E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Dead American - Anberlin E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Artist: Anberlin Song: Dead American Album: Devotion Tuning: Drop D ( Standard ) Intro / Verse *Add a very bouncy delay* e|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| B|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| G|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| D|---3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4--3h4---| A|-66---66---66---66---66---66---66---66---44---44---44---44---44---44---44---44------| D|E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------| Guitar 2 *there isnt really another guitar part but you can just hold these chords out* E|---------------------------------------------| B|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------------------| G|----4~----4~----3~----3~---------------------| D|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------| A|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------| E|----6~----6~----4~----4~---------------------| Chorus Guitar 1 *there are a lot layers in this song so its hard to make out* *there's a third guitar which is pretty much octaves being swirrled (volume)* E|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----4p3p4p--4p3p4p--4p5p4p--4p5p4p------------| A|--5p------5p------4p------4p------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------| A|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------| E|----66666666--22222244--66666666--2222224~-------| Verse 2 *faint keyboard part in the background... transcribed to guitar* E|---7---7---7----7---7---7-------------| B|----7h9-7h9-7h9~-7h9-7h9-7h9~---------| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Interlude Guitar 1 *slide slightly into each note and hold them out... ghost them* E|------------------------12--11-12--------------------| B|---10~----12~----14~------14-----14-12---------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| *play this part softly* E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------12----------14------*12h14p12h14p12~-12h14p12h14p12~*-----| G|--11h13--12h14~--13--13~--13-------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 *ring out chords... these chords sound fuller even though they probably used power chords* E|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------| B|----0~----0~----0~----0~---------| G|----2~----4~----6~----6~---------| D|----2~----4~----6~----6~---------| A|----0~----2~----4~----4~---------| E|---------------------------------| *Theres that little break right after the Interlude before final Choruses* Keyboard Tabbed for a third Guitar part E|---4-6h7--4-6h7--4-6h7----------------| B|----7------7------7-------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Final Choruses Guitar 1 E|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----4p3p4p--4p3p4p--4p5p4p--4p5p4p------------| A|--5p------5p------4p------4p------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 E|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|-----------------4466*--------------| D|---66666666--2222xx44*--------------| A|---66666666--22222244*--------------| E|---66666666--2222--44*--------------| *or just play as 4xx6xx * ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend