American Dream Chords & Tabs
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AMERICAN DREAM - Silverstein
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Tabbed by: Shinsen88
Email: shinsen88@yahoo.com
Tuning:C#G#C#F#A#D#
The other tab was missing a few things (notably the lead guitar in the chorus)
and I think the intro is played a bit differently. Here's my take on it.
INTRO, pt. 1 (0:00-0:32)
D#|--------------------0-------|
A#|-----3------3-----3---3-----|
F#|---0------0-----0-------5-4-|
C#|-4------4-----4-------------|
G#|----------------------------| x3
C#|----------------------------|
D#|---------------0~-|
A#|-----3------3--3~-|
F#|---0------0----0~-|
C#|-4------4------4~-|
G#|------------------|
C#|------------------|
*bass*
INTRO, pt. 2 (0:33-0:43)
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-0~--5-4-0--2~--10~--0~--2~--10~--0~--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G#|-0~--5-4-0--2~--10~--0~--2~--10~--0~--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C#|-0~--5-4-0--2~--10~--0~--2~--10~--0~--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
. . .
VERSE (0:44-0:58)
D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----4---4h5-----4---4h5-----4---4h5--7-5-4-5-4-0-|
G#|-------------3-3---3------------------------------|
C#|-2-2---2-----------------0-0---0------------------|
. . . . . . . . .
D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------|
C#|-----4---4h5-----4---4h5--4/5-5/7-7/9-|
G#|-------------3-3---3------------------|
C#|-2-2---2------------------------------|
. . .
D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----4---4h5-----4---4h5-----4---4h5--7-5-4-5-4-0-|
G#|-------------3-3---3------------------------------|
C#|-2-2---2-----------------0-0---0------------------|
. . . . . . . . .
D#|----------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----4---4h5-----4---4h5--4/5-5/7-7/9--5+5+5+5+5+5+-|
G#|-------------3-3---3--------------------------------|
C#|-2-2---2--------------------------------------------|
. . . . . .
CHORUS (0:59-1:13)
guitar 1
D#|-15-15-15----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------15-15-15-------------------------------15-15-|
F#|----------16-16-16-17-17-17-------------------14-14-14-16-16-17-17-------|
C#|-------------------------------------17-17-17----------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silverstein/american_dream_tab_ver_2.html ]
D#|-15-15-15-------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------16-16-16-17-17-17----------16-16-16-16-16-17-14-|
C#|----------------------------17-17-17----------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-15-15-15----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------15-15-15-------------------------------15-15-|
F#|----------16-16-16-17-17-17-------------------14-14-14-16-16-17-17-------|
C#|-------------------------------------17-17-17----------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-15-15-15----------------------------------------------14-|
A#|----------------------------------------------15-15-15----|
F#|----------16-16-16-17-17-17----------14-14-14-------------|
C#|----------------------------17-17-17----------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 2
D#|---------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
C#|-2~--5~--0~--5~--10~--5~--0~--0~-|
G#|-2~--5~--0~--5~--10~--5~--0~--0~-| x2
C#|-2~--5~--0~--5~--10~--5~--0~--0~-|
REPEAT VERSE (1:14-1:29)
at end of second verse play
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-4/5-5/7-7/9--4/5-5/7-7/9--4/5-5/7-7/9--5+5+5+5+5+5+5-|
G#|------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
REPEAT CHORUS (1:30-1:44)
REPEAT INTRO, pt. 2 (1:45-1:59)
INTERLUDE (2:00-2:16)
guitar 1
D#|----------------|
A#|------8-10-8----|
F#|-9-11--------11-|
C#|----------------|
G#|----------------|
C#|----------------|
guitar 2
D#|---------------------------|
A#|-<-strum-->----------------|
F#|-5--9--7--5---9-9-9--7-7-7-|
C#|-5--9--7--5---9-9-9--7-7-7-|
G#|-3--7--5--3---7-7-7--5-5-5-|
C#|---------------------------|
. . . .
end with
D#|---------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REPEAT CHORUS (2:17-2:47)
OUTRO (2:48-END)
D#|--------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-2-2-2-0-2-0--2-2-2-0-2-0--2-2-2-0-2-0--10-10-10-10-0-0-|
G#|-2-2-2-0-2-0--2-2-2-0-2-0--2-2-2-0-2-0--10-10-10-10-0-0-| x4
C#|-2-2-2-0-2-0--2-2-2-0-2-0--2-2-2-0-2-0--10-10-10-10-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D#|-------------|
A#|-------------|
F#|------|
C#|-10------0-2-|
G#|-10------0-2-|
C#|-10------0-2-|
| . palm mute
| " tremolo pick
| * pinch harmonic
| ~ let note ring
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| v vibrato
| + natural harmonic
| x mute note
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