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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

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbmando

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by tap4154

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by tap4154

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

August 7th, 2011, 02:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
DrumBob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Highland Lakes, NJ Age: 62 Posts: 3,149	D Chord Form For Intro Of "American Girl"? 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.

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jbmando Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA Posts: 3,745	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. __________________ "Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann There is no "A" anywhere in Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's S Q U I E R! Not Squire. Look at your guitar!

August 7th, 2011, 03:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
jbmando Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA Posts: 3,745	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. __________________ "Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann There is no "A" anywhere in Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's S Q U I E R! Not Squire. Look at your guitar!

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sacizob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middlesex County, MA Posts: 2,187 10 Photos	How about the 12th fret 4th string. 14th fret 3rd string. 15th fret 2nd string. Oh, and do that hammer on the 3rd sting. __________________ Buddy Holly Lives!

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rkwrenn Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Plata, MD Age: 55 Posts: 354	Maybe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZWt1HFa_UE Cheers __________________ Help I've fallen and can't reach my Tele! http://www.facebook.com/robert.wrenn

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August 7th, 2011, 02:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
tap4154 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,069	Try this one: -10----10----10- -X-----X------X- -7-----7------7- -0-----0------0- -X-----X------X- -X-----X------X-

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Charlesinator Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mooresville, NC Age: 53 Posts: 388	Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awg8ln2j37s

August 8th, 2011, 11:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
Wayne Alexander Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 2,176	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.

August 8th, 2011, 05:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jack S Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berwyn, IL Posts: 2,901	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.

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