This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Verse 2
Chorus x2
Bridge
Chorus x2
End on bridge riff x1
Lyrics
I declare I don't care no more
I'm burning up and out and growing bored
In my smoked out boring room (Verse 1)
My hair is shagging in my eyes
Dragging my feet to hit the street tonight
To drive along these shit town lights
I'm not growing up
I'm just burning out (Chorus)
And I've stepped in line
To walk amongst the dead
Apathy has rained on me
And now I'm feeling like a soggy dream
So close to drowning but I don't mind
I've lived inside this mental cave (Verse 2)
Throw my emotions in the grave
Hell, who needs them anyway?
(Chorus x2)
Bridge
(Chorus x2)
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Having A Blast
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: The order may seem confusing at first, but it's really
simple to play.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Intro (x4)
A5 G5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7----5--------------------------------------------------------| A|-7----5--------2-----------------------------------------------| E|-5----3----3-3---3---------------------------------------------|
Verse (x2)
A5 (PM) F#5 G5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7-------4----5----2-------------------------------------------| A|-7-------4----5----2-------------------------------------------| E|-5-------2----3----0-------------------------------------------|
Chorus (x2)
D5 A5 B5 G5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7----7----9----5----------------------------------------------| A|-5----7----9----5----------------------------------------------| E|------5----7----3----------------------------------------------|
Interlude
A5 F#5 B5 E5 A5 F#5 D5 A5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--stop------stop------stop-------------------------------------| G|-----------4--------------------7------------------------------| D|-7----4----4----2----7----4-----7--7--2---(pickslide)----------| A|-7----4----2----2----7----4-----5--7--2------------------------| E|-5----2---------0----5----2--------5--0------------------------|
Bridge (x2)
F#5 D5 A5 F#5 G5 (A5 G5 A5 replace with intro
e|-------------------------------------------on second time)-----| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|------7--------------------------------------------------------| D|-4----7----7------4----5----7--7-7--5/7--7-7-------------------| A|-4----5----7------4----5----7--7-7--5/7--7-7-------------------| E|-2---------5------2----3----5--5-5--3/5--5-5-------------------|
Order
Chorus
Intro ("To me it's nothing")
Chorus
Intro ("To me it's nothing")
Bridge
Intro ("To me it's nothing")
Lyrics
I'm taking
All you down with me
Explosives duct-taped to my spine
Nothing's gonna change my mind
I won't listen (Verse 1)
To anyone's last words
There's nothing left for you to say
Soon you'll be dead anyway
Well no one here
Is getting out alive
This time I've really lost my mind
And I don't care
So close your eyes (Chorus)
And kiss yourself goodbye
And think about the times you spent
And what they've meant
To me it's nothing (x4)
I'm losing
All my happiness
The happiness you pinned on me
My loneliness still comforts me
My anger (Verse 2)
Dwells inside of me
I'm taking it all out on you
And all the shit you put me through
Chorus
Do you ever think back
To another time (Interlude)
Did it bring you so down
That you thought you lost your mind
Do you ever want to lead
A long trail of destruction
And mow down any bullshit
That confronts you (Bridge)
Do you ever build up
All the small things in your head
To make one problem
That adds up to nothing
To me it's nothing
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Chump
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: The G# on the verse might be wrong, but it's close. Each
bridge strum has half the beats as the previous strum, listen to
the song and you'll get it.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse (x2)
B5 G# E (x3) F#5
e|-----------0---------------------------------------------------| B|-----------0---------------------------------------------------| G|-4---------1---------------------------------------------------| D|-4-----6---2--------4------------------------------------------| A|-2-----6---2--------4------------------------------------------| E|-------4---0--------2------------------------------------------|
Chorus
A E B5 (x3) A E
