Grand Funk Railroad – Were An American Band (Guitar Tab)

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(hammer-on 'h', pull-off 'p')
Intro:
   D                            C
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------8------------8------|
G|-5-777~--5h77-5h77-5h77-5h77--7h9~-9/--\9-7-7h9-9/--\9-7--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

   Bb  C        D    
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------6--6-----------6-------------|
G|-5~~~5~~5---5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-/----\7-5---5-7/-\7-5h7--7-5~-|
D|---------\7/-------------------- ----\7/------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Verse:
  D  D D      D D  D      C    C C    D F   E  C   
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
B|7--7-7\xxx-|7--7-7\xxx-|5-x--5-5-x-|7-10x-9x-5---x-|
G|7--7-7\xxx-|7--7-7\xxx-|5-x--5-5-x-|7-10x-9x-5---x-|
D|7--7-7\xxx-|7--7-7\xxx-|5-x--5-5-x-|7-10x-9x-5---x-|
A|5--5-5\xxx-|5--5-5\xxx-|3-x--3-3-x-|5-8-x-7x-3---x-|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
Verse: D D D\xxxx D D D\xxxx Out on the road for forty days C C C D - F - E - C Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze D D D\xxxx D D D\xxxx sweet sweet Connie doing her act C C C D - F - E - C She had the whole show and that's a natural fact! Bridge: G7 G7 G7 G7 D D D D Up all night with Freddie King C C C C D D D D I got to tell you that poker's his thing G7 G7 G7 G7 D D D D A'booze and ladies keep me right F F - F G - G G - G As long as we can make it to the show tonight Chorus: D We're an American Band C We're an American Band Bb We coming to your town C We'll help you party it down D We're an American Band Pre-Verse 2: (Same chords as Pre-Verse) Verse 2: (Same chords as Verse) Four young chiquitas in Omaha Waiting for the band to return from the show Feelin good, feelin right, it's Saturday night The hotel detective, he was out of sight Bridge 2: (Same chords as Bridge) Now these fine ladies they had a plan They was out to meet the boys in the band They said, "Come on dudes lets get it on" An we proceeded to tear that hotel down Chorus 2x
Solo (2 guitars):
   G     G     G     G       D     D     D      D
e|-7-----7-----------5--7--|-5-----------------------|
B|-8-----8-----------7--8--|-7--7--7-----7------7----|
G|-------------------------|----7--7-----7------7----|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

   C     C     C     C       D      D     D  (unison) 
e|-------------------------|-----------------------10|
B|-5--4--5--4--5--4---5456-|-7------7-----------10---|
G|-5--4--5--4--5--4---5456-|-7------7-------12/^-----|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

    G                G                G                G
e|------------------13p10--10--10----13p10--10--10----13p10--10--10--|
B|-13/^^^^^^^^^----------13---------------13---------------13--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

    D                D                D                D
e|-13p10--10--10----13p10--10--10----13p10--10--10----13p10--10--10--|
B|------13---------------13---------------13---------------13--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

   F     F     F     F       G      G      G       G
e|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|13~~/^^13^^13\-13--13-13-|13~~^^^13^^13^\13--13-10--------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------12-10^-------|
D|-------------------------|---------------------------------12---|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Chorus 2x Ending: D [ ]C [ ]C [ ]C We're an American Band Woo - hoo D [ ]C [ ]C [ ]C We're an American Band Woo - hoo D [ ]C [ ]C [ ]C D (hold) D! We're an American Band Woo - hoo