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Author/Artist: Styx
Title: Miss America
Album: The Grand Illusion
Transcribed by: J. Chitty
Email: 08jchidester@davis.k12.ut.us
One of my favorite riffs of all time. I have the solo
here too. Remember, I will take requests for songs
(if I like them), so if you have any tabs you want me
to write, just email me at the address at the top.
If you want to play the intro synth on the guitar,
check out ‘s tab.
Just for fun, I’ve put which guitar equals which of
Styx’s guitarists plays that part. This is how it
was at least when I saw them in concert.
Guitar 1= James Young
Guitar 2= Tommy Shaw
Guitars come in at {0:22}
INTRO (Guitars 1 and 2)(clean)(reverb)
e|-----------0-----------------------------------------0------------------|
B|-----------0---------------------0-------------------0------------------|
G|-----------0------------0-----------0---------0------0------------------|
D|--------4--4---------4--------4------------5---------5------------------|
A|-----2-----2------2--------2------------3--------3---3------------------|
E|--0--------0------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------0------------------------0----------------------------------|
B|----------------0--------------------0----------------------------------|
G|--------0----------0------------0----0----------------------------------|
D|-----5----------------------5--------5----------------------------------|
A|--3---------------------4------------4----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------0-------2---------------------2----------|
B|-------------------------------------------3---------------------0------|
G|----0--------------0-------2-------2-----------2---------2--------------|
D|----5----------5-------0-----------------------------1------------------|
A|-4-----4---4--------------------------------------0---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------5-------------8-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------4-------------------------4-------------------------------|
G|------5----------------------7---------------5--------------------------|
D|-/4---------------7----------------4------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------0-------+12+-------------------|
B|---------------------------0-----------0-------+12+---------------------|
G|------------------0-----0-----0-----0--------+12+-----------------------|
D|---------2-----4-----4-----------4--------------------------------------|
A|------2-----2-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse/Main Riff (Guitar 2)(Distortion)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------x-5--7-------------------------------------|
D|------------------2-5-2v-----x-5--7-------------------------------------|
A|-7p5--7----------------------x-3--5-------------------------------------|
E|---------0--3--0---------------3--5-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------x-7--5-------------------------------------|
D|------------------2-5-2v-----x-7--5-------------------------------------|
A|-7p5--7----------------------x-5--3-------------------------------------|
E|---------0--3--0---------------5--3-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------x-5--7-------------------------------------|
D|------------------2-5-2v-----x-5--7-------------------------------------|
A|-7p5--7----------------------x-3--5-------------------------------------|
E|---------0--3--0---------------3--5-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4----4---4-4--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----4----4---4-4--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4----4---4-4-----5--7-----------------------------------------------|
A|-2--2----2---2-2-----5--7-----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------0--3--5-----------------------------------------------|
CHORUS (Guitars 1 and 2)(Distortion)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------6-------------------------------------------------|
D|----9---9-9--x-10--9--7-------9---9-9--x-9--7--5------------------------|
A|----9---9-9--x-10--9--7-------9---9-9--x-9--7--5------------------------|
E|----7---7-7--x-8---7--5-------7---7-7--x-7--5--3------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------9------6--4---------|
D|----9---9-9--x-10--9--7--5—-7~-----|
A|----9---9-9--x-10--9--7--5—-7~-----|
E|----7---7-7--x-8---7--5--3—-5~-----|
(Guitar 1 only)(phaser or flanger effect)
1st chorus ending 2nd & 3rd chorus ending 4th chorus ending
e|-----5~-----------5~--|----0~------------0~----|----0~-----0~-------0~--|
B|5~---------0---0~-----|--------0~--------------|-------0~-----0~--------|
G|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------|7~-------------7~-------|7~----------------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|----------7------7~-----|
E|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
BRIDGE/KEYBOARD SOLO (Guitars 1 and 2)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--/-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--/-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----------------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--/-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8~--6---8~--6---8--6-----10~--8---10~--8---10--8-----------------------|
A|-8~--6---8~--6---8--6-----10~--8---10~--8---10--8-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12v--10---12v--10---12--10----9~---------------------------------------|
A|-12v--10---12v--10---12--10----9~---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GUITAR SOLO (Guitar 1 does solo)(Guitar 2 does main riff)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3/13------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------12------------/7--9-9b10r9-7v--------------14b16r14vv-----------|
D|-------------14\--------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------*0~-----------------------------|
*(-5 1/2)(++)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------14-b15r14b15r14--------------------------------|
G|--12h14p12------14--12---14-b15r14b15r14---12h14p12------14------12-----|
D|------------14---------------------------------------14------14---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------12---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------12--15b17vv-\---7---------7--10p7----------------------------|
G|-14b16------------------------9b11v----------9b11r9p7-7/9v--9v-9v-\--/9\|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------12b15v------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--/9-----------14p12----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------14p12v---14p12--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------14-------------------12--14-----------|
E|--------------------------------------15v--12v---15-12------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------12--14b16r14p12-14b16-*0--------------------------------------|
D|--12--14----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*(-1 1/2)(++)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b17vv---12h15p12-----15------12--15--12--15b17vv--------------------|
G|---------------------14------14-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-17---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------17--20p17------------------------------------|
G|----19b21--16------16v----------------19b21vvv--------------------------|
D|---------------19-------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
SONG ORDER
Intro 1x (Both Guitars)
Main Riff 3x (Guitar 2)
Chorus 1x (Both Guitars)
Main Riff 2x (Guitar 2)
Chorus 1x (Both Guitars)
Bridge 1x (Both Guitars)
Guitar Solo 1x (Guitar 1-solo)(Guitar 2 main riff 2x under solo)
Chorus 1x (Both Guitars)
Main Riff 2x (Guitar 2)
Chorus 1x (Both Guitars)
Bridge 1x (Both Guitars, 1ST STANZA OF BRIDGE ONLY!!!)
Main Riff ** (Guitar 2 repeats first 2 stanzas of Main Riff until end)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| // slide up to infinity
| \\ slide down to infinity
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend
| ^ microbend
| v vibrato
| <> harmonic
| x Mute note
| ~ let ring
|(+1/2) up (+)or down (-)on whammy bar, number is how much (1/2=1 fret)
|(++) release whammy bar to original position after pushing down
|(--) release whammy bar to original position after pulling up
|(5) Ghost note (you don’t have to play it, but it sounds okay)