e|-0----0------------0----0--------------------------------------| B|-2----0------------2----0--------------------------------------| G|-2----1--4---------2----1--------------------------------------| D|-2----2--4---------2----2--------------------------------------| A|-0----2--2---------0----2--------------------------------------| E|------0-----------------0--------------------------------------|
Bridge (let F#5 ring and then bass solo, then play this)
F#5 (x4) F#5 E5 (x4) F# (guitar 2)(x11)
e|-----------------------2---------------------------------------| B|-----------------------2------5/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| G|-11-------11---9-------3---------------------------------------| D|-11-------11---9-------4---------------------------------------| A|-9--------9----7-------4---------------------------------------| E|-----------------------2---------------------------------------|
Order
Intro (B5-G#5-E x2)
Chorus
Intro x2 ("I'm just dumb")
Bridge
Fade into Longview
Lyrics
I don't know you
But I think I hate you
You're the reason for my misery (Verse 1)
Strange how you've become
My biggest enemy
And I've never seen your face
Well maybe it's just jealousy
Mixing up with a violent mind
A circumstance that (Chorus)
Doesn't make much sense
Or maybe I'm just dumb
You're the cloud
Hangin out over my head
Hail comes down welting my face
Magic man (Verse 2)
Egocentric plastic man
Yet you still got one over on me
Bridge
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Longview
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: No guitar during verse, fade out the ending.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
() = harmonic
Verse Bass 1
G|-------------------------------------9-7-6-7-------------------| D|------9-7-6-------7-6----4----9-7-6----------------------------| A|-0h7---------7p5-------5---7-----------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
D5 B5 A5 E5 (x4)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-777777777777------------9-------------------------------------| D|-777777777777--9----7----9-------------------------------------| A|-555555555555--9----7----7-------------------------------------| E|---------------7----5------------------------------------------|
Bridge
E5 D5 (x4) B5 A5 E5 (x4)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----7------------------9-------------------------------------| D|-9----7--------9----7----9-------------------------------------| A|-7----5--------9----7----7-------------------------------------| E|---------------7----5------------------------------------------|
End (third time end)
e|----------------------(12)----------------(12)-----------------| B|-9h10-10-7---9h10--12------------9h10--12----------------------| G|-9----9--7---9-----------------9-------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Order
Drum Intro (Fade in from Chump)
Verse 1 (verse bass 1 x4)
Chorus 1
Verse 2 (verse bass 2 x2, verse bass 1 x2)
Bridge
Verse 3 (verse bass 2 x2, verse bass 1 x2)
Chorus 2 (double the D5 strums, do other part 8x)
End (fade out)
Lyrics
Sit around and watch the tube, nothing's on
Change the channel for an hour or two
Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit (Verse 1)
I'm sick of all the same old shit
In a house with unlocked doors
And I'm fuckin lazy
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise (Chorus 1)
I'm so damn bored I'm goin blind
And I smell like shit
Peel me off this Velcro seat and get me movin
I sure as hell can't do it by myself
I'm feelin like a dog in heat (Verse 2)
Barred indoors from a summer street
I locked the door to my own cell
And I lost the key
Chorus 1
I got no motivation
Where is my motivation (Bridge)
No time for my motivation
Smokin's my inspiration
Sit around and watch the phone, no one's callin
Call me pathetic, call me what you will
My mother says to get a job (Verse 3)
But she don't like the one she's got
When masturbation's lost it's fun
You're fuckin lazy
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored I'm goin blind
None of this has to suffice (Chorus 2)
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
Some say quit or I'll go blind
But it's just a myth
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Welcome To Paradise
Green Day
Kerplunk! (1992) / Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Bridge has one guitar track doing some weird feedback, and
another guitar track doing the little solo, and then the chords.
