#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# #-- File created with Instab - http://www.pconline.com/~smcarey/instab.html --# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Author/Artist: Counting Crows Title: American Girls Album: Hard Candy Transcribed by: Tom Email: Madklikor@aol.com G1 is soft electric (left channel) G2 is an electric with soft distortion (right channel G3 is acoustic and plays the chords -Intro : -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0h2-0h2-0-|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0-2b3r2-0-|---------------- -|-3---------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- G1 -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0h2-0h2---|-0------0---0----------------|---------------- -|-3---------------------------|--------------3-------3---3--|---------------- -|-----------------------------|------3---3---------1---1----|---------------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0h2-0h2-0-|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0-2b3r2-0-|------|--------- -|-3---------------------------|-----------------------------|-3----|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -End of Verse 1 : -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0h2-0h2-0-|----2p0-2--0h2--2--0-2b3r2-0-|------|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-3----|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|--------- G1 -Chorus : play two times : -|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------ -|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------------------------ -|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------------------------ -|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------ -|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------ 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-|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------- -The bridge is like the intro except the last measure. -Third verse : -|----------------|----------|----------------|------------------------------- -|----------------|----------|----------------|------------------------------- -|----------------|------5---|-----------3----|------------------------------- -|----------------|------5---|-3----3----3----|------------------------------- -|----------------|-1/3------|-3----3----1----|------------------------------- -|----------------|----------|-1----1---------|------------------------------- Wha fill G2 ?? -Last verse : idem verse 2, but G2 played this before the chorus : -|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------12-------- -|-----------15---13--------|-----------13---11---11--|----------13-----13---- 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