We're an American Band
Yo La TengoVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
0:00-0:23): (you can jam on it)
0:55-3:03):
Driving in the south, the motor's on fire
Let's put it out before the flames go higher
Monday matinée, "Big Bully" or "White Squall"
So hard to choose, wish we could see them all
Some college in the spring, the sound is all wrong
We set the mains to our favorite Hootie song
Driving (not again), they're late, car crash
We'll turn to look unless we're going too fast
3:03-3:44):
Second part of solo and outro (3:44-6:25): , but feel free to replace the
with occasionally.
End in .
If you want to give it a jazzy edge, play seventh major chords instead of normal majors
and seventh minors instead of regular minors. For example, replace with and
with FM7.
Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm and phrasing. Don't forget about
distortion! This is definitely one of the best, most underrated tracks from "I Can Feel the
Heart Beating as One"; the trippy, shoegaze-like atmosphere is very soothing, thanks to
the vocal and instrumental textures, which blend beautifully.
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Readable chord sheet for We're an American Band by Yo La Tengo
0:00-0:23): [D] (you can jam on it)
[Em] [F#m] [Em] [D] [Em] [F#m] [F] [Em] [D] [D]
0:55-3:03):
[Em] Driving in the s[F#m]outh, the [Em]motor's on [D]fire
[D] Let's [Em]put it [F#m]out be[F]fore the f[Em]lames go [D]higher
[Em] Monday mati[F#m]née[Em], "Big Bully" or[D] "White Squall"
[D] So [Em]hard to [F#m]choose, wish [F]we could [Em]see them [D]all
[D] Some [Em]college in the s[F#m]pring, the [Em]sound is all [D]wrong
[D] We [G]set the [F#m]mains to our [F]favorite [Em]Hootie s[D]ong
[Em] Driving (not a[F#m]gain), they're [Em]late, car [D]crash
[D] We'll [G]turn to [F#m]look un[F]less we're [Em]going too [D]fast [D]
3:03-3:44): [D] [Bm] [F#m] [F#m]
Second part of solo and outro (3:44-6:25): [D] [Bm] [F#m] [G] , but feel free to replace the
[G] with [F#m] occasionally.
End in [D].
If you want to give it a jazzy edge, play seventh major chords instead of normal majors
and seventh minors instead of regular minors. For example, replace [F#m] with [F#m7] and [F]
with FM7.
Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm and phrasing. Don't forget about
distortion! This is definitely one of the best, most underrated tracks from "I Can Feel the
Heart Beating as One"; the trippy, shoegaze-like atmosphere is very soothing, thanks to
the vocal and instrumental textures, which blend beautifully.