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Favorite Son

Green Day
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Song

Favorite Son

Music: Green Day

Album: Rock Against Bush Compliation Vol. 2 (2004)

Tab By: reizig (reizig@hotmail.com)

Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)

Intro/Verse:

G#5 F5 x2

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-6---3------------|
A|-6---3------------|
E|-4---1------------|

Chorus:

C#5 G#5 D#5 x2

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-6-------8------------------------|
D|-6---6---8------------------------|
A|-4---6---6------------------------|
E|-----4----------------------------|

Bridge:

F5 G#5 F5 C#5 D#5

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-10---------10---6---8------------|
D|-10---6-----10---6---8------------|
A|-8----6-----8----4---6------------|
E|------4---------------------------|

Solo:

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-/6---5---3v---\6--\10---8v--------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Interlude:

A#m A#5 F#5 D#5

e|--6--(6-x)---------------------------------------|
B|--6--(6-x)---6--9--8-----------------------------|
G|--6----------6--8--8-----------------8-----------|
D|--8----------6-------------8-----4---8-----------|
A|--8------------------------8-----4---6-----------|
E|--6------------------------6-----2---------0-3---|

Order:

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Verse (no lyrics)

Chorus w/ Solo (no lyrics)

Interlude

Verse

Chorus

End on G#5

Lyrics:

He hit the ground running

At the speed of light

The star was brightly shining

Like a neon light

It's your favorite son

It's your favorite son

A fixture on the talkshows

To the silver screen

From here to Colorado

He's a sex machine

(Chorus)

But isn't it a drag?

Isn't it a drag?

Isn't it a drag?

It's pretty bloody sad

But isn't it a drag?

A clean-cut all-American

Really ain't so clean

His royal auditorium

Is a murder scene

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Well, no one says it's fair

Turn a teenage lush

To a millionaire

Now where's your fuckin' champion?

On a bed you laid

He's not the all-American

That you thought you paid

It's your favorite son

It's your favorite son

But isn't it a drag?

Legend:

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

b = bend

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

v = vibrato

- reizig

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