Song: AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Album: Live in New York City (2001) Transcribed by: Edgar Aguilera (forced_to_confess@yahoo.com), 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