The American Dream bass tab by Hank Williams Jr.

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Hungate - Bass'

  Intro:
  Q=194
  4/4
   Gtr I
   Q  E E Q  Q    W          Q  E E Q  Q    W
G|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
D|-5--5-5-5--5--|----------|-5--5-5-5--5--|------||
A|--------------|-3--------|--------------|-3----||
E|--------------|----------|--------------|------||

  1st - 3rd Verses:
   Segno $
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G||--5-----------|-5-----------|-------5-----|--------------|
D||o-------5-----|-------5-----|-3-----------|-------5------|
A||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-3------------|
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-5-----------|-5-----5-----|-7-----------|
D|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------------|-------7-----|
A|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------7-----|-------7-----|-5-----------|-5-----------|
D|-5-----------|-5-----------|-------5-----|-------5-----|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------5-----|-------------|-------------|-5-----------|
D|-3-----------|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|
A|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


                              1.
   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    E Q.     H    Q.   E
G|-5-----------|------5h7----|-5----5----5-|
D|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|
A|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|


   W          Q.   E Q  Q    H    E E Q
G|-5--------|--------------|-5------------||
D|----------|-5----5-5--5--|------5h7p5--o||
A|----------|--------------|-------------o||
E|----------|--------------|--------------||


                 Chorus:
   2.,D.S.
   Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-5-----------||-5-----------|-------5-----|-------------|
D|-------5-----||-------0--2--|-3-----------|-3-----3-----|
A|-------------||----3--------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    +Q   Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------5-----|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------3--4--|-(4)-----------|-3-----3-----|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|---------5-----|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------5-----|-5-----------|-------5-----|-------------|
D|-------------|-------0--2--|-3-----------|-3-----2--0--|
A|-3-----------|----3--------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


                                      To Coda
   Q  Q  H      W          Q  Q  Q  Q    W
G|------------|----------|-------------|-------|
D|------------|-3--------|-------3--4--|-3-----|
A|-3----------|----------|-3-----------|-------|
E|------------|----------|-------------|-------|


                                         Dal Segno al Coda
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-5-----------|-------------|-5-----------|----0--2--4--||
D|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------------||
A|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||


   Coda &
   Q  Q  Q  Q    W          Q  Q  Q  Q    W
G|-5-----------|----------|-------------|------||
D|-------5-----|-3--------|-------3--4--|-3----||
A|-------------|----------|-3-----------|------||
E|-------------|----------|-------------|------||


  Outro:
   W          W          H    H
G|-5--------|----------|-----------|
D|----------|----------|-----------|
A|----------|-3--------|-3----3----|
E|----------|----------|-----------|


   H    H      +W           +W
G|------5----|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
D|-5---------|------------|--------*|
A|-----------|------------|--------*|
E|-----------|------------|--------*|

Lyrics:
Too many lawyers in football
Baseballs gotta few
The pitcher got a million dollars
And the quarterback he got 2
Pitcher threw his arm away
And the quarterback burned his knee
And this they did so they could live the American dream

Now there are some preachers on TV
with a suit and a tie and a vest
They want you to send your money to the lord
But they give you their address
Cause all of your donations are completely tax free
God bless you all but most of all send your money

Do you really want it?
Do you really need it?
Ya gotta keep on grindin' just to try to keep it
Ya got no time for yourself ya got more ba roe Jim Beam
Your goin' crazy dreamin'
The American dream

Reagan is a cuttin' the budget makin' the democrats scream
Says we gotta control inflation
Quit spendin' our money on everything
But this year's tax increase why is the biggest in history
Round and around we go where we stop who knows
The American dream

Do you really want it?
Do you really need it?
Ya gotta keep on grindin' just to try to keep it
We got no time for ourselves ya got more ba roe Jim Beam
Your goin' crazy dreamin'
The American dream
Your goin' crazy dreamin'
The American dream
Hail to the chief
He he hell yes
He he he

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   h   -  hammer-on
|   p   -  pull-off

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