The New American Way Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays336

The New American Way by Dropkick Murphys is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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-THE NEW AMERICAN WAY- 
 
PART 1 
e|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|-------------66-------| 
D|-99999999999966774----| 
A|-99999999999944774----| 
E|-777777777777?-552----| 
 
PART 2 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|-------------66-------------------| x2 
D|-99999999999966774444444444444444-| 
A|-99999999999944774444444444444444-| 
E|-777777777777?-552222222222222222-| 
 
PART 3 
e|--------------------| 
B|--------------------| 
G|-------------66-----| 
D|-99999999999966774--| 
A|-99999999999944774--| 
E|-777777777777?-552--| 
 
PART 4 
e|------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------| 
D|-7------6-4-------------------------| 
A|--7---------7-4-----5-5-5-7-7-7-420-| 
E|------------------------------------| 
 
PART 5 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------7777-6666---------------| x2 
D|-777777-777777---------------7777-6666-777777-777777-| 
A|-777777-777777-888888-888888-5555-4444-777777-777777-| 
E|-555555-555555-999999-999999-----------555555-555555-| 
 
DO PART 2 3x 
THEN DO: 
PART 6 
e|----------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------| 
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-999999---------------| x4 
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-999999-777777-777777-| 
A|--9?-9--9--9--9--9?777777-777777-777777-| 
E|--------------------------555555-555555-| 
 
DO PART 5 2x 
THEN DO PART 2 3x		e|----------| 
THEN DO PART 6 4x		B|----------| 
THEN DO PART 2 3x		G|-----7----| 
THEN DO PART 6 8x		D|-7---7-7--| 
			A|-7---5-7--| 
			E|-5-----5--| 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante