Offspring

Album: Americana
Year: 1998
Track: 12
Title: Americana

Chords:
   E*  D  F*  G*  A*  E  G  A  C  B  G#  D#  C#  G#* 
e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G--9---7--10--12--14-----------5--4------8---6---13--|
d--9---7--10--12--14--2--5--7--5--4--6---8---6---13--|
A--7---5--8---10--12--2--5--7--3--2--6---6---4---11--|
D---------------------2--5--7--------6---------------|

INTRO: (starts at 0:13 into the song)

(low D string)---5---7---5-2----0--2--2-----| (x8)

VERSE 1:
(No chord)
Well I'd Like to tell you all about
                      E* D E* G* A* G* E* D E* G* A* G*
My dream, it's a place
E (palm-muted)
Where strip malls about and diversion's mere
             E* D E* G* A* G* E* D E* G* A* G*
Moment's away
E          
Where culture's defined by the
G
One least refined
A
And you'll be left behind
       C           D
If you don't fit in
E
It's all distorted
B                  E* D E* G* A* G* E*
In Americana my way
(No Chord)
Well F*** You!

CHORUS 1:
G       D       E*    B C     G      D
Whoooooaaaa, Whaaaaaooooo, Whooooooaaaaa
   E*         D E*
Well my dream has come true
G       D       E*    B C     G      D
Whoooooaaaa, Whaaaaaooooo, Whooooooaaaaa
   E*         D E*
My vision has come true

VERSE 2:
(No chord)
Now give me my cable, fast food, four-bys
                E* D E* G* A* G* E* D E* G* A* G*
Tat's right away
E (palm-muted)
I want it right now cause my generation
                  E* D E* G* A* G* E* D E* G* A* G*
Don't like to wait
E          
My future's determined
G
By thieves, thugs, and vermin
A
It's quite an excursion
       C   D
But it's OK
E
Everything's backwards
B                  E* D E* G* A* G* E*
In Americana my way
(No Chord)
Well F*** You!

CHORUS 1

BREAK:
G*        D          E*
Yeah it's all coming true
E*
   I'm a product
D  E*
      Of my environment
D  E*
      Don't blame me, I just work here,
(No chord)
But I wanna F*** YOU!

E* D E* G* A* G* (x4)

E          
My rights are denied by
G
Those least qualified
        A
Trading profit for pride
       C   D
But it's OK
E
Everything's backwards
B                  E* D E* G* A* G* E*
In Americana my way
(No Chord)
Well F*** You!

ENDING:
G#      D#       F*    C C*     G#    D#
Whoooooaaaa, Whaaaaaooooo, Whooooooaaaaa
   F*         D# F*
My nightmare has come true
G#      D#       F*    C C*     G#    D#
Whoooooaaaa, Whaaaaaooooo, Whooooooaaaaa
   F*         D# F*
My nightmare has come true
G#*        D#         F*
Yeah, it's all coming true
G#*        D#         F* F* F* F* F* F*
Yeah, it's all coming true!

=================== THE TAB=====================


                                americana
                          offspring - americana

tabbed by j.d.sutcliff@talk21.com using bucket'o'tab v2.5

        intro                      verse                                
E---||--------------------------||----------------|---------------------
B---||--------------------------||----------------|---------------------
G---||*------------------------*||----------------|---------------------
D---||*------------------------*||-9-7-9-12-14-12-|---------------------
A---||--------------------------||-7-5-7-10-12-10-|---------------------
E---||--3---5^---3-0-0---0-0-0--||----------------|---------------------
                                8x                                        

                                                                        
E--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
B--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
G--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D---9-7-9-12-14-12-2-|-9-7-9-12-14-12-|-9-7-9-12-14-12-|----------------
A---7-5-7-10-12-10-2-|-7-5-7-10-12-10-|-7-5-7-10-12-10-|----------------
E------------------0-|----------------|----------------|----------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
E-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------
B-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------
G-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------
D---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------|-----------------
A---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------
E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------
                                                                        

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

                                        chorus                          
E------------------------------------||-------------------------|-------
B------------------------------------||-------------------------|-------
G------------------------------------||-------------------------|-------
D-------------------9-7-9-12-14-12-9-||---------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-------
A---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-5-7-10-12-10-7-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-------
E---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------||-3-3-3-3-----------------|-------
                                                                        

                                                                        
E-------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------
B-------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------
G-------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------
D---4-5-5-5-5-|---------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-||--------------------
A---2-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-||--------------------
E-------------|-3-3-3-3---------------------------||--------------------
                                                                        

    rythym fill 1                                                       
E-----------------------------------------------||----------------------
B-----------------------------------------------||----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------||----------------------
D---12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---9---7-9---7-9-||----------------------
A---10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---7---5-7---5-7-||----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------||----------------------
                                                                        

    chorus 3                                                            
E---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------
B---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------
G---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------
D-----------8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-5-|-6-6-6-6---------8-8-8-8-|-----------
A---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8--8--8--8--3-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------
E---4-4-4-4-----------------------|---------4-4-4-4---------|-----------
                                                                        

                                                                        
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---10-10-10-10-8-10-10-10-10-------------------------------------------
A---8--8--8--8--6-8--8--8--8--------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        

                                                     2x                 
E---||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------
B---||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------
G---||*---------------------------------------------*||-----------------
D---||*-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-*||-----------------
A---||--11-11-11-11-6-6-6-6-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---||-----------------
E---||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------