American Nights

Tabbed by: Matt Benecke
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
This is one of my favorite songs from Plain White Ts off of their latest album.
There are at least three guitar parts but for simplicity's sake I'm going to
try to condense them into one single guitar part for a solo performance.
The spacing between the chords will be an attempt to imply the rhythm but as
always it's best to listen to the song as you try to learn it to figure it out
for yourself. I will also attempt to plot out the strumming pattern above the
section.
Additional playing notes for starred (asterisk) sections can be found at the
end of the tablature.
Riff 1 (Intro) (0:00-0:06)

Riff 1a (Verse 1) (0:06-0:26)

Riff 2 (Pre-Chorus) (0:33-0:43)*

Riff 3 (Verse 2) (0:43-1:16)

Riff 2 (Pre-Chorus 2) (1:16-1:26)
Riff 5 (Bridge) (1:26-2:07)

Riff 6 (Verse 3) (2:08-2:20)

Riff 2 (Pre-Chorus 3) (2:21-2:31)*
Riff 7 (Outro) (2:31-3:11)

Song Order
Intro          Riff 1  x 1
Verse 1        Riff 1a x 2
Pre-Chorus 1   Riff 2  x 1
Verse 2        Riff 3  x 1
Pre-Chorus 2   Riff 2  x 1
Bridge         Riff 5  x 1
Verse 3        Riff 6  x 1
Pre-Chorus 3   Riff 2  x 1
Outro          Riff 7  x 1
*Pre-Chorus Notes: You can add the open D note to the Bm chord to add some
depth to it and the B and E strings to the G and A chords to the same effect
like this: