• Song:

    American Bad Ass

  • Artist:

    Kid Rock

  • Album:

    Live Trucker

American Bad Ass Tab by Kid Rock

Heres how it goes

Dropped D

INTRO 
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|-5------5-5-5--6---6---5---5--------------|
|-5------5-5-5--6---6---5-----9-8--6---6---|
|----------------------------------6---6---|
    a few times....

after that there is a little twinkling noise that goes like this

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|-2-x-2-2-x-2-|
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Verse                    other ending to the verse
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|-0-0---0--0------------|----------|
|-0-0---0--0--3---------|-3---3-3^-|
|-0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3-|---5------|

Fill
|-10--10--10-----------------|
|-------------a couple times-|
|-7---7---7------------------|
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Pre-Chorus
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|-3---3^----5---5---------|
|---4----------------12/0-|

Chorus
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|-0-0---0--0-------------0-0---0--0------------|
|-0-0---0--0--3----------0-0---0--0--3---------|
|-0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3--0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3-|

  hey   hey ........... hey   hey
|-10^---10^/------------10^----10^/-|
|-13^---13^/------------13^----13^/-|
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|-0-0---0--0-------------0-0---0--0------------|
|-0-0---0--0--3----------0-0---0--0--3---------|
|-0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3--0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3-|

  hey   hey ........... hey   hey   hey   hey
|-10^---10^/------------10^----10^/-10^---10^/-|
|-13^---13^/------------13^----13^/-13^---13^/-|
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Verse 2 same as one but with this fill
Fill 2
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|-0--0-----0--0----|
|-0--0--3--0--0--3-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|

Interlude
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|-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------3--3--1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--a million times then...--3--3--1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|

Verse 3 with wah-wah                  ends with      and with
|------------------------------------|--------------|10-13-10-13-10-13--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------10-13-10-13---------------|
|------------------------------------|12^^^^^^^^^^^^|-----------------------------10h12-12^-10--|
|10/12--12------10-12-----10-12^-(12)|--------------|-----------------------------------------12|
|------------12--------12------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
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Pre-Chorus last time
  oh................ they call me
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|-12^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-------12---(12)-|
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Last chorus
  cowboy im a singer....................
|-10--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--------------------------------------------------------|
|----12^----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------12--12-12^(12)-12--12-------12-12---12-|
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                       hey hey .........your at
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|-10--12^(12)/10-------------------------10 12^(12)/10------|
|---------------12-10--12--12-12---12-----------------12-10-|
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  hey  hey                        hey  hey
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|---------------------------------------------7--------------|
|-5--5--3-5--3-5-5-3-5-5^(5)/3----------------------------10-|
|------------------------------5--5----5----8---8--10/12-----|
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  hey      hey      hey      hey
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|-------------10-12-12^------12^---12^^^^^^^^^-|
|-12-------12----------------------------------|
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Second time through is the same until second hey hey hey hey then it goes
  hey        hey       hey    hey
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|-------------------------13^-----|
|-------12--12/14-----------------|
|-10/12---------------------------|
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  put detroit city back............ (timing not correct here, to save space)
|--------13-15^(15)---------------------------------|
|-13--15------------15-13-15-13-13-15^^^^--13/15/13-|
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  hey       hey      hey      hey  kid rock's
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|-15--15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-------13--------|
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Outro
|-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-------------------------------|
|---------------------13-10-13-10--------------------|
|--------------------------------10h12-12^-10--------|
|---------------------------------------------12-12/-|
|------------------------------------------------12/-|
|------------------------------------------------12/-|
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