Tuning: Standard
American Nightmare is one of the few hardcore bands that can pull off using standard tuning and still sound brutal as hell.

Intro:
e|---------------------------
B|---------------------------
G|-7-5----7-8-5-------8-7----
D|-7-5-7--7-8-5-7---7-8-7----
A|-5-3-7--5-6-3-7---7-6-5----
E|-----5--------5---5--------

Verses 
e|------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------8--8--8-7-7-7---------------7-7-7-5-5-5---
D|-7--7--7-5-7--7-7-8--8--8-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-5-5-5---
A|-7--7--7-5-7--7-7-6--6--6-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3---
E|-5--5--5-3-5--5-5----------------3-3-3-3-3-3----------------

Chorus (picking up from last verse) 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G|-7-7-7-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------- 
D|-7-7-7-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7------------------
A|-5-5-5-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7-7-7------------------
E|----------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5 -----------------

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G|-7-7-7-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------- 
D|-7-7-7-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
A|-5-5-5-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
E|----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3------------------

Breakdown ("Die young or live forever....") 
e|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|------------------7~--5~-------
D|-8--7~----7-5~----7~--5~--7~---
A|-8--7~----7-5~----5~--3~--7~---
E|-6--5~----5-3~------------5~---

e|-------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------
G|------------------7~--5~-------------------------
D|-8--7~----7-5~----7~--5~--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----	  
A|-8--7~----7-5~----5~--3~--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----
E|-6--5~----5-3~------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----
                            * * * * * * * * * *

Breakdown part 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------8-8-8-7-7-7-------------7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5------------
D|-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7 (x2)
A|-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7
E|-5-5-5-5-5---------------3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5

TeH EnDzOrZZZ!!1!1!

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