American Girl by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

American Girl bass tab by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ron Blair - Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Ron Blair - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=118
 4/4
 Gtr I
  W     W     E E E E +H    Q.  E +H
G|----------|----------|-7-----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|
D|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
A|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|
E|----------|----------|----------------|---------------|

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           1.          2.
   E. E. Q.  Q   E. E. Q E  Q    E. E. Q.  Q
G||--7--7--7----7---|-7--7--7--x---------||-7--7--7----------|
D||o----------------|-------------------o||------------------|
A||o----------------|-------------------o||------------------|
E||-----------------|--------------------||------------------|
 |
 |  Gtr II
 |  W        W           H    Q E E
G||-----------------|--------------------||---------------9s=|
D||o----------------|-------------------o||------------------|
A||o----------------|-------------------o||------------------|
E||-----------------|--------------------||------------------|


  W     W      W     H     H
G|--7--------|----------|-12--------|---------------------|
D|-----------|----------|-----------|-7----------2s=======|
A|-----------|-7--------|-----------|---------------------|
E|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------------|
 |
 | W     W      W     S E. +Q  +Q.  E
G|-11--------|-9--------|--7--------|-7s9--(9)--(9)---9s==|
D|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------------|
A|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------------|
E|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------------|


  H.    Q      E. S E E +E  E q
G|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|-12------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------12--------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------|-12--12---12-(12)-12-12--|
 |
 | H.    +E  +E   W
G|-11-------(11)-(11)\-|--9----------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------------|


  E. S E E +H      E. S E  E +Q  E E
G|------------------------|-------------------------||
D|------------------------|-------------------------||
A|-10--10---10-(10)-------|-12--12----12-(12)-------||
E|------------------------|--------------------5-7--||
 |
 | Q.    E +E E E E  Q   H.
G|-----------7--(7)-7-7-7-|-/9-----9----------------||
D|-----------5--(5)-5-5-5-|-/7-----7----------------||
A|------------------------|-------------------------||
E|------------------------|-------------------------||


 1st & 2nd Verses:
   E S S S S E +E E Q  E. S E E +E S S E S S
G||-----------------------|------------------------|
D||o----------------------|------------------------|
A||o-5-5-5---x-5-(5)-5-5--|-7--7---7-(7)-----5-7-7-|
E||-----------------------|--------------7-7-------|


  E. S S S E +E S S E E  E S S S S E +Q  E E
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-5--5---x-5-(5)-----5---|-7-x-7---x-7-(7)\--------|
A|----------------5h7---7-|-------------------2h4---|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|


  S E S E Q.  E E  S E S E Q.  Q
G|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|
A|-5---5---5--------|-7---7---7----5--|
E|--------------5-7-|-----------------|


  S E S E Q.  E E  S E S E E +E  E E E
G|------------------|------------------------|
D|-5---5---5--------|-7---7---7-(7)\---------|
A|--------------5-7-|------------------------|
E|------------------|----------------0-2-4---|


  E. S E E +E E E E  E S S E E +E S S E E
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------4-(5)-|-5-x-5---5-(5)-5-5-----|
E|-5--5---5-(5)-7-------|-------------------0-2-|


  E S S E Q.  Q  E. S E E +Q  E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|--------------4--|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-7--7---7-(7)------|
E|-3-x-3---3-------|---------------0-2-|


  E. S E E +E E E E  E. S S S E +E E S S E
G|----------------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------(4)-|----------------------7-|
E|-5--5---5-(5)-0-2-----|-5--5---x-5-(5)-5-7s9---|


  E. S S S E +E E S S E  E S S E E +E E E E
G|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------------------|------------------------||
A|----------------------7-|-----------------4-(7)--||
E|-5--5---x-5-(5)-5-7s9---|-5-5-5---5-(5)-5--------||


 Chorus:
  E S S E S S +Q  Q  E S S E E +Q  E E
G|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------------|
A|------------------2--|----------------2-(4)-|
E|-3-x-3---3-3-(3)-----|-5-5-5---5-(5)--------|


  E S S E E +E E Q  E S S E E +E E E E
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-5-x-5---5-(5)-5-4--|-2-2-2---2-(2)--------|
E|--------------------|---------------0-1-2--|


  E S S E E +E E E E  E. S E E +E E E E
G|---------------------|--------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------------5-|----------------2-4-|
E|-3-x-3---3-(3)-3-7---|-5--5---5-(5)-5-----|


  E S S E E +E  E E E  E S S E E E S S Q
G|-----------------------|-------------------7\-----||
D|-----------------------|--------------/7s9-------o||
A|-5-x-5---5-(5)-(2)-0-2-|-/5-5-5---5-5------------o||
E|-----------------------|--------------------------||


 Bridge:
             1.,2.,3.      4.
   S E S E E Q.  S S  S E S E E H   4x S E S E E H
G||---------------------|-----------------||----------------||
D||o--------------------|----------------o||----------------||
A||o--------------------|---------5------o||----------------||
E||--3---3---3------3-4-|-5---5-----------||-5---5---5------||


 Interlude:
   W     +H.   Q   H.       E E  E.  S +E  E +H
G||-----------|----------7---||-7-----------------7-|-7------------7-(7)-------|
D||o-0--------|-(0)---------o||-----------------7---|------7-(7)---------------|
A||o----------|-------------o||---------------------|--------------------------|
E||-----------|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------|
 |
 |  Gtr II
 |  W      W       S E S E E +H     S E S S S E +Q  Q
G||-----------|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------|
D||o----------|-------------o||---------------------|--------------------------|
A||o----------|-------------o||-5----5---5-(5)------|-5----5-----x-5-(5)-------|
E||-----------|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------|


  E. S +E  E +Q.  E  E.  S +E  E +H
G|-7----------7-(7)----7-|-7------------7-(7)------|
D|----7-(7)--------------|------7-(7)--------------|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|
 |
 | E. S +S S E +Q  E E  S E S S S E +Q  E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------4-|
A|-5--5-(5)-5-5-(5)----5-|-7----7-----7-7-(7)------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  +E. S +E E +H     E. S +E E +H
G|-(7)-------7-(7)-------|-7--------7--(7)---------|
D|-----7-(7)-------------|----7-(7)----------------|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|
 |
 | E. S +E E +Q.  S S  Q.    Q.   S S E
G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|--5--------5-(5)-------|-7----------------7-4----|
A|-----5-(5)---------7h9-|----------------------7--|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  E.  S +E E  +E E E E  S S E  +E  E +H
G|-7----------7---(7)---7---|-7-7-----------7-(7)-------|
D|------7-(7)---------7---7-|-----7---(7)---------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|
 |
 | S E S +E S S +E E E E  E  S S S S E +E E E E
G|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-5----5-(5)---5-(5)-5-5---|---------------7-(7)---5-7-|
E|------------------------5-|-0---0-0-----0-------7-----|


  E.  S +E E +H     E. S +E E +H
G|-7----------7-(7)-------|-7--------7-(7)-----------||
D|------7-(7)-------------|----7-(7)-----------------||
A|------------------------|--------------------------||
E|------------------------|--------------------------||
 |
 | E S S E E +E E E E  E. S +E E S E S S S E
G|------------------------|--------------------------||
D|-5--x-5-----5-(5)-------|-7--7-(7)-7--7------7---7-||
A|------------------7-5-7-|----------------7-9---9---||
E|------------------------|--------------------------||


 Outro Guitar Solo:
  E. S E E +E E  E E  Q.    E +H
G|-7--7-----7-(7)---------|-7--------7-(7)-------|
D|----------------7---7-7-|----------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|
 |
 | E. S +E E +E S S E E  E. S S S E +E E E E
G|----7-(7)---------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|
A|-5--------5-(5)---------|-7--7---x-7-(7)-------|
E|----------------7-7-5-7-|----------------7-5-7-|


  E. S +E E +E E  Q   E. S +E E +E Q.
G|-7--------7-(7)-7-------|-7--------7-(7)--------------|
D|----7-(7)---------------|----7-(7)-------7------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |
 | E. S +E E +E S S E E  E. S +E E +E S S E E
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------5-(5)---------|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)--------------|
A|----------------7-7-5-7-|-----------------------(7)---|
E|-3--3-(3)---------------|----------------5--5-7-------|


  E. S E E +E E  E E  Q.   E +H
G|-7--7-----7-(7)---------|-7------7-(7)---------|
D|----------------7---7-7-|----------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|
 |
 | E. S +E E +E S S E E  E. S E E +E S S E E
G|----7-(7)---------------|----------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|
A|-5--------5-(5)-----5-7-|-7--7---7-(7)-----5-7-|
E|----------------7-7-----|--------------7-7-----|


  E.  S +E E +E E Q  E. S +E E +E Q.
G|-7----------7-(7)-7----|-7--------7-(7)--------|
D|------7-(7)------------|----7-(7)-------7------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |
 | E S S E E +E E Q  E. S +E E +E E e e
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-5--5-------5-(5)------|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)--------|
A|------5--5--------5----|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------5--7-7-|


   E. S E E +E E  E E  Q.   E +H
G||--7--7-----7-(7)---------|-7------7-(7)---------|
D||o----------------7---7-7-|----------------------|
A||o------------------------|----------------------|
E||-------------------------|----------------------|
 |
 |  E. S +E E +E S S E E  E. S E E +E S S E E
G||-----7-(7)---------------|----------------------|
D||o------------------------|----------------------|
A||o-5--------5-(5)-----5-7-|-7--7---7-(7)-----5-7-|
E||-----------------7-7-----|--------------7-7-----|


  E.  S +E E +E E Q  E. S +E E +E Q.
G|-7----------7-(7)-7----|-7--------7-(7)-----------||
D|------7-(7)------------|----7-(7)-------7--------o||
A|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
E|-----------------------|--------------------------||
 |
 | E S S E E +E E Q  E. S +E E +E E e e
G|-----------------------|--------------------------||
D|-5--5-------5-(5)------|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)----------o||
A|------5--5--------5----|-------------------------o||
E|-----------------------|----------------5--7-7----||

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|  - natural harmonic
|  h  - hammer-on
|  s  - legato slide
|  x  - muted
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