• Song:

    American Woman

  • Artist:

    The Guess Who

  • Album:

    Track Record - The Gu...

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The Guess Who - American Woman
Tabbed by Dan Roeth


E--3---------------------------------------------------------------------
B--3--6--6-5--5-4--4-3-------------------------6--6-5--5-4--4-3----------
G-----7--7-6--6-5--5-4-------------------------7--7-6--6-5--5-4----------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3-----------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-----------------3--3-3--3-3 and so on.....


   these are some variations of the riffs from above
E------3--1---------------    --8--10-10-10------3--1--    --8--10-10-10--------------------
B--3-3-3--0-3-------------    --8--10-10-10--3-3-3--0--    --8--10-10-10--6--6-5--5-4--4-3--
G--4-4------4------------- or ---------------4-4------- or ---------------7--7-6--6-5--5-4--
D-------------------------    -------------------------    ---------------------------------
A-------------------------    -------------------------    ---------------------------------
E------------3-3--3-3-----    -------------------------    ---------------------------------

 after several of those variations do this MAIN RIFF
E-3----------------------------------------------
B-3----------------------------------------------
G-4----------------------------------------------
D-5-----7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9----7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
A-5---9-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--9-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
E-3---7-----------------------7------------------


 while doing the riff above, do this little lead
 to get the right tone, you might want to consider
 using your fingers instead of a pick
E-------------------11--------16------------
B-------------10-12--------------12-14-15---
G--9-11-13--13--------9-11-13---------------
D-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
   do this after each verse


  then this solo and the whole time the main riff plays in the background.
  when you see this ^ bend UP when the note is going higher, for example
  11^13 and then when the note is going down, for example 13^11, you should 
  be on the 11th fret already and have the string bent up to the 13th and 
  bend it in reverse.
E----------------------------------------------------------11----------
B---------------------------------------------------13^15--------------
G-9-11-11^13--13^11p9-11-9--14^16--16^14p12-14-13-------------9-11-13--
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------11-------------------------------------------------
B--13^15-13^15-13^15--------------15h16h17-17--15h16h17-17--15h16h17-17--
G------------------------9-11-13-----------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----15-17^19--17^19--19^17p15-17-19-15-------------------------
B--17------------------------------------17--15h17p15-14-15--12--
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------
B-12-14-15p14p12-14-12--12-14-14^15--15^14p12-14/17---
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

  then into this
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D--9-9-9-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-9-9-7-9--
A--7-7-7-7-7-5-7---7-7-7-7-7-5-7---7-7-7-7-7-5-7---7-7-7-7-7-5-7--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

  now back into the main riff

E-3----------------------------------------------
B-3----------------------------------------------
G-4----------------------------------------------
D-5-----7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9----7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
A-5---9-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--9-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
E-3---7-----------------------7------------------

   then on top of the main riff, play this
E--------------------------15p14p12-14-12-----------------------
B-15^14p12-14-12--12-14-15-----------------12-14-15^14p12-14-12-
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------

E--12----------12----------12----------12-----------
B---------------------------------------------------
G-----12^13-------12^13-------12^13-------12^13-----
D-----------14----------14----------14----------14--
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

E--15-----------15-----------15------------------------------------
B-----12-14-15-----12-14-15-----14^15-15^14p12-14-12--15^14p12-14--
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------

E--15^14--------19-19-19-19^21^19---17h19p17--16-16--19----16--
B--------14^15------------------------------------------16-----
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------

E--16-17-16--16-16-16-------------------------------
B---------------------17-----14-15--15p14p12-14/17--
G-------------------------16------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

 you might want to figure out some other ending because its hard to fade out when playing live.
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