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D Chord Form For Intro Of "American Girl"?

DrumBob
August 7th, 2011, 02:34 PM
Does anyone know the D chord form used on the intro to "America Girl" by Tom Petty? I have been using a standard open D, but I know it's incorrect.
tap4154
August 7th, 2011, 02:46 PM
Try this one:

-10----10----10-
-X-----X------X-
-7-----7------7-
-0-----0------0-
-X-----X------X-
-X-----X------X-
jbmando
August 7th, 2011, 03:11 PM
The "lessons" on YouTube show octaves like that tab, but you can hear the hammer-on from the G to the A. It sounds like xx0035 hammering on to xx0235, to me.
tap4154
August 7th, 2011, 03:27 PM
The "lessons" on YouTube show octaves like that tab, but you can hear the hammer-on from the G to the A. It sounds like xx0035 hammering on to xx0235, to me.

I think it's two guitars on the recording. The second one fills out the chord in the open position, and has the G-A hammer-on. Maybe playing it solo, start with the octaves, then go down to the open chord w/hammer?
jbmando
August 7th, 2011, 03:35 PM
Could be. The first thing you hear to open the song is the hammer-on, so if I were doing is as a solo or as the only guitar, I'd play it in the first position w/ the h-o.
CosmonautJordon
August 8th, 2011, 09:44 AM
Try this one:

-10----10----10-
-X-----X------X-
-7-----7------7-
-0-----0------0-
-X-----X------X-
-X-----X------X-

That's how I used to do it, if I remember correctly.
Charlesinator
August 8th, 2011, 10:32 AM
Try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awg8ln2j37s
Wayne Alexander
August 8th, 2011, 11:37 AM
It's two guitars. Tom plays the g to a hammer-on on the third string, simultaneously with the d on the 4th string -------------- Mike plays the higher chord shown in the youtube video just above - 7th fret on the 3rd and 4th strings, 10th fret on the first and second strings.
sacizob
August 8th, 2011, 12:02 PM
How about the 12th fret 4th string. 14th fret 3rd string. 15th fret 2nd string.
Oh, and do that hammer on the 3rd sting.
FirstBassman
August 8th, 2011, 05:24 PM
Try this one:

-10----10----10-
-X-----X------X-
-7-----7------7-
-0-----0------0-
-X-----X------X-
-X-----X------X-


This is how I play it. And this is how the published Petty TAB books show it.

However, as others have noted, Campbell plays it around the 5th and 7th fret.

In the diagram above, btw, the trick is to hit the open A also at times.
Jack S
August 8th, 2011, 05:32 PM
I have not played it in a long time, but always played at the seventh fret, adding the 1st string tenth fret part of the time.
rkwrenn
August 8th, 2011, 05:36 PM
Maybe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZWt1HFa_UE

Cheers