'Americana' by Offspring - Guitar Tutorial

            Band:Offspring
Song:Americana
Trank number:12

Dropped D tuning  (trust me)
Just so you know, the last chorus is a key change from G major to G# major.

Intro

e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
E|--5---------------|-7-^-----------7-|-5-2-----------0-|-2-2-|
    V                 V             ^   V ^           ^   V ^

After four of that riff
Palm muted
e|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
B|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
G|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9
D|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
E|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
  V  ^  V  ^  V  ^  V  ^    V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^   V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^   V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^



Verse
  /                          Play these twice                        
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-0--|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-0--|
G|-9--x--7--x--9----12--x--14-x--12-|-9--x--7--x--9----12--x--14-x--12-|-x--|
D|-9--x--7--x--9----12--x--14-x--12-|-9--x--7--x--9----12--x--14-x--12-|-2--|
A|-7--x--5--x--7----10--x--12-x--10-|-7--x--5--x--7----10--x--12-x--10-|-2--|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-2--|
   V  ^  V  ^  V    V   ^  V  ^  V    V  ^  V  ^  V    V   ^  V  ^   V   V


Well I'd like to tell you all about my dream, it's a place.
Where strip malls aboud and diversion's mere moments away.


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B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-2---2---------------------------|-5---5---------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-2-|-5---5---5---5---5---5-5---5-5-5-|
E|-2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-2-|-5---5---5---5---5---5-5---5-5-5-|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V ^   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V ^
           pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~           pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7-|
D|-7---7---------------------------|-5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7-7---7-7-7-|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5-|
E|-7---7---7---7---7---7-7---7-7-7-|-------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V ^   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V
           pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-9---9---9---9---9---9-9---9-9-9-|---------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9---9---9---9-9---9-9-9-|-9---9---9---9---9---9-9---9-9-9-|
A|-7---7---7---7---7---7-7---7-7-7-|-9---9---9---9---9---9-9---9-9-9-|
E|---------------------------------|-9---9---9---9---9---9-9---9-9-9-|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V ^   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V ^

e|----------------------------------|---|
B|----------------------------------|---|
G|-9--x--7--x--9----12--x--14-x--12-|-9-|
D|-9--x--7--x--9----12--x--14-x--12-|-9-|
A|-7--x--5--x--7----10--x--12-x--10-|-7-|
E|----------------------------------|---|
   V  ^  V  ^  V     V  ^  V  ^  V    V


Where culture's defined by the
One least refined and you'll
Be left behind if you
Don't fit in.
It's all distorted in Americana my way.
Well fuck you!


Chorus

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------7---7-7-------7-7-|-9---9---9---9---4---4-5-------5-5-|
D|-5---5---5---5---7---7-7-------7-7-|-9---9---9---9---4---4-5-------5-5-|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5-5-------5-5-|-7---7---7---7---2---2-3-------3-3-|
E|-5---5---5---5---------------------|-----------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^       ^ V   V   V   V   V   V   V ^       ^ V

e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------7---7-7-------7-7-|-9---9---9---9---7---9---9---9-|
D|-5---5---5---5---7---7-7-------7-7-|-9---9---9---9---7---9---9---9-|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5-5-------5-5-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
E|-5---5---5---5---------------------|-------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^       ^ V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V

Whoa, whoa, whoa, well my dream has come true.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, my vision has come true.


Verse

Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tats right away.
I want it right now cause my generation don't like to wait.
My future's determined by thieves, thugs and vermin,
It's quite an excursion but it's ok.
Everything's backwards in Americana, my way.
Well fuck you!


Chorus


Bridge

e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-12--12--12--12--7---7-7---7-7-|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-12--12--12--12--7---7-7---7-7-|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
A|-10--10--10--10--5---5-5---5-5-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V

Yeah it's all coming true


e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-9--------------------------7-|-9--------------------------7-|
D|-9--------------------------7-|-9--------------------------7-|
A|-7--------------------------5-|-7--------------------------5-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
   V                           ^   V                           ^

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-9----------------------------|
D|-9----------------------------|
A|-7----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
   V

Spoken
Don't blame me, I just work here, but i wanna fuck it up!



Verse

My rights are denied by those least qualified
Trading profit for pride but it's, it's ok.
Everythings backwards in Americana my way.
Well fuck you!


Chorus

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------8---8-8-------8-8-|10--10--10--10---5---5-6-------6-6-|
D|-6---6---6---6---8---8-8-------8-8-|10--10--10--10---5---5-6-------6-6-|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6-6-------6-6-|-8---8---8---8---3---3-4-------4-4-|
E|-6---6---6---6---------------------|-----------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^       ^ V   V   V   V   V   V   V ^       ^ V

e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------8---8-8-------7-7-|10--10--10--10---8--10--10--10-|
D|-6---6---6---6---8---8-8-------7-7-|10--10--10--10---8--10--10--10-|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6-6-------6-6-|-8--10--10---8---8---8---8---8-|
E|-6---6---6---6---------------------|-------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^       ^ V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V


Whoa, whoa, whoa, my nightmare has come true.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, my nightmare has come true.


e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-13--13--13--13--8---8-8---8-8-|-10-10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
D|-13--13--13--13--8---8-8---8-8-|-10-10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
A|-11--11--11--11--6---6-6---6-6-|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
   V   V   V   V   V   V ^   ^ V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V   V

Yeah it's all coming true.
Yeah it's all coming true.