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Were An American Band
Grand Funk Railroad
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Hey, i listened to this song carefully and found were i made my mistakes in my previous
So here it is, corrected and prefected. Except little solo bit at the end, i apologize
that.
Intro
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Intro (continued)
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Near the end of the intro there is alot of changing notes which i couldnt quite catch.
you play it that way, you can hadly tell.Sorry.
K now heres the first verse.
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Out on the road for forty days,last night in middle rock put me in haze.
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Sweet sweet connie, doin her act,she had that whole show and thats a natural fact.
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Playin all night, with freddie king, ive got to tell you, pokers his thing. Booze and
keep me right. As long as we can make it to the show tonight.
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(continued)
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Chorus
Were an american band.. were an american band.. were comin to your town, well help you
it down, were an american band.
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Four young chiquitas, in Omaha, waitin for the band to return from the show.
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Feelin good, feelin right, its saturday night. The hotel detective he was out of sight.
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Now these fine ladies, they had a plan. They were out to meet the boys in the band. They
"Comon dudes, lets get it on". And we proceeded to tear that hotel down!
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(continued)
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Were an american band.. were an american band.. were comin to your town, well help you
it down, were an american band.
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Were an american band.. were an american band.. were comin to your town, well help you
it down, were an american band.
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And there ye have it, except for solo, id say this sounds hella good. I appreciate your
and advise, plz contact me at DragonFighter989@aol.com
Phoo
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