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AMERICAN GIGOLO
As recorded by Weezer
(From the 2002 Album MALADROIT)
Transcribed by Scott Brimhall
Words and Music by Rivers Cuomo
Arranged by Rivers Cuomo
F5
1 3 3 x x x
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
C5
3 3 5 5 x x
C#5
4 4 6 6 x x
D5
5 5 7 7 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rivers Cuomo'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Bell'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Rivers Solo'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Bell Solo'
Q=136
E5F5 F#5 G5 C5
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM
Wx3 H Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------|--------------------||------------|-------------|--------------------||------------|-------------|-----------------5--||------------|-----------3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---5--||------------|---------2-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-3-3--||------------|---------0-1-|-(1)-1-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
C#5 D5 E5F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 E5F5 PM PM PM +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----||-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-||-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-||-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|-(1)-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|
Verse
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5 F#5 G5 C5
PM----------| PM----------| PM----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||----------------5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7---|---------------5-|||--3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-|||o-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|||--1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-1-|-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|
C5 C#5 D5
PM----------| PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------|---------------------||------------------|-----------------|---------------------||-5-5-6-6-7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-||-5-5-6-6-7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-||-3-3-4-4-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-||-3-3-4-4-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-|
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| Gtr II
| PM--------| PM------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q|------------------|-----------------|---------------------||------------------|-----------------|---------------------||-5-5-6-6-7-7-12s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-x-5-(5)---||-5-5-6-6-7-7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-----------||-3-3-4-4-5-5------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----------||-3-3-4-4-5-5------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
Chorus
$
D5 E5 F5
PM----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||---------3--3-3--3-|--------------------|----------3--3-3---3---||-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3---3---||-3-3-3-3-1--1-1--1-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--1--1-1---1---||-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-1---1---|
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| Gtr II| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H E Q E E E Q H H Q. +E|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||-----------11---13-|-10-----------------|-----------------------||-------------------|----10--------------|---------10------(10)\-||-------------------|-------10-----------|-----------------------||-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D.S.S. F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------3--3-3--3-|---------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1--1-1--1-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1--|
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| W H E Q E E E Q H|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------|-----------11---13-|-10------------------||-----------------|-------------------|----10---------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------10------------||-----------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
1. F5 Bb5 F5F#5 G5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||----------3--3-3-------|-----------------5--||-3-3-3-3--3--3-3---3---|-3-4-4-5---------5--||-3-3-3-3--1--1-1---3---|-3-4-4-5---------3--||-1-1-1-1--1--1-1---1---|-1-2-2-3-<3>-<3>-3--|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H Q. +E W|-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||---------10------(10)\-|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------|
2. $$ C#5 D5 E5F5 F5 Bb5 F5 PM +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------||------------------||-------------------o||------------------||-(5)-5-6-6-7-7------||---------3-3-3----||-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-o||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1----||-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/-|
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| W W|--------------------||------------------||-------------------o||------------------||--------------------||------------------||--------------------||------------------||-------------------o||------------------||--------------------||------------------|
Bridge Bb5 C5 F5 D5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|---------------------||--8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-||--8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-||-/6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8-|
F5 D5 Bb5 C5 F5 D5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-||-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-||--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-||--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|
To Coda Bb5 A5 E5F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 A PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7------|||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-7-7-7-7-7---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7------|||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-7-7-7-7-7---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5------|||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---5-5-5-5-5-0-1-|-(1)-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-<5>--||
Guitar Solo
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr Gtr III PM Q E E E E E E +E Q E +E S S E E|-----10-10-10----10-10-|-(10)------15-(15)----------15-||-----11-10-11-11-10-11-|-(11)-13---15-(15)-16p15----15-||-----------------------|-------------------------17----||-----------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------------|
F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E|-(15)----15-15----------15-|-(15)----------------------------||-(15)-15-15-16----15-15-15-|-(15)-15--------15-(15)-15-15----||---------------17-17-15----|------17b17.5---17-(17)-17-15-14-||------------------------17-|-(17)----------------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E Q E|------------15-15-15-15-15-----|-(15)--15-----------15---13-----||---------18-15-18-18-15-18b20==|=(18)r-18---16-(16)-15---16b18==||-(14)-14-----------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E Q E +E Q E +E Q E +E E E E|-(13)--13---13-(13)-13---11-----|-(11)--11---11-(11)-11-11-----|||-(16)r-16---15-(15)-13---15b16==|=(15)r-15---13-(13)-11-11-----|||--------------------------------|--------------------------14--|||--------------------------------|------------------------------|||--------------------------------|------------------------------|||--------------------------------|------------------------------||
Outro
&
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 E F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 E F5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----|---------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----||-3-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-||-3-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-||-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|
F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 C5 C#5 D5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-x-5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-5-||-3-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-x-5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-5-||-3-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-x-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-||-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-x-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|
C#5 D5 G5 E E E E E E E E W +Q Q H|-----------------|----------|---------------*||-----------------|----------|---------------*||-5-5-6-6-7-7-7---|----------|---------------*||-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-5-|-5--------|-(5)\----------*||-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-5--------|-(5)\----------*||-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|-3--------|-(3)\----------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
