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                             American Kids - Kenny Chesney (Banjo Tab)
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Tabbed by: Dave

Tuning: Standard G - D B G D G

Intro
Opening Chords -- e, b, C, G

Banjo Riff to Opening Chords
(Hey!)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3h5-5-5-3-3h5-3---3h5-5-5-3-3h5-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------4b------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

Banjo Riff 1 (Follows "Jack in her cherry coke town")
E|--------5b-2-0-0h2---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Banjo Riff 2 (Follows "Cause this is where the car broke down")
E|---------12b---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------12------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------14b-12-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------14--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Banjo Riff 3 (Follows "Pickin' us up by a barbed wire fence")
D|-------2-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-|
D|--------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus - No riffs - just pluck/strum the chords
Chords -- G, b, e, C

Come out of Chorus with Banjo Riff 1 from above.

Verse 2

Banjo Riff 1 (Follows "Take her home and give her your jacket")
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2-0---0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------4---2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Banjo Riff 2 (Follows "Monday afternoon at practice")
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2--2--2---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Banjo Riff 3 (This one is played with "Sister's got a boyfriend daddy doesn't like")
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------5-3--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------4-4-4-4-----4--4-4-2-0-2/4-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Banjo Riff 4 (Follows "Sister's got a boyfriend daddy doesn't like")
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------10b--8--5----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Banjo (Ending) Riff 5 (This one starts on the "blue" in the phrase "In the blue bug zapper light")

                      (D)               (G)
E|-------4---2---0------------0-----------------0---------------------------------------|
B|------------------1---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------2-----0---0-------0-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2---4----4/5--------------------------------------------|
A|---------0---0---0--0---0----------------------0--------------------------------------|

Banjo Solo, Following "A little messed up but we're all alright"
E|--------4b-2-4b-4b-2----4b-2----0--2-0--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------2--------2-0----------------------------------|
D|----2----------------2---------------------2--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------0-----------------------------------------|

E|--------4b-2-4b-4b-2----4b-2---7----2-0---0---0-------0---------------------|
B|----------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------2-------0-----------------------|
D|---------------------2--------------------------4/5-------------------------|
A|---------------------------------0---------------------0--------------------|

Chorus, then the song.

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| /   slide up
| h   hammer-on
| b   Bend