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Vertigo

American Hi-fi
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Song

Band: American Hi-Fi

Song:Vertigo

Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)

Comments: First tab, hope you enjoy!

Tabbed By: Nambo - vt57_nam@hotmail.com

\ = Slide

^ = Downstrum

V = Upstrum

^! = Accented or Heavy/Strong/Loud Strum (whatever you wanna call it)

Guitar Intro / Chorus = 0:03

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Bridge = 0:13

	|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
	|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
	|------------------3-3-3-------------||-----------------3-3-3--------------|
	|-5-5-5----1-1-1---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5---1-1-1---3-3-3---3-3-3-3--1-|
	|-5-5-5----1-1-1---1-1-1---3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5---1-1-1---1-1-1---3-3-3-3--1-|
	|-5-5-5----1-1-1-----------3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5---1-1-1-----------3-3-3-3--1-|

Strums: ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info: keep strumming last chord till chorus

Chorus = 0:31

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Chorus = 0:39

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Bridge = 0:48

	|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
	|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
	|------------------3-3-3-------------||-----------------3-3-3--------------|
	|-5-5-5----1-1-1---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5---1-1-1---3-3-3---3-3-3-3--1-|
	|-5-5-5----1-1-1---1-1-1---3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5---1-1-1---1-1-1---3-3-3-3--1-|
	|-5-5-5----1-1-1-----------3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5---1-1-1-----------3-3-3-3--1-|

Strums: ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info: keep strumming last chord till chorus

Chorus = 1:07

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Chorus = 1:15

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6\---1--|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Bridge2/Riff = 1:24

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |-3-3-3-------------------8-8-8------||-3-3-3--------------------8-8-8-8\--|
        |-3-3-3---3-3-3---8-8-8---8-8-8------||-3-3-3---3-3-3---6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8\--|
        |-1-1-1---3-3-3---8-8-8---6-6-6------||-1-1-1---3-3-3---6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6\--|
        |---------3-3-3---8-8-8--------------||---------3-3-3---6-6-6-6------------|

Strums: ^ V ^! ^ V ^! ^ V ^! ^ V ^! ^ V ^! ^ V ^! ^ V ^! ^ V ^!

Info: On last chord Slide the fret board to anywhere

DRAMATIC PAUSE!!!!!

Chorus = 1:35

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Chorus = 1:42

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--6--6-------|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Chorus = 1:50

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |---------------------------8--8-----||------------------------------------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----8--8-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--1--1-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----6--6-----||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--1--1-------|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6-------------||-8--8-----3--3-----6--6--1--1-------|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Info:

Chorus = 1:58

        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
        |------------------------------------||--------8-7-5-3----------------3-3--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----3--3-----||-6--6---8-7-5-3--DRUM SOLO!!!--3-3--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----3--3-----||-6--6---6-5-3-1----------------1-1--|
        |-8--8-----3--3-----6--6----3--3-----||-6--6-------------------------------|

Strums: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

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