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American Dream
I play this song in Drop D though it’s probably played in E.
It still sounds the same.
Intro
G [-4-4-4-4/14-14/-4-4-/14-14/-4-4----6--4--2--4--2--0-]
D [-x-x-x-x/-x--x-/--x-x/-x--x-/-x-x----x--x--x--x--x--x-]
A [-2-2-2-2/12-12/-2-2/12-12/-2--2----4--2--0--2--0--x-]
Verse
G [-4--4--4--4-]
D [-x--x--x--x-]
A [-2--2--2--2-]x5 (sort of muted or played really quiet -
on the last round play it hard)
G [-x-4-x-4-]
D [-x-x-x-x-]
A [-x-2-x-2-] x8
Pre-Chorus
G [-4-4-6-6-8-8-11-11]
D [-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-]
A [-2-2-4-4-6-6--9--9-]
Chorus
Chords: B and E
Guitar 1
B E B E B E B
D [-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-]
A [-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-]
D [-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-]
Guitar 2 (or 1, playing it with his lower fingers
while he strums the main power chords) plays this
after each chord strum starting on the third B progression:
G [--11--11--11--11--4--4--4--4-]
D [--11--11--11--11--4--4--4--4-]
End when they return to the final ‘B’ power chord progression (the fourth B).
After Chorus:
G [-14-14-14-14/-4-4-]
D [--x---x--x---x/-x-x-]
A [-12-12-12-12/-2-2-] x2
And then:
G [--6-4-2-4-2-0-]
D [--x-x-x-x-x-x-]
A [--4-2-0-2-0-0-]
Repeat:
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
G [-4-4-4-4/-14-14-14-14-]
D [-x-x-x-x/--x---x--x---x-]
A [-2-2-2-2/-12-12-12-12-]
G [-4-4/-14-14-14-14-]
D [-x-x/--x--x--x--x-]
A [-2-2/-12-12-12-12-] x3
G [--6-4-2-4-2-0--4-4-4-4-]
D [--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-]
A [--4-2-0-2-0-0--2-2-2-2-] x2
G [-4-4-4-4-]
D [-x-x-x-x-]
A [-2-2-2-2-]
Chorus
End
G [-4-4-4-4-]
D [-x-x-x-x-]
A [-2-2-2-2-]x2
And then
And then:
G [--6-4-2-4-2-0-]
D [--x-x-x-x-x-x-]
A [--4-2-0-2-0-0-]
End on
G [-4-]
D [-x-]
A [-2-]
Enjoy.
Naragrath