• Song:

    Were An American Band

  • Artist:

    Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad
Were an American Band
Standard Tuning

Intro

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        Intro (continued)

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A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
  

    first verse


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A|--5-5--5xxxx--5-5--5xxxx--3-x--3-3-x--3-3--10-8--7-3-|
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  Out on the road for forty days,last night in middle rock put me in haze.
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A|---5-5----5xxxx----5-5----5xxxx--3x----3--3x---3--3--10----8----7-------|
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Sweet sweet connie, doin her act,she had that whole show and thats a natural fact.
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A|---5-5----5xxxx----5-5----5xxxx--3x----3--3x---3--3--10----8----7-------|
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  Playin all night, with freddie king, ive got to tell you, pokers his thing. Booze and 
keep me right. As long as we can make it to the show tonight.
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A|--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5--|
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 (continued)
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   |-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---|
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   |--------------------|

        Chorus

Were an american band.. were an american band.. were comin to your town, well help you 
it down, were an american band.

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D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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Four young chiquitas, in Omaha, waitin for the band to return from the show.
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A|---5-5----5xxxx----5-5----5xxxx--3x----3--3x---3--3--10----8----7-------|
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Feelin good, feelin right, its saturday night. The hotel detective he was out of sight.
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A|---5-5----5xxxx----5-5----5xxxx--3x----3--3x---3--3--10----8----7-------|
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Now these fine ladies, they had a plan. They were out to meet the boys in the band. They 
"Comon dudes, lets get it on". And we proceeded to tear that hotel down!
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D|--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7--|
A|--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5--|
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  (continued)
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   |-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---|
   |-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5---|
   |--------------------|


Were an american band.. were an american band.. were comin to your town, well help you 
it down, were an american band.

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D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Were an american band.. were an american band.. were comin to your town, well help you 
it down, were an american band.

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G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

There it is.

This is a corrected version of the Tab from ultimateguitar.com
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