--r5-------------------------|
A|-x--[7]--[7]-[5]-x-x-------------8--x-8--7-{7}//---------|
E|-------------------x------------------------------12---|
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B|-------------------------pb------------------------------|
G|{7}{9}{12r9}7h9p7h9p7h94//|
D|7/9--------------------------------------------|
A|5h7b9r7-------------------------------------------------|
E||
e||
B|{15}b1615b17r15b17r15|
G|{12}{12}----------------------------------------------|
D||
A||
E||
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B|12------------------------------------|
G|14b16vv14121412^--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------14v-------------------------|
A||
E||
e||
B|15b17vv151215p12|
G|1212-------------------------14|
D|121414-----------------------------------------|
A|/14-----------------------------------------------------|
E||
e||
B|12h151512--------------------------------------------|
G|141214b16vr14|
D||
A||
E|------------------------------------0-----------------|
*divebomb with whammy bar
BRIDGE 3 (Guitar 1)
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B||
G||
D|79979--------------------------------------------|
A|57757575-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------75~73~5~|
e||
B||
G||
D|799797~7~7|
A|577575755~5~5~5~55|
E|-----------------------75~3~3~3|
INSTRUMENTAL
(same as instrumental 1)
GUITAR SOLO 4
|(Guitar 2)
| A5 D5
e|--------------------------191719171717|
B|--------------------------------191919|
G|19b2121v19b2121v-------------------------19|
D||
A||
E||
|(Guitar 3)
e|--------------------------1917191717|
B|pbpb19191917|
G|16b1818v16b1818v-------------------------19|
D||
A||
E||
|(Guitar 2)
| A5 A5
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B|20b2217---------------pbpb-----------------|
G|1819b2121v19b2121v|
D||
A||
E||
|(Guitar 3)
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B|14b1514---------------pbpb-----------------|
G|1416b1818v16b1818v|
D||
A||
E||
|(Guitar 2)
|D5 A5
e|19p1719p171717-------------------------|
B|191719---------------20b2217|
G|-----------------------19----------------------18|
D||
A||
E||
|(Guitar 3)
e|19p1719p1717-----------------------------|
B|1917191714b1514|
G|-----------------------19----------------------14|
D||
A||
E||
BACKGROUND to Violin Solo (Guitar 1)
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B||
G||
D|3~35~------------------------------------------|
A|1~13~013v1v0|
E|3------------------------------------|
CHORUS 3 (Same as chorus 1)
VERSE 3
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B||
G||
D|775v77557|
A|57v535|
E||
CHORUS 4 (same as chorus 2)
OUTRO
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B||
G||
D|1097547----------------------|
A|75757875325----------------------|
E|53535------------------------------------------|
e||
B||
G||
D|97979------------------------------------------|
A|75757121097543257757|
E|10875321035535|
SONG ORDER
Intro 1x (Guitar 1)
Verse 1 4x (Guitar 1)
Chorus 1 1x (Guitar 1)
Interlude 2x (Guitar 1)
Verse 2 4x (Guitar 1)
Chorus 2 1x (Guitar 1)
Guitar Solo 1 1x (Guitar 2)(Guitar 1 instrumental 1 riff 3x under G. solo)
Keyboard Solo 1x (Guitar 1 instrumental 1 riff 1x under K. solo)
G. Solo2/Bridge1 1x (Guitar 2)(Guitar 1 bridge riff 2x under vocals *)
Interlude 1x (Guitar 1)
Instrumental 1 1x (Guitar 1)
Bridge 2 1x (Guitar 1)
Guitar Solo 3 1x (Guitar 2)(Guitar 1 background riff 4x under G. Solo)
Bridge 3 1x (Guitar 1)
Instrumental 2 1x (Guitar 1)(repeat of 1st instr., ONLY FIRST HALF OF IT)
Guitar Solo 4 1x (Guitars 2&3)(Guitar 1 does power chords written above
solo)
BG to Viol. Solo 1x (Guitar 1)
Chorus 3 1x (Guitar 1)(same as Chorus 1)
Verse 3 4x (Guitar 1)
Chorus 4 1x (Guitar 1)(same as Chorus 2)
Outro 1x (Guitar 1)
KEY/LEGEND
| / slide up
| slide down
| // slide up to infinity
| slide down to infinity
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend
| r release bend
| pb pre-bend (appears above pre-bent note)
| ^ micro-bend
| PM... Palm mute - notes w/the dots directly beneath them are P.M.
| v vibrato
| x Mute note
| x pick slide down
| x/ pick slide up
| ~ let note ring
| (+1/2) up (+)or down (-)on whammy bar, number indicates amount of whammy
(1/2=1 fret)
| (5) Ghost note
| natural harmonic (finger touches string lightly above fret-
usually the 5th, 7th, or 12th fret)
| [] artificial harmonic (picked usually at 5, 7, or 12 frets above the
note being played, thumb follows through with
pick attack)
| {} pinch harmonic (thumb follows through in pick attack at place
where the pinch harmonic is found)