American High Chords & Tabs
Artist: Machine Head
Song: American High
Album: Supercharger (2001)
Tab Type: Guitar
Tabbed by: Christian Murua / silent_warrior_@hotmail.com
This is a cool song off the new album..enjoy playing it!
The intro is played throughout the song. You can play it palm muted or not..however
it sounds better palm muted. There's also a 2nd guitar using a wah pedal, but since
I don't have a wah pedal, I did not tab those parts.
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
PM - Palm mute
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
Intro
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x12
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
PM- --- --- --- --- -----
Verse
|----10----10-|
|-14----14----|
|-------------| x7
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x4
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
PM- --- --- --- --- -----
Verse
|----10----10-|
|-14----14----|
|-------------| x7
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
Chorus
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------7-6--6/12\8-----------7-6--6\3/7-| x2
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-4--4/10\6--5-5-5-5--5-4--4\1/5-|
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
PM- - - - - - - -
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x4
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x4
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
PM- --- --- --- --- -----
|----10----10-|
|-14----14----|
|-------------| x7
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/machine_head/american_high_tab_ver_2.html ]
Chorus
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------7-6--6/12\8-----------7-6--6\3/7-| x2
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-4--4/10\6--5-5-5-5--5-4--4\1/5-|
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
PM- - - - - - - -
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x4
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|------|
|------|
|-12\3-| x1
|------|
|-10\1-|
|------|
Bridge - Clean (no distortion)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-1--3--5--3--1--8--6--8--6--7--6--5--4--5-| x1
|-1--3--5--3--1--8--6--8--6--7--6--5--4--5-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Resume distortion
|---------------------10----10----|
|------------------------14----14-|
|---------------------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0---------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0---------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0---------------|
PM- - - - - - -
|-------------------------10----10----|
|----------------------------14----14-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0--1--0-0--1--0-0--1--------------|
|-0-0--1--0-0--1--0-0--1--------------|
|-0-0--1--0-0--1--0-0--1--------------|
PM- - - - - -
|-10----------------------------------------------------| |--10--|
|----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| |--14--|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1 |------| x17
|-------------------------------------------------------| |------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| |------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| |------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x6
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x4
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
PM- --- --- --- --- -----
Credit to Machine Head for writing this great song.
