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Tait - American Tragedy

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Song:		American Tragedy
Artist:		Tait
Written By:	Michael Tait, Pete Stewart
Album:		Empty
Copyright:	© 2001 Out Of Twisted Roots Music (Bmi)
Tabbed By:	Tim Dost
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This is my first song I've ever tabbed out, so I think I did a pretty good
job, but if there are some mistakes, please email me at timdost@hotmail.com
you can mail me at the same adress for comments and stuff... 
Have fun playing!!
( I'm dutch, so my english is not very good, so I hope you can understand it)
In the intro I think Pete uses a capo on the first fred, The chords are
relative to capo. Otherwise play
Fm - C# - As - Es 

Intro: Em - C - G - D (2*)
 
Then Pete plays this,
Hold the first note a very short time and then bend it, listen to the song to get the feel...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11b12r11-9--9------9-11-11-----11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11---11b12r11-9----|
G|-----------10-----10-------8--------------10-------10-------8------------10--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             Em  C  G      D            Em  C  G      D            Em

Verse1:
  Em       C     G       D
Art is in motion, look around
   Em         C         G          D
At the everyday people in everyday towns
  Em        C        G          D
Love is an ocean as deep as the sky
  Em         C         G             D
Gotta keep our arms open or we're never gonna fly

Chorus:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11--------------11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11------|
G|-----------10-------10-------8-----------------------10-------10-------8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             Em  C  G      D                       Em  C         G      D           
   It's a tragedy, all the hate I see    Am I left to be, a slave to history      

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11--------------11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11------|
G|-----------10-------10-------8-----------------------10-------10-------8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             Em  C  G      D                       Em  C         G      D            
   Love's our common ground, yeah! my skin is brown. Ain't no sweeter sound, walls
e|-------------------------------|
B|------------------11b12r11-9---|
G|----------------------------10-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

   are tumblin' down

vers 2:
Em      C      G       D
I can't deny it, overwhelms
Em          C         G         D
That changing your world means changing yourself
Em           C         G           D
You can't tell me what you already tried
Em           C            G                    D     
Cause we're never gonna shine, until we swallow our pride

Chorus:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11--------------11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11------|
G|-----------10-------10-------8-----------------------10-------10-------8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             Em  C  G      D                       Em  C         G      D           
   It's a tragedy, all the hate I see    Am I left to be, a slave to history      

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11--------------11b12r11-9--9--------9-11-11------|
G|-----------10-------10-------8-----------------------10-------10-------8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             Em  C  G      D                       Em  C         G      D            
   Love's our common ground, yeah! my skin is brown. Ain't no sweeter sound, walls
e|-------------------------------|
B|------------------11b12r11-9---|
G|----------------------------10-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
  
   are tumblin' down

Before and under solo play this (again): Em C G D 


Solo:
e|---------------------------13-11---------------------------------------------|
B|-11b13r11-9-11-9------9----------11h13p11---9-11-9-13-13-11-11-9-11-13-11-9-1|
G|----------------10-------10--------------------(10-10-10-10-10-10 )-------10-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                 Em      C    G         D ...

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11p9h11p9-------------------------------------9h11p9----9h11p9----6/18-18---|
G|----------10-10---10/13-13-10/13-13-10/13-13-10--------10------10------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------18-16-18-16-14/18-----------------------|
B|-6/18-18-6/18-----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

    The questions in you are the questions in me
    And I'm no closer to answers than you are to me
    If we just believe then we all can be free
    Nanananananananaaaa!

Comments about this tab

Minstrel_Man_7 - 2005-10-20

great tab, you forgot to say to capo 1.


Minstrel_Man_7 - 2005-10-20

nvm that, its just not that visible.


Bendude - 2005-12-24

Yea capo


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