The solo here is the one on the Dookie version, the one on
Kerplunk! is quite similar.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Intro
E5 D5 A5 (x2 one guitar, x2 with band)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9------7------------------------------------------------------| D|-9------7---7--------------------------------------------------| A|-7------5---7--------------------------------------------------| E|------------5--------------------------------------------------|
Verse
E5 D5 E5 E5 D5 G5 B5 (x2) G5 A5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----7----9------9----7---------------------------------------| D|-9----7----9------9----7----5----9-------5----7--9-------------| A|-7----5----7------7----5----5----9-------5----7--9-------------| E|----------------------------3----7-------3----5--7-------------|
Chorus
E5 G5 A5 C5 E5 G5 B5 E5 G5 A5 C5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------5-----------------------------5-------------------| D|-2---5---7---5----2---5---9----2---5---7---5-----2-x-2-x-2-2---| A|-2---5---7---3----2---5---9----2---5---7---3-----2-x-2-x-2-2---| E|-0---3---5--------0---3---7----0---3---5---------0-x-0-x-0-0---|
Bridge
(w/ feedback)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------/5-4-3-2-3---------------------| A|-/7----\2----3-2-0-2-3-2---0-----------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(all palm mute) (x4, then x8 with guitar 2)
E G F# F E5 G5 F#5 F5
e|------4---------7----------6---------5-------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------4----------7---------6---------5----------------------| D|-2-2-------5-5--------4-4-------3-3------------2---5---4---3---| A|-----------------------------------------------2---5---4---3---| E|-----------------------------------------------0---3---2---1---|
Order
Chorus
Intro chords x2
Chorus
Intro chords x4
Chorus
Intro chords x4
Lyrics
Dear mother, can you hear me whining
It's been three whole weeks
Since I have left your home (Verse 1)
This sudden fear has left me trembling
Cuz now it seems that I am
Out here on my own, and I'm feeling so alone
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it the slums, some call it nice (Chorus)
I wanna take you through a wasteland
I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps
And left dead on his own (Verse 2)
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home, and I'm never gonna go
Bridge
Dear mother, can you hear me laughing
It's been six whole months
Since I have left your home (Verse 3)
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home, and I'm never gonna go
Chorus
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Pulling Teeth
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: This song has a bit of a countryish feel. If you don't
want to play the B5/A, just play A5, it should sound ok.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Intro (x3)
B5 B5 B5/A B5 - B5/A (guitar 2 on B5) B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------4------------------------| G|-4-4-4--4----4----4-----4--4--4-------4b--4---------4-4-4-4-4--| D|-4-4-4--4----4----4-----4--4--4---------------------4-4-4-4-4--| A|-2-2-2--2----2----0-----0--2--0---------------------2-2-2-2-2--| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (x2)
E A E B5 E A E B5 E
e|-0----0----0---------0----0----0-----0-------------------------| B|-0----2----0---------0----2----0-----0-------------------------| G|-1----2----1----4----1----2----1-----1-------------------------| D|-2----2----2----4----2----2----2--44-2-------------------------| A|-2----0----2----2----2----0----2--22-2-------------------------| E|-0---------0---------0---------0-----0-------------------------|
Chorus
C#m E C#m B5 B5/A
e|--------0------------------------------------------------------| B|-5------0------5-----------------------------------------------| G|-6------1------6------4----4-----------------------------------| D|-6------2------6------4----4-----------------------------------| A|-4------2------4------2----0-----------------------------------| E|--------0------------------------------------------------------|
Solo (played over verse chords)
e|---0---0-----0--0-0-0---------0-0-0---0--0----0----------------| B|-0h2---0--0--0--2-2-2---2--0--0-0-0-0h2--0--0-0--2/4--4---4----| G|----------1--1--2-2-2---2--1----------------1-1--2/4--4---4----| D|------------------------2--------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--0-------| B|--5--5--5---7--7--7---5--4--0---5--5--5/9--9--9--10-9--10/-----| G|--6--6--6---8--8--8---6--4--4----------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|---0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0---0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0----0------| B|--/12-12-12-10-10-9-9-10-10--10\9--9\7--7\5--5-------0---------| G|-----------------------------------------------------1---------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|-12-12----12---------------------------------------------------| B|-12----12----12------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (x5)
B5 B5/A B5 - B5/A (guitar 2 on B5) B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------4--------------------------------| G|-4----4-----4--4--4-------4b--4---------4-4-4-4-4--------------| D|-4----4-----4--4--4---------------------4-4-4-4-4--------------| A|-2----0-----0--2--0---------------------2-2-2-2-2--------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Order
Verse 3
End on E
Lyrics
I'm all busted up
Broken bones and nasty cuts (Verse 1)
Accidents will happen
But this time I can't get up
She comes to check on me
Making sure I'm on my knees (Verse 2)
After all, she's the one
Who put me in this state
Is she ultra-violent?
Is she disturbed?
