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Title: American Woman
Artist: The Guess Who
Album: The Greatest of the Guess Who
Transcribed by Carson Brown
Email: the_brown_noise@hotmail.com
This is my version of this song so I know it is not complete, it is how I like to play it. I also did not
include the solo or the real ending instead I used parts of the song to make up my own. I also modified
the beginning slightly. I did not write the number of times to play each section because I believe that
you can play them as many times as you want or just listen to the song to find out. There is a guide
at the bottom that shows the order I like to play the parts in but if you want to play it different then go
right ahead. I know it's not correct don't email me to tell I'm wrong or give me corrections because like
I said it's my version of their song.
Intro
Section 1
I start section 1 by strumming the chords like shown but after a bit I like to pluck out the notes in the
chords on b and g strings.
e:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--6--6--5--5--4--4--3----------------------------------------------|
G:--7--7--6--6--5--5--4---------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------5--5h7--5--5--5--5h7--5--5-----|
E:--------------------------------3--3-----3--3--3--3-----3--3------|
Section 2
e:----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--3--3--8--6--3---------------------------------------------------------|
G:--4--4--9--7--4---------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:------------------------5--5h7--5--5--5--5h7--5--5-----------------|
E:------------------------3--3----3--3--3--3----3--3-----------------|
End the intro by playing this (gradually get slower and hold the end chord)
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------3---|
B:--3--3--8--6--3------3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2--1-1-1--0------------------0--|
G:--4--4--9--7--4------4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3--2-2-2--0------------------0--|
D:---------------------------------------------------0-2-0---------0--|
A:---------------------------------------------------------2-------2--|
E:------------------------------------------------------------3----3--|
Main Chords
Section 4
e:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--8----7----9--9--9--9--9--7/9--9--9----8----7--9--9--9--9--9--7/9----|
D:--9----7----9--9--9--9--9--7/9--9--9----9----7--9--9--9--9--9--7/9----|
A:--9----5----7--7--7--7--7--5/7--7--7----9----5--7--7--7--7--7--5/7----|
E:--7-------------------------------------7----------------------------------|
Main Riff
Section 5
e:--------------------------------------------------------------------16-------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------15-------------------------------12--14--15~------|
G:-9--11--13~----13--14--16~-----------------------12--13~-----------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------14------------------------------------------------|
A:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro
Section 6
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-8--7--9-9-9-9-9-7/9----9-9-9-9-9-7/9----9-9-9-9-9-7/9----9-9-9-9-9--7--9--|
D:-9--7--9-9-9-9-9-7/9----9-9-9-9-9-7/9----9-9-9-9-9-7/9----9-9-9-9-9--7--9--|
A:-9--5--7-7-7-7-7-5/7----7-7-7-7-7-5/7----7-7-7-7-7-5/7----7-7-7-7-7--5--7--|
E:-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guide
-Intro
-Main Chords
-Main Riff
-Main Chords
-Main Riff
-Outro