-------------------------------------------------------------------------------AMERICAN WHEEZEAs recorded by 16 Horsepower(From the 1996 Album SACKCLOTH 'N' ASHES)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by:BaronLundiTuning: D A D G B EQ=1404/4IntroJew's Harp~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Q. Q. Q 3x Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q 3x Q. Q. Q 4x||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||------------------|| ||o---------------o||-||o---------------o||-||o---------------o||-||o----------------o|| ||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||------------------|| ||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||-----------------||-||------------------|| ||o-[5]---5----5--o||-||o---------------o||-||o-[5]---5----5--o||-||o----------------o|| ||-----------------||-||--[0]---0----0---||-||-----------------||-||--[0]---0----0----||VerseChemnitzer concertina 1. 2.|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|| ||o-------6---6-------6---6-|-------6---6-------------o||-------6---6-------------o|| ||--------------------------|---------------4---4-5-4--||--------------------------|| ||--7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7---7---5---5---5---5----|| ||o---5-----------5---------|---5---------------------o||---5-----------3---3---3-o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------||Pre-chorusChemnitzer concertina 1. 2.|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|| ||o-------6---6-------6---6-|-------6---6-------------o||-------6---6-------------o|| ||--------------------------|---------------4---4-5-4--||--------------------------|| ||--7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7---7---5---5---5---5----|| ||o---5-----------5---------|---5---------------------o||---5-----------3---3---3-o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------||1. 2.|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|| ||o-------6---6-------6---6-|-------6---6-------------o||--------6---6---------------o|| ||--------------------------|---------------4---4-5-4--||-----------------------------|| ||--7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7----7---5---5---5----5-----|| ||o---5-----------5---------|---5---------------------o||----5-----------3---3-----3-o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||| || Chemnitzer concertina (2nd/droning melody) | |--3--|| W W | H. E E E||--------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------10-10--|| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------||1.,3.|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| ||o-----------6-----6-----------6-----6-|-----------6-----6-------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|-----------------------4-----4--5--4--|| ||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|--7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----------|| ||o-----5-----------------5-------------|-----5-------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||| || |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| | |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|| E E E E E E E E E E E E | E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|| ||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||2.,4.|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|--------------------------------------|| |-----------6-----6-------------------o|| |--------------------------------------|| |--7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|| |-----5-----------------3-----3-----3-o|| |--------------------------------------||| ||--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|| |-------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------||Chorus|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| ||o-----------6-----6-----------6--8--6-|-----------6--8--6-----------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|----------------------4----4-5--4---|| ||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7----------|--7-----7----------5----5-----------|| ||o-----5-----------------5-------------|-----5-----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|||| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8h10-8h10-8h10---|| ||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||Pre-chorusChorusVersePre-chorusChorusOutro1.,3. 2.,4.|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x||--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------|| ||o-------6---6-------6---6-||-------6---6-------------o||-------6---6-------------o|| ||--------------------------||---------------4---4-5-4--||--------------------------|| ||--7---7---7---7---7---7---||-7---7---5---5---5--------||-7---7---5---5---5---5----|| ||o---5-----------5---------||---5---------------------o||---5-----------3---3---3-o|| ||--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E E E E E E E E E E E E W|-------------------------|------*| |-------6---6-------6---6-|------*| |-------------------------|------*| |-7---7---7---7---7---7---|------*| |---5-----------5---------|------*| |-------------------------|------*|Additional notes:This tab is a transcription of the album version of the song.I have tried to capture the main feel of the song. Transcribing every part,every measure, note for note turned out to be too tricky and would probablybe too tedious to read.There are some variations on the main rhythm section:David plays short bursts of galloping 16th triplets here and there.Feel free to add some as well if you want to spice things up a bit.When the vocal part appears you should just play the 1st and 2nd measure instead of all three.By the end of the song the 2nd measure is played slightly differently, namely|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|--------------------------------------| |-----------6-----6-----------5--6--8-o| |-----------------------4--------------| |--7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----------| |-----5-------------------------------o| |--------------------------------------|That happens only once I think.Have funDuration Legend--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dottedTablature Legend----------------h - hammer-onp - pull-offb - bendpb - pre-bendr - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")s - legato slideS - shift slide- natural harmonic(n) - artificial harmonicn(n) - tapped harmonic~ - vibratotr - trillT - tapTP - trem. pickingPM - palm muting\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip\n - tremolo bar downn/ - tremolo bar up/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls- volume swell (louder/softer)x - on rhythm slash represents muted slasho - on rhythm slash represents single note slashMisc Legend-----------| - bar|| - double bar||o - repeat starto|| - repeat end*| - double bar (ending): - bar (freetime)$ - Segno& - CodaTempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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