Presidents Of The USA
Bug City
Tuning: Standard
Intro Riff (x4, on last note play a staccato power chord of C#)
e|-----------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------|
G|*-4-6-4--6br-4-6br--4-------------*|
D|*----------------------6--6--6-6--*|
A|--------------------------6--6-6---|
E|-----------------------------------|
Verse Part 1 (Punk rock style palm-muting) x2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|*---------------------------------------------10-10-----10-10---------------------*|
D|*----6-6-----6-6------11-11-----11-11-----8-8-8--8--8-8-8--8------11-11-----11-11-*|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9--------------------------9-9-9--9--9-9-9--9---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse Part 2 (unsure about the last chord, could be a F# power chord)
Up and Down Picking
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
G|*-6-6-6---------4-4-4----------*|
D|*-6-6-6--6-6-6--4-4-4----------*|
A|--4-4-4--6-6-6--2-2-2--1-1-1----|
E|---------4-4-4---------2-2-2----|
Chorus (Theres a lot of ways to make this funky, work with it!)
Bar 1
e|--------------------------------------|
b|----9--11-----9--11-----9--11----9~~--|
G|----9--11-----9--11-----9--11----9~~--|
D|-11-9--11--11-9--11--11-9--11----9~~--|
A|-11--------11--------11---------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
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Bar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
b|----9--11-----9--11-----9--11----------------------|
G|----9--11-----9--11-----9--11----------------------|
D|-11-9--11--11-9--11--11-9--11----------------------|
A|-11--------11--------11----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------9b/-11\9--9/11\9----|
Outro
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/-14-14-14-14-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------| Repeat this palm muted for a while
G|----------------------------------| and then do the below.
D|----------------------------------|
A|-14-14-14-14-\-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10---|
E|----------------------------------|
Start of palm muted then strum
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------|
D|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-16-16-16-16-|
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/-14-14-14-14-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------| Repeat Till end.
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-16-16-16-16---11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12--|
A|-14-14-14-14-\-9--9--9--9--9--9--10-10--|
E|----------------------------------------|
Intro riff (x4)
Verse Part 1 (Repeat once coda at Staccato)
Verse Part 2 (x4)
Chorus (x2)
Intro Riff (x4)
Verse Part 1 (Repeat once coda at Staccato)
Verse Part 2 (x4)
Chorus (x2)
Intro Riff (x4) - Overdriven distortion for parts
Outro until end
Finish.
