American Wheeze Tab by 16 Horsepower

American Wheeze tab by 16 Horsepower

Guitar Tab

Tuning: D A D G B E

Q=140
4/4
Intro

Jew's Harp
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Q.   Q.   Q   3x      Q.   Q.   Q           Q.   Q.   Q   3x      Q.   Q.   Q    4x
||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||------------------||
||o---------------o||-||o---------------o||-||o---------------o||-||o----------------o||
||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||------------------||
||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||------------------||
||o-[5]---5----5--o||-||o---------------o||-||o-[5]---5----5--o||-||o----------------o||
||-----------------||-||--[0]---0----0---||-||-----------------||-||--[0]---0----0----||

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Verse
   Chemnitzer concertina    1.                          2.
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-------6---6-------6---6-|-------6---6-------------o||-------6---6-------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------4---4-5-4--||--------------------------||
||--7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7---7---5---5---5---5----||
||o---5-----------5---------|---5---------------------o||---5-----------3---3---3-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------||

Pre-chorus
    Chemnitzer concertina    1.                          2.
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-------6---6-------6---6-|-------6---6-------------o||-------6---6-------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------4---4-5-4--||--------------------------||
||--7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7---7---5---5---5---5----||
||o---5-----------5---------|---5---------------------o||---5-----------3---3---3-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------||

1.                          2.
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E     E  E E E E E E E E E  E  E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||
||o-------6---6-------6---6-|-------6---6-------------o||--------6---6---------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------4---4-5-4--||-----------------------------||
||--7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7----7---5---5---5----5-----||
||o---5-----------5---------|---5---------------------o||----5-----------3---3-----3-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||
|                                                       |
|   Chemnitzer concertina (2nd/droning melody)          |                    |--3--|
|   W                         W                         | H.                 E  E  E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------10-10--||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||

1.,3.
     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o-----------6-----6-----------6-----6-|-----------6-----6-------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------4-----4--5--4--||
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|--7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----------||
||o-----5-----------------5-------------|-----5-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|                                       |
|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--| |  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
|    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E |  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

2.,4.
   |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
|--------------------------------------||
|-----------6-----6-------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----||
|-----5-----------------3-----3-----3-o||
|--------------------------------------||
|                                       |
   |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||

Chorus
     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--| |-3--|  |-3--|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E E  E E  E E  E   4x
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o-----------6-----6-----------6--8--6-|-----------6--8--6-----------------o||
||--------------------------------------|----------------------4----4-5--4---||
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7----------|--7-----7----------5----5-----------||
||o-----5-----------------5-------------|-----5-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|
|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--| |-3--|  |-3--|
|    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E E  E E  E E  E   4x
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8h10-8h10-8h10---||
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Verse

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Outro
                              1.,3.                       2.,4.
    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-------6---6-------6---6-||-------6---6-------------o||-------6---6-------------o||
||--------------------------||---------------4---4-5-4--||--------------------------||
||--7---7---7---7---7---7---||-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7---7---5---5---5---5----||
||o---5-----------5---------||---5---------------------o||---5-----------3---3---3-o||
||--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------||

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   W
|-------------------------|------*|
|-------6---6-------6---6-|------*|
|-------------------------|------*|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|------*|
|---5-----------5---------|------*|
|-------------------------|------*|

Additional notes:
This tab is a transcription of the album version of the song.

I have tried to capture the main feel of the song. Transcribing every part,
every measure, note for note turned out to be too tricky and would probably
be too tedious to read.

There are some variations on the main rhythm section:

David plays short bursts of galloping 16th triplets here and there.
Feel free to add some as well if you want to spice things up a bit.

When the vocal part appears you should just play the 1st and 2nd measure instead of all three.

By the end of the song the 2nd measure is played slightly differently, namely
   |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------6-----6-----------5--6--8-o|
|-----------------------4--------------|
|--7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----------|
|-----5-------------------------------o|
|--------------------------------------|

That happens only once I think.

Have fun

Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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