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AMERICAN MUSIC (Bassline) As recorded by The Blasters (From the 1980 Album AMERICAN MUSIC) Words and Music by Dave Alvin Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Bazz - Bass' Intro Q=188 4/4 Gtr I W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|| |----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|| |----------|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|| |----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|| 1st - 3rd Verses q Q H q Q H q Q H W ||-------------|------------|------------|------| ||o------------|------------|------------|------| ||o------------|------------|------------|------| ||--0----------|-0----------|-0----------|------| Chorus W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |----------||-------------|-------------|--------------| |----------||-------2--4--|-------2--4--|--------------| |----------||-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-------2--4---| |----------||-------------|-------------|-0--4---------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------2--4--|----1--4--6--|--------------| |-------2--4--|-0--4--------|-2-----------|----2-----2---| |-0--4--------|-------------|-------------|-0-----0------| Guitar Solo 1.,2. 3. 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Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths