********************************************************************** This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile ********************************************************************** This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research. ********************************************************************** SONG TITLE: American Woman ARTIST/GROUP: Lenny Kravitz ALBUM: Austin Powers Soundtrack TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk ********************************************************************** 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: ------- 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: ------------ 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----------------------------------| | 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: ------ 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 ********************************************************************** Questions, comments, corrections, requests, send to: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk ********************************************************************** Visit the QUALITY TABS INC. 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