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

Tabbed by: Matthew Florio; http://www.facebook.com/smeeplayscheap
E–mail: Shempashland@yahoo.com

Tuning: Drop D ( Standard )

Intro / Verse
*Add a very bouncy delay*
e|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
G|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
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|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

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~–––––––––––––––––––––|
D|––––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––––––––––––––––––|
D|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

Guitar 2
e|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
G|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
D|––––66666666––22222244––66666666––2222224~–––––––|
A|––––66666666––22222244––66666666––2222224~–––––––|
D|––––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|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
D|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|


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|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
D|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

                             *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~–––––––––|
D|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|



*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––––––––––––––––––|
D|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

Guitar 2
e|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
G|–––––––––––––––––4466*––––––––––––––|
D|–––66666666––2222xx44*––––––––––––––|
A|–––66666666––22222244*––––––––––––––|
D|–––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

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