I better tell her that I love her (Chorus)
Before she does it all over again
Oh God, she's killing me
For now I'll lie around
Hell that's all I can really do (Verse 3)
She takes good care of me
Just keep saying my love is true
Lookin out my window
For someone that's passing by
No one knows I'm locked in here (Bridge)
All I do is cry
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Basket Case
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Not much to say here, played fast with lots of distortion.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse (second verse and bridge, use low E5 (022xx))
E5 B5 C#5 G#5 A5 E5 B5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9---------6--------------9------------------------------------| D|-9----9----6----6----7----9----9-------------------------------| A|-7----9----4----6----7----7----9-------------------------------| E|------7---------4----5---------7-------------------------------|
Chorus
A5 B5 E5 (x2) A5 B5 E5 D5 C#5 A5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------9--------------------9-\-7-\-6----------------------| D|-7----9----9---------7----9-----9-\-7-\-6----7----9------------| A|-7----9----7---------7----9-----7-\-5-\-4----7----9------------| E|-5----7--------------5----7------------------5----7------------|
Bridge
E5 B5 C#5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9----9----11---9----------------------------------------------| A|-7----9----11---9----------------------------------------------| E|------7----9----7----------------------------------------------|
Interlude
A5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------(verse chords x2)-----------------------------------| D|-7----9--------------------------------------------------------| A|-7----9--------------------------------------------------------| E|-5----7--------------------------------------------------------|
End Riff
E5 C#5 A5 E5 B5 (x4) A5 E5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----6---------9----------------------------------------------| D|-9----6----7----9----9--------\-7----2----9--------------------| A|-7----4----7----7----9--------\-7----2----9--------------------| E|-----------5---------7--------\-5----0----7--------------------|
Order
Verse 1 (palm mute)
Chorus (palm mute until walkdown)
Bridge (x2, single guitar)
Chorus
Bridge (x4)
Interlude
Verse chords x2, no lyrics
Chorus (palm mute until walkdown)
End Riff
Lyrics
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
All at once
Verse 1
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up (Chorus)
I think I'm crackin up
Am I just parananoid
Am I just stoned
Bridge
I went to a shrink
To analyse my dreams
He said it's lack of sex
That's bringin me down
Verse 2
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whinin
Cuz it's bringin her down
Chorus
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She
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Simple but effective 3-chord song, clearly Green Day.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse
G5 D5 C5 G5 C5 G5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|------7----5---------5-----------------------------------------| D|-5----7----5----5-5--5--5--------------------------------------| A|-5----5----3----5-5--3--5--------------------------------------| E|-3--------------3-3-----3--------------------------------------|
Chorus
D5 C5 G5 (x2) C5 G5 (x3) D5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7------5------------5-------------7---------------------------| D|-7------5---5--------5----5--------7---------------------------| A|-5------3---5--------3----5--------5---------------------------| E|------------3-------------3------------------------------------|
Order
Intro (bass)
Verse 1 (bass + drums)
Chorus
Verse 2 (guitar palm mutes verse)
Chorus
Bridge (verse chords)
Chorus
End on G5
Lyrics
She, she screams in silence
A sullen riot penetrating through her mind
Waiting for a time to smash the silence (Verse 1)
With a brick of self-control
Are you locked up in a world
That's been planned out for you
Are you feeling like a social tool
Without a use (Chorus)
Scream at me until my ears bleed
I'm taking heed just for you
She, she's figured out all her doubts
Were someone else's point of view (Verse 2)
Waking up this time to smash the silence
With a brick of self-control
Chorus
(scream)
Chorus
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Sassafras Roots
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Billie Joe plays open chords for most of this song, but
it sounds fine either way.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Intro
D A E
e|-2----0----0---------------------------------------------------| B|-3----2----0---------------------------------------------------| G|-2----2----1---------------------------------------------------| D|-0----2----2---------------------------------------------------| A|------0----2---------------------------------------------------| E|-----------0---------------------------------------------------|
Verse (x6, lyrics on third rep for first 2 verses, x2 for verse 3)
A D E
e|-0----------2----0---------------------------------------------| B|-2---2-0----3----0---------------------------------------------| G|-2-------2--2----1---------------------------------------------| D|-2----------0----2---------------------------------------------| A|-0---------------2---------------------------------------------| E|-----------------0---------------------------------------------|
Chorus
D5 E5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3----------------(Intro)--------------------------------------| G|-2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0----2--------------------------------------------------------| A|------2--------------------------------------------------------| E|------0--------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
A D E (x2) F#5 D5 (x3) E5
e|-0----------2--------------------------------------------------| B|-2---2-0----3--------------------------------------------------| G|-2-------2--2-------------------7---------9--------------------| D|-2----------0----2---------4----7---------9--------------------| A|-0---------------2---------4----5---------7--------------------| E|-----------------0---------2-----------------------------------|
Order
Chorus
Intro x3 "May I waste your time too?"
