E|E|---------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------------|| 


                             American Kids - Kenny Chesney (Banjo Tab)

E|E|---------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------------|| 

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|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
A|----------------------| 

Verse 1

Banjo Riff 1 (Follows "Jack in her cherry coke town")

E|--------5b-2-0-0h2-----------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
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|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
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-----------------------------------------------

D|---------------------------|       
B|---------------------------|       
G|------------------------------||-| 
D|---------------------------|       
G|---------------------------|       

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|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
A|----------------------| 


Banjo Riff 2 (Follows "Monday afternoon at practice")

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|-----2--2--2-----------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
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|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| 
D|----------------------| 
A|----------------------| 


Banjo Riff 4 (Follows "Sister's got a boyfriend daddy doesn't like")

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|--------10b--8--5------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------

E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
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-----

E|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 


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|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-----------------------| 


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

E|-0---------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|--0--------------------| 

Chorus, then the song.

************************************

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