American Gothic tab by The Cult

Tabs

This is mostly the rhythm guitar parts as that is what I play in the band I'm in. You
should be able to work out the lead parts from the breakdown that I have Tabbed. Anyway enjoy.

Drop D MajorD Tuning




Intro:

E MajorE ---------------------------------------------|
BB ---------------------------------------------|
G+G ---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -----------------------------------x-x-x-x---|
A augmentedA -------------------- --------------x-x-x-x---|
D MajorD ----5-/-0-----5--/-0---5-/-0- -----x-x-x-x---| x4

/= Pull Off
X= Mute

Verse:

E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------|
BB -----------------------------------------------------|
G+G --3-----3-----3---3---3---3----2-----2---2-----2---2-|
D MajorD --0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0 0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------------|

WARNING!! The rhythm is not tabbed correctly but you get the basic idea all you do now
is use your ears to figure out the rhythm.

Note: Also the open D MajorD string when played is palm muted!



Chorus Part 1:

E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------|
BB ----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD ------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
A augmentedA ------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
D MajorD --5-/-0-----5-/-0-----5-/-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|  x 2

      "Black star white light"

Part 2:

E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A augmentedA -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D MajorD -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|





I haven't worked out what the little lead thing that he plays after the chorus.





Breakdown:

E MajorE -----------------------------------------------|
BB -----------------------------------------------|
G+G -----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------| x4
D MajorD --5-/-0---5-/-0----5-/-0-----------------------|

       "Black Star White Light"


Breakdown Part 2:

Played with a phaser

E MajorE -----------------------------------------------|
BB -----------------------------------------------|
G+G -------8-~---7-~--8-~--7-~---10--8--7----------|
D MajorD ---------------------------------------7-------|
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------| x4
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------|

~= Vibrato


That's all there pretty much is to know you can work out the rest from what I have