Tabs
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Dead American - Anberlin
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Artist: Anberlin
Song: Dead American
Album: Devotion
Tabbed by: Matthew Florio
E-mail: [email protected]
Submitted by: Herman
Tuning: Drop 
D MajorD (Standard)
Intro / Verse
*Add a very bouncy delay*
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4---|
A augmentedA|-66---66---66---66---66---66---66---66---44---44---44---44---44---44---44---44------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
*there isnt really another guitar part but you can just hold these chords out*
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------------------|
G+G|----4~----4~----3~----3~---------------------|
D MajorD|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------|
A augmentedA|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------|
D MajorD|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
*there are a lot layers in this song so its hard to make out*
*there's a third guitar which is pretty much octaves being swirrled (volume)*
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----4p3p4p--4p3p4p--4p5p4p--4p5p4p------------|
A augmentedA|--5p------5p------4p------4p------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------|
A augmentedA|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------|
D MajorD|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------|
Verse 2
*faint keyboard part in the background... transcribed to guitar*
e|---7---7---7----7---7---7-------------|
BB|----7h9-7h9-7h9~-7h9-7h9-7h9~---------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
Interlude
Guitar 1
*slide slightly into each note and hold them out... ghost them*
e|------------------------12--11-12--------------------|
BB|---10~----12~----14~------14-----14-12---------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
*play this part softly*
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------12----------14------*12h14p12h14p12~-12h14p12h14p12~*-----|
G+G|--11h13--12h14~--13--13~--13-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
*ring out chords... these chords sound fuller even though they probably used power chords*
e|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------|
BB|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------|
G+G|----2~----4~----6~----6~---------|
D MajorD|----2~----4~----6~----6~---------|
A augmentedA|----0~----2~----4~----4~---------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|
*Theres that little break right after the Interlude before final Choruses*
Keyboard Tabbed for a third Guitar part
e|---4-6h7--4-6h7--4-6h7----------------|
BB|----7------7------7-------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|
Final Choruses
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----4p3p4p--4p3p4p--4p5p4p--4p5p4p------------|
A augmentedA|--5p------5p------4p------4p------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------4466*--------------|
D MajorD|---66666666--2222xx44*--------------|
A augmentedA|---66666666--22222244*--------------|
D MajorD|---66666666--2222--44*--------------|
*or just play as 4xx6xx *
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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