Grand Funk Railroad - Were An American Band guitar chord

FROM: Lukas Lechner, Woergl, Austria

E-MAIL: luggi69@web.de

DATE: 26 Jul 2001

ARTIST: Grand Funk Railroad

SONG: We're An American Band

ALBUM: We're An American Band, 1973

This is transcribed from Reuben Gann's (reubengann@usa.net) bass tab file and from the song

(Hi Reuben, hope you don't mind!)

WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND

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written by Don Brewer

Intro: D C Bb C D

D A------5h7- C GG C F E C C-D main riff

E---5h7----

Over main riff:

Out on the road for forty days

Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze

sweet sweet Connie doing her act

See had the whole show and that's a natural fact

G D

Playin all night with Freddie King

C D

I got to tell you that poker's his thing

G D

Booze and ladies keep me right

F G

As Long as we can make it to the show tonight

Chorus:

D

We're an American Band

C

We're an American Band

Bb

We come into your town

C

We'll help you party it down

D

We're an American Band

Verse:

Four young chiquitas in Omaha

Waiting for the band to return from the show

Feelin' good feelin' right it's Saturday night

The hotel detective he was out of sight

Now these fine ladies they had a plan

They was out to meet the boys in the band

They said, "Come on dudes lets get it on"

An we proceeded to tear that hotel down

Chorus:

D

We're an American Band

C

We're an American Band

Bb

We come into your town

C

We'll help you party it down

D

We're an American Band

repeat once

Solo over G D C D G D F G

Chorus 3 times

Corrections, questions, comments and suggestions are always welcome, just e-mail me!

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