An American Dream Lyrics

As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2007 Album MESSENGERS)
For those without powertab, here you go. Gtr. III represents the bass, I only put it in
the one part. This one was really tough to tab, so enjoy. Only The Blinding Light remains!
Words and Music by ABR
Arranged by ABR
Q=160
N.C. D5
Gtr I
PM PM
| Gtr II
| PM PM
PM PM
| PM| PM---------------------| PM
PM PM
| PM--| PM------------------| PM-----------|
PM PM
||o---------------------------|---------------7h8h10-o||
||o---------------------6---5-|-0-------9-0----------o||
| PM| PM------------------| PM------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------o||
||o-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-0----0-o||
"Forgive us for..."
Q=195
N.C.
| PM------| PM PM PM PM--------------|
PM PM PM PM-------------------|
|-----| PM PM PM PM-------------------|
N.C.
PM------| PM PM PM PM-----------------------------------| PM PM PM
||o--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------10---|----------------------|----------------------|
| PM------| PM PM PM PM-----------------------------------| PM PM PM
||o--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------8----7---|-10---8---------------|----------------------|
PM--------------| PM--------------------|
|----------------------o||--------------------------|
|----------------------o||--------------------------|
| PM--------------| PM--------------------|
|----------------------o||--------------------------|
|----------------------o||--------------------------|
"This is no longer..."
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM PM----------------------------| PM
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------8---7---|-----------4p0---4-(4)s7---|
PM--------| PM PM
|-------------------------|----------o||
|---------------------7---|-7---7----o||
"We're trying to breathe..."
Q=155
N.C. D5
PM------| PM-----------------------------|
PM----------------| PM---------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0--0-0-0-0---|
|------------o||------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
N.C.
PM| PM PM PM----------------|
||o------------------|---------------------o---|
||o-4--0-----0-5---5-|---4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o---|
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM PM PM----------|
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||o----0-------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
| Gtr II
| PM| PM PM PM----------|
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||o-4--0-----0-5---5-|---4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
N.C.
~ PM| PM PM PM
| ~ PM| PM PM PM
"One nation under God..."
Q=160
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM PM
D5 N.C. D5F#Eb5 D5
PM PM------------|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM PM
| Gtr II
| PM PM
|-------4h=7---5-4------|-------4h=7---5-4------|
D5 N.C. D5F#Eb5 D5
PM PM-----------|
| PM PM-----------|
|-------4h=7---5-4------|-------4h=7--------------|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5F#A5EbD5
PM PM PM----------|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM PM PM
| Gtr II
| PM PM PM
|-------4h=7---------4h=7---|-------4h=7---5-4------|
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5
PM PM PM
| PM PM PM
|-------4h=7---------4h=7---|-------4h=7-----||
Q=152
Gtrs I, II
PM--------| PM--------------------------------| PM------------------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
||o-4-7-1-0-4-7--0-|-4-7-1-0-4-0-0-0-0-|-4-7-1-0-4-7--0-|-4-7-1-0-4-0-0-0-0-----|
PM--------| PM--------------------------------| PM--|
|-------------------o||--------------------|
|-5-8-1-0-5-0-0-0-0-o||-5-8-1-0-5-5--5-----|
"We've brainwashed..."
Q=210
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-----------------------8-----|-10p=8-----------10p=8-----------|
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
N.C.
PM--| PM PM PM PM| PM|
|--------------------------|-10p=8-----------10p=8------------||
|--------------------------|-------10--------------10--------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------o||
| PM--| PM PM PM PM| PM|
|--------------------------|-11p10-----------11p10-----------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------o||
Riff variation
Q=195
N.C.
PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM------------------|
| PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM------------------|
|-------| PM| PM| PM| PM---------------------------|
N.C.
PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM------------------|
||o----------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------8------7-----|-10-----8---------------------|
| PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM------------------|
||o----------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------10-----|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------o---|
|------------------------------|--------------8p7p0----------o---|
|-------| PM| PM| PM| PM---------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------o---|
|------------------------------|--------------8p7p0----------o---|
Transition
2. Q=135
N.C. D5
PM--------------------------------------------------|
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
| Gtr III
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-(0)---------------|-(0)-----------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
"This is not an..."
PM----------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-o||-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14------|
|-------------------------o||---------------------------||
|-------------------------o||---------------------------||
Q=170
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM----|
| Gtr III
| PM--|
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5N.C.D5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM PM| PM PM|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||o-0-1p0-1p0-0-0--------|-0-----0-0-------|
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5N.C.D5 N.C.
PM PM| PM PM|
|----------------------|------------------o||
|-0-1p0-1p0-0-0--------|-0-----0-0--------o||
"Disease infesting..."
Gtr I
PM-------------------------| PM------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-|-0-----0-0-0---------|
| Gtr II
| PM PM--| PM PM--|
||o--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-0-1p0-1p0-0---0----------|-0-----0---0-------|
PM-------------------------| PM---------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------o---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-|-0-----0-0-0--------o---|
| PM PM--| PM PM--|
|--------------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-1p0-1p0-0---0----------|-0-----0---0--------o||
Outro Breakdown
Q=165
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------| PM----| PM----| PM------------|
PM PM--------| PM----| PM----| PM------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------|-----|--------|----------||o----------|--------o---|
|-0----0--0--|-----|-0------|-(0)------||o-(0)------|-(0)----o---|
Gtr I
||o-6------|----6-----|-1------|-1--------|
||o--------|----------|-0------|-------3--|
|-1------|-1--------|-1------|-------1--o||
|-1------|-------3--|-3------|----------o||
Gtr I
| Gtr II
|-xs=====|=x\--------*|
|-xs=====|=x\--------*|
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