Were An American Band Chords & Tabs
Were An American Band Bass Tab
Another classic by Mark Farner and company with the great Mel Schacher on bass. Mel
throws a few different fills in here from chorus to chorus but I only transcribed one
chorus to be repeated.
Tabbed by: BASSteve
Tuning: EADG
Time signature: 4/4
r = rest (listen for duration)
h = hammer on
/ = slide (low to high)
\ = slide (high to low)
()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on
{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate
durations.
INTRO
2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||r-------------------------------|r-------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3/--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|1---1---1---1---1---1---1/-(8)\-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------5h7-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5h7-----|
|5-----5-5---r-------------------|5-----5-5\----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------r-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3---r---2---r---------------|
|------------3---3---------------|3-------------------0---3-0-3---|
|--------------------5---3---3---|--------------------------------|
VERSE
2x
||--------------------------------|----------------------------5h7-|
||--------------------------------|------------------------5h7-----|
||5-----5-5---r-------------------|5-----5-5\----------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------r-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----3---r---2---r---------------||
|------------3---3---------------|3-------------------0---3-0-3---||
|--------------------5---3---3---|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/grand_funk_railroad/were_an_american_band_btab_ver_4.html ]
|--------------------------------|------------------------7---0---|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---0-----------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5---0-------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|
|--------5---------------5-------|--------7---------------7-------|
|3---3-------5---3---3-------5---|5---5-------7---5---5-------7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
CHORUS
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|1---1---1---1---1---1---1/-(8)\-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-(10)\-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BRIDGE
|--------------------------------|----------------------------5h7-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5h7-----|
|5-----5-5---r-------------------|5-----5-5\----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------r-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3---r---2---r---------------|
|------------3---3---------------|3-------------------0---3-0-3---|
|--------------------5---3---3---|--------------------------------|
(VERSE)
(CHORUS - 2x)
SOLO
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-5-----0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------7---0---|
|--------------------------------|----------------5---0-----------|
|--------------------------------|5-----0-5---0-------------------|
|3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-|--------------------------------|
|--------5---------------5-------|--------7---------------7-------|
|3---3-------5---3---3-------5---|5---5-------7---5---5-------7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(CHORUS - 2x)
OUTRO
3x
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||5---5---5---5---5---5---5/-(13)\-|5---3---r---3---r---3---3---0---||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|{5}-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|5\------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
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