Dead American

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                                          Dead American - Anberlin
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Artist: Anberlin
Song: Dead American
Album: Devotion


Tuning: Drop D ( Standard )

Intro / Verse
*Add a very bouncy delay*
e|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| 
B|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| 
G|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| 
D|---3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4---|       
A|-66---66---66---66---66---66---66---66---44---44---44---44---44---44---44---44------|       
D|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| 

Guitar 2
*there isnt really another guitar part but you can just hold these chords out*
E|---------------------------------------------| 
B|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------------------| 
G|----4~----4~----3~----3~---------------------| 
D|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------| 
A|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------| 
E|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------| 

Chorus

Guitar 1
*there are a lot layers in this song so its hard to make out*
*there's a third guitar which is pretty much octaves being swirrled (volume)*
E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----4p3p4p--4p3p4p--4p5p4p--4p5p4p------------| 
A|--5p------5p------4p------4p------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 

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Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------| 
D|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------| 
A|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------| 
E|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------| 

Verse 2
*faint keyboard part in the background... transcribed to guitar*
E|---7---7---7----7---7---7-------------| 
B|----7h9-7h9-7h9~-7h9-7h9-7h9~---------| 
G|--------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 


Interlude

Guitar 1
*slide slightly into each note and hold them out... ghost them*
E|------------------------12--11-12--------------------| 
B|---10~----12~----14~------14-----14-12---------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 


                             *play this part softly*
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------12----------14------*12h14p12h14p12~-12h14p12h14p12~*-----| 
G|--11h13--12h14~--13--13~--13-------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

Guitar 2
*ring out chords... these chords sound fuller even though they probably used power chords*
E|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------| 
B|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------| 
G|----2~----4~----6~----6~---------| 
D|----2~----4~----6~----6~---------| 
A|----0~----2~----4~----4~---------| 
E|---------------------------------| 



*Theres that little break right after the Interlude before final Choruses*
Keyboard Tabbed for a third Guitar part
E|---4-6h7--4-6h7--4-6h7----------------| 
B|----7------7------7-------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 

Final Choruses
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----4p3p4p--4p3p4p--4p5p4p--4p5p4p------------| 
A|--5p------5p------4p------4p------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 


Guitar 2
E|------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------4466*--------------| 
D|---66666666--2222xx44*--------------| 
A|---66666666--22222244*--------------| 
E|---66666666--2222--44*--------------| 

*or just play as 4xx6xx *


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend