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AMERICAN GIGOLO
As recorded by Weezer
(From the 2002 Album MALADROIT)
Transcribed by Scott Brimhall
Words and Music by Rivers Cuomo
Arranged by Rivers Cuomo
F5
1 3 3 x x x
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
C5
3 3 5 5 x x
C#5
4 4 6 6 x x
D5
5 5 7 7 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rivers Cuomo'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Bell'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Rivers Solo'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Bell Solo'
Q=136
E5F5 F#5 G5 C5
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM
Wx3 H Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------|-----------------5--|
|------------|-----------3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---5--|
|------------|---------2-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-3-3--|
|------------|---------0-1-|-(1)-1-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
C#5 D5 E5F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 E5F5
PM PM PM
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----|
|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-|
|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-|
|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|-(1)-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|
Verse
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5 F#5 G5 C5
PM----------| PM----------| PM----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7---|---------------5-|
||--3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
||o-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|
||--1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-1-|-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|
C5 C#5 D5
PM----------| PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-6-6-7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-|
|-5-5-6-6-7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7----7--7-|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5----5--5-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------| PM------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-6-6-7-7-12s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-x-5-(5)---|
|-5-5-6-6-7-7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
Chorus
$
D5 E5 F5
PM----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3--3-3--3-|--------------------|----------3--3-3---3---|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3---3---|
|-3-3-3-3-1--1-1--1-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--1--1-1---1---|
|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-1---1---|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H E Q E E E Q H H Q. +E
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------11---13-|-10-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|----10--------------|---------10------(10)\-|
|-------------------|-------10-----------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D.S.S.
F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------3--3-3--3-|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-1--1-1--1-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|
| W H E Q E E E Q H
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------11---13-|-10------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----10---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------10------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
1.
F5 Bb5 F5F#5 G5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|----------3--3-3-------|-----------------5--|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3---3---|-3-4-4-5---------5--|
|-3-3-3-3--1--1-1---3---|-3-4-4-5---------3--|
|-1-1-1-1--1--1-1---1---|-1-2-2-3-<3>-<3>-3--|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H Q. +E W
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|---------10------(10)\-|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
2.
$$
C#5 D5 E5F5 F5 Bb5 F5
PM
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------|
|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7------||---------3-3-3----|
|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-o||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1----|
|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/-|
|
| W W
|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
Bridge
Bb5 C5 F5 D5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|---------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
|-/6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8-|
F5 D5 Bb5 C5 F5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|
|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-|
To Coda
Bb5 A5 E5F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 A
PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-7-7-7-7-7---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-7-7-7-7-7---3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---5-5-5-5-5-0-1-|-(1)-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-<5>--||
Guitar Solo
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr Gtr III
PM
Q E E E E E E +E Q E +E S S E E
|-----10-10-10----10-10-|-(10)------15-(15)----------15-|
|-----11-10-11-11-10-11-|-(11)-13---15-(15)-16p15----15-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------17----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
|-(15)----15-15----------15-|-(15)----------------------------|
|-(15)-15-15-16----15-15-15-|-(15)-15--------15-(15)-15-15----|
|---------------17-17-15----|------17b17.5---17-(17)-17-15-14-|
|------------------------17-|-(17)----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|------------15-15-15-15-15-----|-(15)--15-----------15---13-----|
|---------18-15-18-18-15-18b20==|=(18)r-18---16-(16)-15---16b18==|
|-(14)-14-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E Q E +E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|-(13)--13---13-(13)-13---11-----|-(11)--11---11-(11)-11-11-----||
|-(16)r-16---15-(15)-13---15b16==|=(15)r-15---13-(13)-11-11-----||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------14--||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------||
Outro
&
F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 E F5 F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 E F5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----|---------------5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7-----|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-(5)-5-6-6-7-7---3-|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5---3-|
|-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-4-4-5-5-0-1-|
F#5 G5 C5 C#5 D5 C5 C#5 D5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-x-5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-5-|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5---5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-x-5-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-5-|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-x-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|
|-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-x-3-|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|
C#5 D5 G5
E E E E E E E E W +Q Q H
|-----------------|----------|---------------*|
|-----------------|----------|---------------*|
|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7---|----------|---------------*|
|-5-5-6-6-7-7-7-5-|-5--------|-(5)\----------*|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-5--------|-(5)\----------*|
|-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-3-|-3--------|-(3)\----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
