16

Song

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16 – Green Day

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Tabbed by: Thedboy

Tuning: Down a quarter of a step

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

Intro/Verse

This is a brilliant riff, but is really tricky to pull off. No-one had tabbed it quite

on this site, but I think this version is pretty correct. Play around with it.

Throughout the intro and verse, there are two versions of the same riff, one version is

muted the other isn’t and it sounds slightly different

palm muted version

e-----------------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------0--------------------------------------------------------------|
G-44-444-22-222-1-----4~-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-44-444-22-222-2-----4~-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-22-222-00-000-2-----2~-----------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------0------------------------------------------------------------------|

** ** ** **

non-pm version

e--------------000----------------------------------------------------------|
B—-------------000----------------------------------------------------------|
G-4~-4~-22-222-111-4~-------------------------------------------------------|
D-4~-4~-22-222-222-4~-------------------------------------------------------|
A-2~-2~-00-000-222-2~-------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------000----------------------------------------------------------|

for the whole intro, you pm on the first time, but the next three times you play the non-pm

version.

The verse has the same riff played 8 times, you play with the pm on the 1st, 3rd, 5th

7th time and you play the non pm version on the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th time.

Chorus-nice and simple!!

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-4444444444444--------------------------------------------|
D-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-4444444444444--------------------------------------------|
A-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2222222222222--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude

This is quite difficult to figure out. I think there are two guitars here, one plays the

and the other plays this quietly,but I think this is correct.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7--------7--------7--------7------------------------------------------|
G|-4/8---8--4/8---8--4/8---8--4/8---8----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro:

just play this once:

e--------------000----------------------------------------------------------|
B—-------------000----------------------------------------------------------|
G-4~-4~-22-222-111-4~-------------------------------------------------------|
D-4~-4~-22-222-222-4~-------------------------------------------------------|
A-2~-2~-00-000-222-2~-------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------000----------------------------------------------------------|

It’s a tricky little song with palm muting and stuff at different stages and so you need

fiddle around with the riffs to get it right. Have fun playing a great song.

Song Order:

Intro x4 (pm on first time)

verse 1 x8 (pm only on 1st, 3rd 5th and 7th time)

Chorus x4

Intro x2 no PM

verse 2 x8 (pm only on 1st, 3rd 5th and 7th time)

chorus x4

Interlude x2

chorus x4 (no lyrics)

verse 1 x8 (pm only on 1st, 3rd 5th and 7th time)

Chorus x4

chorus x4 (no lyrics)

Outro

Lyrics

Verse 1:

Every night I dream the same dream

Of getting older all the time

I ask you now, what does this mean?

Are these problems just in my mind?

Things are easy when you're a child

But now these pressures have dropped on my head

The length I've gone are just long miles

Would they be shorter if I were dead

Chorus:

Every time I look in my past

I always wish I was there

I wish my youth would forever last

Why are these times so unfair

Verse 2:

Look at my friends and see what they've done

Ask myself why they had to change

I like them better when they were young

Now all these times are rearranged

I look down and stand there and cry

Nothing ever will be the same

The sun is rising, now I ask why?

The clouds now fall and here comes the rain

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