Lyrics
Roamin 'round your house wasting your time
No obligation just wasting your time (Verse 1)
So why are you alone wasting your time?
When you could be with me wasting your time
Well I'm a waste like you
With nothing else to do (Chorus)
May I waste your time too?
Wardin off regrets wasting your time
Smokin cigarettes wasting your time (Verse 2)
I'm just a parasite wasting your time
Applying myself to wasting your time
Bridge
So why are you alone wasting your time? (Verse 3)
When you could be with me wasting your time
Chorus
May I waste your time too?
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When I Come Around
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Not much to say here. Moderate distortion. Play around
with the solo a bit, it's not too hard to figure out the right
pattern.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse
G5 D5 E5 C5 (x8)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|------7----9----5----------------------------------------------| D|-5----7----9----5----------------------------------------------| A|-5----5----7----3----------------------------------------------| E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
A5 C5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|------5--------------------------------------------------------| D|-7----5--------------------------------------------------------| A|-7----3--------------------------------------------------------| E|-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
(played over verse chords)
e|-----------3-------5-------3-----5--0-0-0--0-0-5--0-0-0--------| B|-------------3---3---3---3---3------0------0-------------5b--2b| G|-(verse x2)----0-------0-------0-------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Order
Intro (verse chords palm muted x2, 1 guitar)
Chorus
End on verse chords x4 ("When I come around)
Lyrics
I heard you cry it loud
All the way across town
You've been searchin
For that someone
And it's me out of the crowd
As you sit around
Feeling sorry for yourself
Verse 1
So don't get lonely now
And dry your whinin eyes
I'm just roamin for the moment
Sleazin my backyard so don't get
So uptight you've been thinkin
About ditchin me
No time to search the world around
Cuz you know where I'll be found (Chorus)
When I come around
I heard it all before
So don't knock down my door
I'm a loser, and a user
So I don't need no accuser
To try and slag me down
Because I know you're right
Verse 2
So go do what you like
Make sure you do it wise
You may find out that your self-doubt
Means nothing was ever there
You can't go forcing something
If it's just not right
Chorus
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Coming Clean
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: One of their slowest songs.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse
B5 G#5 (x2) F#5 E5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-4----6---------4----2-----------------------------------------| A|-2----6---------4----2-----------------------------------------| E|------4---------2----0-----------------------------------------|
Bridge (played over verse chords)
B G#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--7-7--7--7--7-7---4--5-4--4--4--5-4-----(x2)----------------| G|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8---4--4-4--4--4--4-4-------------------------| D|-9--9-9--9--9--9-9---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F# E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------(x2)---------------------------------| G|---------6--------9--------------------------------------------| D|-8--9-9----9-8-9--9--------------------------------------------| A|------------------7--------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Order
Verse 3
Lyrics
Seventeen and strung out on confusion
Trapped inside a roll of disillusion (Verse 1)
I found out what it takes to be a man
Well Mom and Dad will never understand
Secrets collecting dust but never forget
Skeletons come to life in my closet (Verse 2)
I found out what it takes to be a man
Well Mom and Dad will never understand
What's happening to me
Seventeen and coming clean for the first time
I finally figured out myself for the first time
I found out what it takes to be man (Verse 3)
Well Mom and Dad will never understand
What's happening to me
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Emenius Sleepus
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Mike Dirnt
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Not much to say about this song.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Intro
B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 F#5
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Verse (x2)
B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 F#5
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Chorus
E5 F#5 (x3) B5 E5 B5 F#5 B5 E5 A5 F#5
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Bridge
B A (x3) B A F#5
e|-7----5-----------------7----5---------------------------------| B|-7----5--5--------------7----5---------------------------------| G|-8----6----6---6--------8----6---------------------------------| D|-9----7------7----------9----7----4----------------------------| A|-9----7-----------------9----7----4----------------------------| E|-7----5-----------------7----5----2----------------------------|
End
B5 E5 B5 F#5 B5 E5 A5 F#5 B5
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Order
Chorus 2
End
Chorus 1
End
Lyrics
I saw my friend the other day
And I don't know (Verse 1)
Exactly just what he became
It doesn't show
It wasn't long ago
That I was just like you
And now I think I'm sick (Chorus 1)
And I wanna go home
How have I been, how have you been?
It's been so long (Verse 2)
What have you done with all your time?
And what went wrong?
