Offspring

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)


Thanks to: Bigfeet015@aol.com (I don´t know his nickname)