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Were An American Band Bass Tab by Grand Funk Railroad

Were An American Band bass tab by Grand Funk Railroad

Bass Tab 

Another classic by Mark Farner and company with the great Mel Schacher on bass. Mel
throws a few different fills in here from chorus to chorus but I only transcribed one
chorus to be repeated.

Tabbed by: BASSteve

Tuning: EADG

Time signature: 4/4

r = rest (listen for duration)
h = hammer on
/ = slide (low to high)
\ = slide (high to low)
()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on
{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate
durations.



 INTRO

   2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||r-------------------------------|r-------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||



|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3/--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|1---1---1---1---1---1---1/-(8)\-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|



|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|----------------------------5h7-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5h7-----|
|5-----5-5---r-------------------|5-----5-5\----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|5-------r-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3---r---2---r---------------|
|------------3---3---------------|3-------------------0---3-0-3---|
|--------------------5---3---3---|--------------------------------|



VERSE

  2x
||--------------------------------|----------------------------5h7-|
||--------------------------------|------------------------5h7-----|
||5-----5-5---r-------------------|5-----5-5\----------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|5-------r-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----3---r---2---r---------------||
|------------3---3---------------|3-------------------0---3-0-3---||
|--------------------5---3---3---|--------------------------------||



|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|------------------------7---0---|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---0-----------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5---0-------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|



|--------5---------------5-------|--------7---------------7-------|
|3---3-------5---3---3-------5---|5---5-------7---5---5-------7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



CHORUS

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|1---1---1---1---1---1---1/-(8)\-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|



|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|



BRIDGE

|--------------------------------|----------------------------5h7-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5h7-----|
|5-----5-5---r-------------------|5-----5-5\----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|5-------r-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3---r---2---r---------------|
|------------3---3---------------|3-------------------0---3-0-3---|
|--------------------5---3---3---|--------------------------------|



(VERSE)


(CHORUS - 2x)



SOLO

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|------------------------7---0---|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---0-----------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5---0-------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|



|--------5---------------5-------|--------7---------------7-------|
|3---3-------5---3---3-------5---|5---5-------7---5---5-------7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



(CHORUS - 2x)



OUTRO

  3x
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---3---r---3---r---3---3---0---||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||



|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|{5}-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|5\------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

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