Childish Gambino – This Is America (Guitar Tab)
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Song: This Is America
Artist: Childish Gambino
As this track doesn't really have any actual chords in its instrumentation
(apart from a very soft 8 bars in the middle) I have added the implied chords
in brackets above the tab. Implied chords are essentially what chords are
implied by the notes being played, but not actually played.
A quick note on / chords. If you aren't yet familiar with these yet they
basically denote whats called an inversion. This is taking most commonly
a simple chord and playing one of the other notes in the bass instead of
the root note. The order is always laid out as 'Chord/Note played in bass'
so F/C is a standard F major chord but with a C note played in the bass
and Gm/D is a standard G minor chord but with a D note played in the bass.
For the right sound play this fingerstyle, jauntily, on an old nylon
string guitar with a bag over your head.
Intro
(F) (F/C) (Gm/D) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| (N.C) (F bass drone with slight pitch fluctuation) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------Rest 24 bars------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Choir section
*softly* for next 4 bars (F) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-----| G|--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-----| D|--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| (F) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-----x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-----| G|--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-----x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-----| D|--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--x-x-10--| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| (F) (F/C) (Gm/D) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| (F) (F/C) (N.C) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7--------------------------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8----------------------| E|---------------------------------8-----------8--------------------| (N.C) (F bass drone with slight pitch fluctuation) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------Rest 24 bars------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
*break* - untimed (roughly 6 bars of 4/4 and one bar 2/4 in the video)
(F) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------Rest 4 bars-------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| (F) (F/C) (Gm/D) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8---------8------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10--------10-| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------| one two three get down (F) (F/C) (Gm/D) (N.C) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------5--------5-------7p5--------------------------------------| D|------7----7--------7--------7---------7---------8----------------| A|--8----------8--------8--------------8-----8---/-----10-----------| E|---------------------------------8-----------8-/--------10--------|
Outro
(N.C) (F note in the bass sliding between it's octave) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------Rest 4 bars--------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| (N.C) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------Rest 20 bars------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Legend
p - Pull off
/ - slide up
x - muted string (with neck hand)
N.C - No Chord