AMERICANA by The Offspring. Album : Americana (1998)                      1/2
This song's intro is played with one note below normal tuning, but I made
it with normal tuning, because intro is the only part played with that low-
tuned guitar. Anyway, the best song on this album!!!!
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# intro (the way it goes right with low-tuned guitar) # X8 b=bend up half note
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
F-----------------------------------|
C-----------------------------------|
G---0-------2b------2-0-------------|
D-----------------------2---0-2-2---|
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# intro (turned to normal scale) # X8 b=bend up half note
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D---------------------------0-------|
A---------------------------0-------|
E---3-------5b------5-3-0-----0-0---|
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# intro-part2 # X4 (comes to background after intro X4) !play all notes 6X!
E-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G--12-------7-------9-------9---|
D--12-------7-------9-------9---|
A--10-------5-------7-------7---|
E-------------------------------|
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# verse #
E---------------------------|---|---------------------------|
B---------------------------|---|---------------------------|
G---9-7-9121412-9-7-9121412-|---|-9-7-9121412-9-7-9121412---|
D---9-7-9121412-9-7-9121412-|-2-|-9-7-9121412-9-7-9121412---|
A---7-5-7101210-7-5-7101210-|-2-|-7-5-7101210-7-5-7101210---|
E---------------------------|-0-|---------------------------|
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# pre-chorus #   *=play 10X with palm-muting   %=play 3X    +=play 6X
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------%---%---+------------------------------|
G----*-------*-------*------5---7---9--------+------9-7-9121412-9---|
D---2-------5-------7-------5---7---9-------9-------9-7-9121412-9---|
A---2-------5-------7-------3---5---7-------9-------7-5-7101210-7---|
E---0-------3-------5-----------------------7-----------------------|
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# chorus # X2   (second time last note X2)
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G---------7-7-7-9-9-9-4-5-5-------7-7-7-9-9-7-9-9-9---|
D---5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-9-4-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-7-9-9-9---|
A---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-7-7-7---|
E---3-3-3-------------------3-3-3---------------------|
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Then play verse, pre-chorus and chorus X2.
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# end-chorus2 #   (Yeah, it's all coming true...)   # bridge # slide to end
E-----------------------------|                     E-----------------------|
B-----------------------------|                     B-----------------------|
G--121212-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9---|                     G---9-----7-9-----7-9---|
D--121212-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9---|                     D---9-----7-9-----7-9---|
A--101010-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7---|                     A---7-----5-7-----5-7---|
E-----------------------------|                     E-----------------------|
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Then play verse (without middle part) and pre-chorus.
>>>>>>>>>>>to next page...
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AMERICANA                                                                 2/2
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# chorus3 # X2
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G---------8-8-8101010-5-6-6-------8-8-81010-8101010---|
D---6-6-6-8-8-8101010-5-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-81010-8101010---|
A---6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-3-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-8-8-8---|
E---4-4-4-------------------4-4-4---------------------|
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# end-chorus3 # X2
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G--131313-8-8-8101010101010---|
D--131313-8-8-8101010101010---|
A--111111-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
E-----------------------------|
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WELL FUCK YOU!!!!
Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 18.12.1998.