I knew you back when
And you, you knew me (Chorus 2)
And now I think you're sick
And I wanna go home
Anybody ever say no?
Ever tell you that you weren't right?
Where did all the little kid go? (Bridge)
Did you lose it in a hateful fight?
And you know it's true
Chorus 1
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In The End
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Short, fast, and distorted
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse
A5 G5 (x7) A5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7----5-------7------------------------------------------------| A|-7----5-------7------------------------------------------------| E|-5----3-------5------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
D5 E5 A5 F#5 D5 E5 (A5 G5 x2 after 1st chorus
e|-----------------------------------------x4 after 2nd chorus---| B|-----------------------------------------x3 to end on A5)------| G|-7----9----------------7----9----------------------------------| D|-7----9----7----4------7----9----7----5------------------------| A|-5----7----7----4------5----7----7----5------------------------| E|-----------5----2----------------5----3------------------------|
Bridge
A5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------(x15)--7------------------------------------| A|----4--------5------------7------------------------------------| E|-5-----5--3-----3---------5------------------------------------|
Order
Chorus
Lyrics
All brawn and no brains
And all those nice things
You finally got what you want (Verse 1)
Someone to look good with
And light your cigarette
Is this what you really want?
I figured out
What you're all about
And I don't think I like what I see
Sooooooo (Chorus)
I hope I won't be there
In the end when you come around
How long will he last
Before he's a creep in the past
And you're alone once again (Verse 2)
Will you pop up again
And be my special friend
'Till the end, and when will that be?
Chorus
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F.O.D.
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Acoustic guitar for first 2 verses and choruses, full band
for the rest. Electric part played fast, heavy, and distorted.
The bridge strumming is hard to tab, but listen to the song and
eventually you'll get a feel for it.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Verse
A5 G5 A5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------5----7-------------------------------------------------| A|-7------5----7-------------------------------------------------| E|-5------3----5-------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
E5 G5 D5 A5 E5 G5 D5 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9---------7---------9---------7-------------------------------| D|-9----5----7----7----9----5----7-------------------------------| A|-7----5----5----7----7----5----5-------------------------------| E|------3---------5---------3------------------------------------|
Bridge
D5-C#5 A5 D5-C#5 G5 (x4)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7\6----------7\6----------------------------------------------| D|-7\6p0---7----7\6p0---5----------------------------------------| A|-5\4p0---7----5\4p0---5----------------------------------------| E|---------5------------3----------------------------------------|
Order
Chorus 1
Bridge chords x2 (no vocals)
Bridge
Bridge ("Good night...")
Lyrics
Something's on my mind
It's been for quite some time
This time I'm on to you (Verse 1)
So where's the other face
The face I hurt before
Your end trip's boring me
Let's nuke the bridge
We've torched 1000 times before
This time we'll blast it all to hell (Chorus 1)
I've had this burning in my guts
Now for so long
My belly's aching now to say
Stuck down in a rut
Of dislogic and sput
A side of you well hid
When it's all said and done (Verse 2)
It's real and it's been fun
But was it all real fun?
Chorus 1
(To say....)
You're just a fuck
I can't explain it 'cause I think you suck (Bridge)
I'm taking pride
In telling you to fuck off and die
I've had this burning in my guts
Now for so long
My belly's aching now to say
I'm taking pleasure in the doubts (Chorus 2)
I've passed to you
So listen up 'cause you might miss...
(Bridge) (Good night.......)
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All By Myself (secret song)
Green Day
Dookie (1994)
Lyrics: Tré Cool
Music: Tré Cool
Tuning: Normal
Notes: Pretty impossible to play with a pick, go fingerstyle.
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
Riff 1
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Riff 2
e|-4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---------------------------------| B|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------0---------------------------------------------| E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
Order
Spanish intro thing + talking & laughing
Riff 1 x2
Verse 1 (Riff 1 x6)
Verse 2 (Riff 2 x4)
Verse 3 (Riff 1 x4)
Verse 4 (Riff 2 x4)
Lyrics
I was alone
I was all by myself
No was looking (Verse 1)
I was thinking of you
Yeah, did I mention
I was all by myself
All by myself (Verse 2)
All by myself
All by myself
I went to your house
But no one was there (Verse 3)
I went to your room
I was all by myself
You and me had
Such wonderful times (Verse 4)
When I'm all by myself
All by myself...
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