5 Seconds of Summer – Mrs All American (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Video Lesson

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Lucas Goldson (standbysunset on YouTube) This song doesn't have too many guitar parts, but the opening riff is pretty tricky... Guitar 1 - Michael Clifford Guitar 2 - Luke Hemmings

[Intro/Main Riff (guitar 1 only)]
E|-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-4~-4~-3--|
B|-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4~-4~-4--| This riff is hard to play unless
G|-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-5~-5~-0--| you're an advanced player...pretty
D|-5-5----5-5-5----5-5-5----5-6~-6~----| sure it's correct though unless
A|-6-6----6-6-6----6-6-6----6----------| they used 2 guitar parts for it
D|-------------------------------------| when they recorded it

[Prechorus (guitar 1 only)] 
E|----------------------------|--------|----------------||
B|----------------------------|-8/9\8~-|----------------|| Play "1.", then play the first bar,
G|-10~---/12~-8~----/12~-8~---|--------|-7/8\7/8\7/8\7~-|| then skip "1." and play "2."
D|----------------------------|--------|----------------||
A|-8~----/10~-6~----/10~-6~---|--1.----|-------2.-------||
D|----------------------------|--------|----------------||

[Chorus]

Guitar 1
E|-11-11-11-----2x-------------------|-11--11~--10~-8\6~--11-10~-11-13--------------------10--10--13~\-||
B|-----------------------------------|---11----------------------------13~---------13-11~---11--13-----||
G|-8--8--8----8~-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-------|-------------------------------------12--12~---------------------||
D|-------------------------------2x--|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------6~-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------||

                                       ^I think this is a keyboard but I transcribed it to guitar
Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------------|--------||
B|-----------------------------------|--------||
G|-.--.-------5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-------|-8~-----||
D|-1--1--1~---5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---4x--|-8~-----||
A|-1--1--1~---3~-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-------|-6~-----||
D|-1--1--1~--------------------------|--------||

[Re-intro/Verse 2 (guitar 1 only)]
E|-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-4~-4~-3--|
B|-4-4----4-4-4----4-4-4----4-4~-4~-4--| 
G|-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-5~-5~-0--| 
D|-5-5----5-5-5----5-5-5----5-6~-6~----| 
A|-6-6----6-6-6----6-6-6----6----------| 
D|-------------------------------------|

[Prechorus 2]

Guitar 1, 2x                        Pick this fast V
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G|-10~------12~---13~----15~-13~---|-12--x8-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-(13~)-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13/15~-||
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|--8~------10~---11~----13~-11~---|----------------------------|-(11~)-----------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------1.-|--------------------------------2.-||

                                     *      *  *  *  *  * * * *  
Guitar 2, 2x
E|-10~~~~---10----11~~~~-----------|------------------1.-|------------------------------2.-||
B|-13b15~---13b15-14b16~-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------|---------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
D|---------------------------------|-----(silence)-------|---------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|---------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
D|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------||

[Chorus 2]

Guitar 1
E|---------------------------2x-|-11--11--11-------------------2x-||
B|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G|-.--.-------8~-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--|--8---8---8----8~-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--||
D|-1--1--1~---------------------|---------------------------------||
A|-1--1--1~---6~-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|---------------6~-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--||
D|-1--1--1~---------------------|---------------------------------||

Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------------|--------||
B|-----------------------------------|--------||
G|-.--.-------5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-------|-8~-----||
D|-1--1--1~---5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---4x--|-8~-----||
A|-1--1--1~---3~-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-------|-6~-----||
D|-1--1--1~--------------------------|--------||

[SOLO (some effect is used on these notes)]

Guitar 1
E|---------------------------------------------------------|------|--13-----------------------|| 
B|-11-------/16----15----13--------------16----15----13----|--16--|-------11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|| 
G|-13b15~~~~-------------------15~~~~----------------------|------|-------13b15~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
D|---------------------------------------------------------|------|---------------------------|| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------|------|---------------------------|| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------|--1.--|--2.-----------------------|| 

Guitar 2, 2x
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-.--.-------5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
D|-1--1--1~---5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
A|-1--1--1~---3~-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
D|-1--1--1~--------------------|

[Bridge]

Guitar 1 (1:52), 2x        
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-8~--8-8~-9-6~~~--------------------------|
G|-8~--8-8~-8-----8-8~-----------(silence)--| Play this part
D|------------------------------------------| again at around 1:58
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (1:48), Guitar 1 doesn't play
E|-----------------|---------1./2./3.-|--------------4.-||
B|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|| 
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|| 
D|-----------------|------------------|---------------.-|| 
A|-6-------6-------|-6----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
D|---5-6-8---5-6-8-|---5-6-8-10-8-6-8-|-----------------||

[Final Chorus]

Guitar 1
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B|--------16----15----13-------------|-16----15----13----16----|-16-----------------------||
G|-15~~~~-------------------15~~~~---|-------------------------|-------12~----13~---12~---||
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------1./3.---------|------------2./4.---------||
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||

Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------4x-|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-.--.-------5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3----|
D|-1--1--1~---5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3----|
A|-1--1--1~---3~-3-3-3-1-1-1-1----|
D|-1--1--1~-----------------------|

[Outro]

Guitar 1 (some effect is used on these notes)
E|------------------------------------------2x---|--===3===----------------------------------|
B|-11------16----15----13----15----13------------|------------11-------16-15-13-15-13--------|
G|-13b15~---------------------------------15-12~-|-12h13p12~--13b15~~~---------------15-12~--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------11~--------16-15-13-15-13-------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-13~p12~----13b15~~~~----------------15-12~----10~---12~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------10~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------|---------||
B|----------------------------------|---------||
G|-.--.-------5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3------|---------||
D|-1--1--1~---5~-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---4x-|-1~~~~~~-||
A|-1--1--1~---3~-3-3-3-1-1-1-1------|-1~~~~~~-||
D|-1--1--1~-------------------------|-1~~~~~~-||

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ / or \ - slide to and from a note * - palm mute ===3=== - triplet . - release (stop) note from ringing out after playing it b - bend note on the left of the "b" so it sounds like the fret on the right of the "b"