American Gothic tab by The Cult

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 Tuning





Intro:

E ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------x-x-x-x---|
A -------------------- --------------x-x-x-x---|
D ----5-/-0-----5--/-0---5-/-0- -----x-x-x-x---| x4

/= Pull Off
X= Mute





Verse:

E -----------------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------------|
G --3-----3-----3---3---3---3----2-----2---2-----2---2-|
D --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 -----------------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------|

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 string when played is palm muted!




Chorus Part 1:

E ----------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
A ------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
D --5-/-0-----5-/-0-----5-/-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|   x 2

            "Black star white light"



Part 2:

E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -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 -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 -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 -----------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------|
G -----------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------|  x4
D --5-/-0---5-/-0----5-/-0-----------------------|

              "Black Star White Light"


Breakdown Part 2:

Played with a phaser

E -----------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------|
G -------8-~---7-~--8-~--7-~---10--8--7----------|
D ---------------------------------------7-------|
A -----------------------------------------------|  x4
D -----------------------------------------------|

~= Vibrato


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