AMERICANA by THE OFFSPRING from AMERICANA (1998)
This is the title song of the 5th Offspring-album. It?s a little bit hard to play
because you must move your left hand quickly.
The lyrics?s are also fucking great - they?re explaining the American way of life.


For the Intro, you must tune the low E-string down till it is a low D-string but you can play
this one also with the high D-string
=Intro=  X8
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--5--7/8----0-2-2---------------------------------------------------------------|


=Verse=  X2 / play the brackets just the 1st time / # = let ring
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9--7-9-------------9--9-7--------------(9#)------------------------------|
|---9--7-9----5-7--5-9--9-7----5-7--5-(9#)------------------------------|
|---7--5-7----5-7--5-7--7-5----5-7--5-(7#)------------------------------|
|---------------3-5--3--------------3-5--3--------------------------------|


=Pre-Chorus=  X1 / * = play this chord 8 times / + = play this chord 4 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9*--------------------7+--9*--------9--7-9-------------9--------------------|
|--9*--5*--7*--10+--7+--9*--9*---9--7-9----5-7--5-9--------------------|
|--7*--5*--7*--10+--5+--7*--9*---7--5-7----5-7--5-7--------------------|
|-------3*--5*---8+-------------7*----------------3-5--3-----------------------|


=Chorus 1=  X4 / * = play this chord 4 times / + = play this chord 2 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7*--9*----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5*--7*--9*--9+--10+---------------------------------------------------------|
|--5*--5*--7*--9+--10+---------------------------------------------------------|
|--3*------------7+---8+----------------------------------------------------------|


=Pre-Verse=  X1 / # = let ring
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Then play
=Verse=  X2
=Pre-Chorus=  X1
=Chorus 1=  X4


=Chorus-End 1=  X1 / * = play this chord 8 times / + = play this chord 4 times / this is played during "Yeah, it?s all coming true!"
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7+--9*---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5+--7+--9*---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3+--5+--7*---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


=Bridge=  X1 / # = let ring
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9----7-9----7-9--------9#----------------------------------------------------|
|--9----7-9----7-9--------9#----------------------------------------------------|
|--7----5-7----5-7--------7#----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Then play
=Verse=  X4
=Pre-Chorus=  X1


=Chorus 2=   X4 / * = play this chord 4 times / + = play this chord 2 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------8*--10*--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6*--8*--10*--10+--11+-----------------------------------------------------|
|--6*--6*---8*---10+--11+-----------------------------------------------------|
|--4*---------------8+----9+------------------------------------------------------|


=Chorus-End 2=  X1 / * = play this chord 8 times / + = play this chord 4 times / this is played during "Yeah, it?s all coming true!"
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8+--10*-------8+--10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------|
|--6+--8+--10*--6+--8+--10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------|
|--6+--6+---8*---6+--6+---8---8---8---8---8--8-----------------------|
|--4+--------------4+---------------------------------------------------------|


Yeah! That was cool!
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Tabbed by: Ali_A (4th March 2001)