Childish Gambino - This is america
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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