MACHINE HEAD - "American High" Tablature

Artist: Machine Head
Song: American High
Album: Supercharger (2001)
Tab Type: Guitar
Tabbed by: Christian Murua / silent_warrior_@hotmail.com

This is a cool song off the new album..enjoy playing it! The intro is played throughout the song. You can play it palm muted or not..however it sounds better palm muted. There's also a 2nd guitar using a wah pedal, but since I don't have a wah pedal, I did not tab those parts.

Tuning: B F# B E G# C#

PM - Palm mute
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down

Intro
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x12
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
\___________PM____________/


Verse
|----10----10-|
|-14----14----|
|-------------| x7
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|


|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x4
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
\___________PM____________/

Verse
|----10----10-|
|-14----14----|
|-------------| x7
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|


Chrous
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------7-6--6/12\8-----------7-6--6\3/7-| x2
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-4--4/10\6--5-5-5-5--5-4--4\1/5-|
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
\__PM__/ \__PM__/


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x4
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|


|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x4
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
\___________PM____________/

|----10----10-|
|-14----14----|
|-------------| x7
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|


Chrous
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------7-6--6/12\8-----------7-6--6\3/7-| x2
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-4--4/10\6--5-5-5-5--5-4--4\1/5-|
|-5-5-5-5---------------5-5-5-5-------------|
\__PM__/ \__PM__/
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x4
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|


|------|
|------|
|-12\3-| x1
|------|
|-10\1-|
|------|


Bridge - Clean (no distortion)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-1--3--5--3--1--8--6--8--6--7--6--5--4--5-| x1
|-1--3--5--3--1--8--6--8--6--7--6--5--4--5-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


Resume distortion
|---------------------10----10----|
|------------------------14----14-|
|---------------------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0---------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0---------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0---------------|
\_______PM________/

|-------------------------10----10----|
|----------------------------14----14-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0--1--0-0--1--0-0--1--------------|
|-0-0--1--0-0--1--0-0--1--------------|
|-0-0--1--0-0--1--0-0--1--------------|
\PM/ \PM/ \PM/


|-10----------------------------------------------------| |--10--|
|----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| |--14--|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1 |------| x17
|-------------------------------------------------------| |------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| |------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| |------|


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x6
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|


|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| x4
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
|-0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6--5h6p5-|
\___________PM____________/

Credit to Machine Head for writing this great song.