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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
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SONG TITLE: American Woman
ARTIST/GROUP: Lenny Kravitz
ALBUM: Austin Powers Soundtrack
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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No use writing down the chords for this song, there's really only
one C5 chord throughout the song. This song was originally done
by a group called Guess Who. Lenny changed it a bit, now it's
just one riff through the song and almost no lead guitar, except
for the solo. I'm just gonna tab out the riff and then give you
the lyrics, you'll have to listen to the song to hear when to
stop and when to start playing the riff again. There are two
places in the song where it changes, the guitar solo and the outro,
I'll tell you what to play there. Sorry if there are errors in
here, I had to do this real quickly.
The very first time he plays the riff, he plays it like this:
do this real quickly
C5 |
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------4h6p4---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x----------5-5-5-5-5-5----x-x----------|
A|---3-3-3-3-3-1/3--x-x-----1----3-3-3-3-3-1/3--x-x----------|
E|----------------------1h3----------------------------------|
h = hammer-on / = slide up p = pull-off x = muted note
Then, throughout the rest of the song,
he plays it like this: (Yeah, I know there's almost no difference)
MAIN-RIFF:
---------- do this real quickly
C5 |
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------4h6p4----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5-5--5--5--x-x----------5-5-5-5-5-5----x-x----------|
A|---3-3-3-3-3--1--3--x-x-----1----3-3-3-3-3-1/3--x-x----------|
E|------------------------1h3----------------------------------|
Listen to the song to get the timing correct. It's real important
to get the feel for the song so it sounds good.
Now just play the Main-riff until
I tell you otherwise.
LYRICS:
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American woman, stay away from me
American woman, mama let me be
Don't come hangin' round my door
I don't wanna see your face no more
I got more important things to do
than spend my time growing old with you
Now woman, stay away
American woman, listen what I say
[Now you play something different.
Play this:]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-----5--5----5-----5--5-----------5-----5--5----5-----5--5-----|
A|--1/3---1--3----1/3---1--3------1----1/3---1--3----1/3---1--3-----|
E|----------------------------1h3-----------------------------------|
[Then start playing the main riff again
and continue singing the lyrics]
American woman, get away from me
American woman, mama let me be
Don't come knockin' round my door
I don't wanna see your shadow no more
Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes
Now woman, get away
American woman, listen what I say
GUITAR-SOLO:
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I'm not gonna transcribe the solo. Make up your own.
The rhythm changes a little during the solo, he takes
the riff down a half-step.
Play this:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------3h5p3----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-4-4-4--4--4--x-x----------4-4-4-4-4-4----x-x----------|
A|---2-2-2-2-2--0--2--x-x-----0----2-2-2-2-2-0h2--x-x----------|
E|------------------------0h2----------------------------------|
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Play this 2 times, and then start playing the main riff again.
If you wanna solo over this, use the B blues scale for the riff
above and then the C blues scale when you go back to the main riff.
[keep playing the MAIN-RIFF]
American woman, said get away
American woman, listen what I say
Don't come hangin' round my door
Don't wanna see your face no more
I don't need your war machines
I don't need your ghetto scenes
Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes
Now woman, get away
American woman, listen what I say
American woman, stay away from me
American woman, mama let me be
OUTRO:
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During the outro, you just keep
playing this the whole way through:
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--5----x-x-x-x---5---5--x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--1/3--x-x-x-x---1---3--x-x-x-x-x-x--|
E|-------------------------------------|
I gotta go, I gotta get away
Babe I gotta go, I wanna fly away
I'm gonna leave you one more
I'm gonna leave you one more
I'm gonna leave you one more
I'm gonna leave you one more
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
You're no good for me, and I'm no good for you
Lookin right straight in the eye, I'll tell you what I'm going to do
I'm gonna leave you one more, you know I gotta go
I'm gonna leave you one more, I gotta go
I gotta go
I gotta go, american woman, yeah
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