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                   SONG TITLE: American Woman
                 ARTIST/GROUP: Lenny Kravitz
                        ALBUM: Austin Powers Soundtrack
               TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@hotmail.com
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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:
   ------------
   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