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American Bad Ass

Kid Rock
Tab
★4.8(8)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

American Bad Ass Tab by Kid Rock

Heres how it goes

Dropped D

INTRO

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|-5------5-5-5--6---6---5---5--------------|
|-5------5-5-5--6---6---5-----9-8--6---6---|
|----------------------------------6---6---|

a few times....

after that there is a little twinkling noise that goes like this

|-------------|
|-2-x-2-2-x-2-|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|

Verse other ending to the verse

|-----------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|----------|
|-0-0---0--0------------|----------|
|-0-0---0--0--3---------|-3---3-3^-|
|-0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3-|---5------|

Fill

|-10--10--10-----------------|

|-------------a couple times-|

|-7---7---7------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

Pre-Chorus

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|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3---3^----5---5---------|
|---4----------------12/0-|

Chorus

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|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---0--0-------------0-0---0--0------------|
|-0-0---0--0--3----------0-0---0--0--3---------|
|-0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3--0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3-|

hey hey ........... hey hey

|-10^---10^/------------10^----10^/-|
|-13^---13^/------------13^----13^/-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---0--0-------------0-0---0--0------------|
|-0-0---0--0--3----------0-0---0--0--3---------|
|-0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3--0-0---0--0----5-6/5-3-|

hey hey ........... hey hey hey hey

|-10^---10^/------------10^----10^/-10^---10^/-|
|-13^---13^/------------13^----13^/-13^---13^/-|
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Verse 2 same as one but with this fill

Fill 2

|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0--0-----0--0----|
|-0--0--3--0--0--3-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|

Interlude

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------3--3--1-|

|-0-0-0-0-0--a million times then...--3--3--1-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|

Verse 3 with wah-wah ends with and with

|------------------------------------|--------------|10-13-10-13-10-13--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------10-13-10-13---------------|
|------------------------------------|12^^^^^^^^^^^^|-----------------------------10h12-12^-10--|
|10/12--12------10-12-----10-12^-(12)|--------------|-----------------------------------------12|
|------------12--------12------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus last time

oh................ they call me

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-12^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-------12---(12)-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Last chorus

cowboy im a singer....................

|-10--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--------------------------------------------------------|
|----12^----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------12--12-12^(12)-12--12-------12-12---12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

hey hey .........your at

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--12^(12)/10-------------------------10 12^(12)/10------|
|---------------12-10--12--12-12---12-----------------12-10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

hey hey hey hey

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------7--------------|
|-5--5--3-5--3-5-5-3-5-5^(5)/3----------------------------10-|
|------------------------------5--5----5----8---8--10/12-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

hey hey hey hey

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------10-12-12^------12^---12^^^^^^^^^-|
|-12-------12----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

Second time through is the same until second hey hey hey hey then it goes

hey hey hey hey

|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------13^-----|
|-------12--12/14-----------------|
|-10/12---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

put detroit city back............ (timing not correct here, to save space)

|--------13-15^(15)---------------------------------|
|-13--15------------15-13-15-13-13-15^^^^--13/15/13-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

hey hey hey hey kid rock's

|----------------------------------------15^^^^^-|
|-15--15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-------13--------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Outro

|-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-------------------------------|
|---------------------13-10-13-10--------------------|
|--------------------------------10h12-12^-10--------|
|---------------------------------------------12-12/-|
|------------------------------------------------12/-|
|------------------------------------------------12/-|

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