American Horse Lyrics

The Cult - sonic temple 1989
comments corrections doubts mail me at pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt
x - muffled strings
/ - slide
~ - vibratto
. - stacatto
p.m. - palm muting
h - hammer on
p - pull off
(5) - grace note (slides)
riff1 (clean)
b-------8-7~~----8-7------------8-7-.---------------------------
g---7-5--------------5-7~~--7-5-----5-5h7-----------------------
drums kick in - heavy pick slide
play riff 1 and then play this (both distorted)
use D5 beneath this part strum the chord when necessary
g----------7-5-------------------5-7-7~~---7-5------5-5h7--------
p.m.-----|
this part of the verse is the same as in the previous,however you have to play the riff on the upbeat (when the drummer hits the snare drum)
+ bass drum
* snare ( C5/(D5) )
pre chorus1
pick slide
chorus:x2 play what comes after the drums kick in
e---------8-7-----13-12-10--8h10---
p.m.|
pre chorus2
pick slide
chorus:x4
g--12h14--12/(11)--7/(5)-5/(7)---/14---12-11-12-11-9--7/-5-/7----
g--5-4-2---2-4-5-/-7-5~~--4~~--12/(14)~~-17/(19)--19-19-19/(17)--
g--17-17-17/(16)--16-16-16/(12)--14~~--12h14p12-/-11h12p11-/-----
g--9h11p9-/-7h9p7-/-5h7p5-/-4h5p4-/-2h4p4---2-2-4-5/(7)-7--------
d-----------------------------------------5---------------7-7-5~~
E-------------------------------------------------------D5A5A5G5-
play this twice---------------------------------|
C5/(D5) x D5 (three times) D5 A5 A5 G5
craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy
C5/(D5) x D5 (three times) D5 A5 A5 G5
then the grand finale: adlib a big fast solo with lots of bends
please correct this riff!!!
E--------------------5--5-3~~~~----------------
well this is it, this should give a good help in learning the song however the final part is a mile away from being right so if you know it mail it to pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt mail any tab you might have on them. thanks