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Bleed American (Live) Guitar Tablature
Band; Jimmy Eat world
Song; Bleed American
Album; Bleed American

This is my favourite jimmy eat world song, I have a video of them playing live,
So most of this tab should be accurate 
 
Drop D tuning


Intro;
Both guitars play together
                                                     x2
[--------0-------0---------------0--------0------------]
[--------2-------2-----0---------2--------2----0-------]
[------4-------4-------4-------4--------4------4-------]
[-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0------0-0------0----------]
[-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0------0-0------0----------]
[-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0------0-0------0----------]


[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--9-9-9--------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--9-9-9--------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--9-9-9--------------------------------------]


Verse;
Both guitars play together first 2 times 
                                                                  x4
[------------------------------------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------]
......pm.........pm.........pm..........pm..........pm........pm....

after second time the second guitar plays this

[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]


After last time both guitars play
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------]
[-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]


Chorus;
Both guitars play together
                                                     x2
[--------0-------0---------------0--------0------------]
[--------2-------2-----0---------2--------2----0-------]
[------4-------4-------4-------4--------4------4-------]
[-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0------0-0------0----------]
[-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0------0-0------0----------]
[-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0------0-0------0----------]

First guitar plays this
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--9-9-9--------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--9-9-9--------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--9-9-9--------------------------------------]

Second guitar plays this
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]

2nd Verse;
                                                                  x4 
[------------------------------------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------]
......pm.........pm.........pm..........pm..........pm........pm....


Second Guitar plays this first 2 times
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------------------]
[-------------------7--7--7--7---------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]


After last time both guitars play
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------]
[-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------]

repeat chorus x2 followed by

Guitar 1;
[---------------------------------|------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------|------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------0-0-0-0-----------]

Guitar 2;
Listen to cd for exact timeing.
[---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------]
[-----7----7----7----7----7----7--|---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-]
[-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--4-4-4-4-4-4-]
[---------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-]
[---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------]


I havent figured out the solo yet, wat i know is that one guitar plays the solo and the second
plays the chords shown below 

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4/6-6-6-64-4-]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x/x-x-x-xx-x-]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2/4-4-4-42-2-]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------0-0-0-0----------------------]



Last chorus;
Guitar 1
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-9-9-9-9-]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-9-9-9-9-]
[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-9-9-9-9-]

Guitar 2 plays chorus normaly

Both end on
[--------]
[--------]
[--------]
[-4-4----]
[-4-4----]
[-4-4----]

Thats almost every part of the song except for the solo, some parts look a bit weird but try them 
while playing to the cd and you will hear them more clearly
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