Brooks & Dunn - Only In America lead guitar tab
ONLY IN AMERICA \STEERS AND STRIPES ALBUM
This is a good song by Brooks And Dunn. Go and learn it.
INTRO
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|------------------------|-----------------------4|------------------------|
|-----------------------7|-----7--7--7--7--6-----4|------------------------|
|--9-11-11-11--9--7-----0|-----0--0--0--0--0-----2|------------------------|
|--0-H---0--0--0---------|------------------------|------------------------|
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|------------------------|-----------------------7|-----7--7--7--7--6-----4|
|-----------------x--x-11|----11-11-11--9--7----/0|-----0--0--0--0--0-----2|
|---------------------/-0|-----0--0--0--0--0------|------------------------|
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|------------------------|-----4--5--4--5--4------|------------------------|
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|------------------------|-----4--6--4--6--4------|--2---------------------|
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E A B A
Sun coming up over New York City
E A B
School bus driver in a traffic jam
A B E
Staring at the faces in her rear view mirror
A B
Looking at the promise of the promised land
E A B A
One kid dreams of fame and fortune
E A B
One kid helps pay the rent
A B E B
One could end up going to prison
A B
One just might be president
E A B
Only in America, dreaming in red, white, and blue
E A B
Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to
C#m A C#m A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance
E A B
Only in America
E A B A
Sun going down on an L.A. freeway
E A B
Newlyweds in the back of a limousine
A B E
A welder's son and a banker's daughter
A B
All they want is everything
E A B A
She came out here to be an actress
E A B
He was a singer in a band
C#m B E B
They just might go back to Oklahoma
A B
And talk about the stars they could have been
E A B
Only in America, dreaming in red, white, and blue
E A B
Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to
C#m A C#m A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance
E A B
Only in America
SOLO
|A |E |B |B |A |E |B |C |
F Bb C
Only in America, where we dream in red, white, and blue
F Bb C
Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to
Dm Bb Dm Bb
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance
F Bb C
Only in America
F Bb
Yeah, only in America
F Bb C
Only in America, where we dream in red, white, and blue
F Bb C
Yeah we we dream as big as we want to (fade)
GUITAR TAB
SOLO
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|-10----10-10-10-10------|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9|--9--7--7--5--5--4--4---|
|------------------------|------------------------|----S-----S-----S------6|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------B|
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________
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|-----4------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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|--------4--2------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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|-----4--5--4--5--4--x--x|-----5--6--5--6--5------|------------------------|
|-----4--4--4--4--4--x--x|-----5--5--5--5--5------|------------------------|
|-----4--6--4--6--4--x--x|-----5--7--5--7--5-----3|------------------------|
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SELECTED RIFFS
VERSE 1 (...promise of the promised land)
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|-----------------------4|----/-------------------|--0---------------------|
VERSE 1 (...end up going to prison)
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|-------10-12-10--9------|-----5-----------4------|--2---------------------|
|-------11-13-11--9------|-----4-----------4------|--2---------------------|
|---------S--S----------5|--6--------------------2|------------------------|
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VERSE 2 (...came out to be an actress)
natural harmonics natural harmonics
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VERSE 2 (...they just might go back to Oklahoma)
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