Bass tabs
Song: AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Album: Live in New York City (2001)
Transcribed by:
Edgar Aguilera ([email protected]), 30/03/2003
!.... play this note harder
Corrections are welcome.
MAIN RIFF
A . . . . . . . F#m . . . . . . .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||!-----!---------|!-----!---------|!-----!---------|!-----!---------|
||5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E . . . . . . . D . . . . . . .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|!-----!---------|!-----!---------||
|!-----!---------|!-----!---------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-||
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------||
BRIDGE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Is it a gun, is it a knife Is it a wallet, this is your life
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---5-4---4-2---|5---5-4---4-2---|5-5-5-4---4-2-2-|5-5-5-4---4-2-2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
It ain't... (it ain't no..) It ain't... (it ain't no..)
. . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|5-5-5-4---4-2-2-|5-5-5-4---4-----|7---------------||
|----------------|------------7---|----------------||
No secret my friend ... living in your american skin
There are many variations for the main riff for the gtr solo.
Here you have few of them all together in the same line.
And add notes an octave higher.
A . . . . . . . F#m . . . . . . .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||------6h7-7-7-7-|------6h7-7-----|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------4---4-|
||5-5-5-----------|5-5-5-------5-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2---2---|
E . . . . . . . D . . . . . . .
|----------------|-----------------|--------------4h6|7-7-7-7---------||
|!-----!---------|!-----!----------|-----------------|----------------||
|7-----7---------|7-----7-------2h4|5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|--------5-4-----||
|--0-0-----0-0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0----|-----------------|------------7-4-||
if you have other btab for springsteen songs, mail me please
greetings from barcelona, edgar