Maria

Song

Artist : Green Day

Title : Maria

Album : International Superhits!

Released: 2001

Lyrics by: Billie Joe Armstrong

Tuning: standard

Tabbed by: Sigbjørn Ottar Nydal (Sigbjorn01@gmx.net, http://listen.to/gd_midis)

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Chords:

A A5 A5* B5 C#5 D5 E5 E

e|--------------------------------
B|---------10--12--------------9--
G|-6-------9---11--6---7---9---9--
D|-7---7---7---9---6---7---9---9--
A|-7---7-----------4---5---7---7--
E|-5---5--------------------------

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Song progression:

Intro > Verse 1 > Pre-Chorus > Verse 2 > Pre-Chorus > Chorus >

Bridge > Solo > Verse 1 > Pre-Chorus 1 > Chorus > Chorus >

Outro

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Intro:

D5 A5 D5 A5

---------| -----------------|-----------------|------------------|
---------| -----------------|-----------------|------------------|
-7-7-7---| -----------------|-*-------------*-|----------7-7-7---|
-7-7-7-7-| ---7-------------|-*-------------*-|----------7-7-7-7-|
-5-5-5-7-| ---7-------------|-----------------|----------5-5-5-7-|
-------5-| ---5-------------|-----------------|----------------5-|

| play twice |

Verse (same riff as intro)

A5 D5

She smashed the radio with the board of education

A5 D5 C#5 A5 E5

Turn up the static left of the state of the nation

Pre-Chorus

E D5 C#5 A5 E5

Turn up the flame, step on the gas

Burning the flag at half mast

She's rebel's forgotten son

E

An export of the revolution

Verse 2: (lyrics)

She is the first voice of the last ones in the line

She'll drag the lake to keep the vendetta alive

Pre-Chorus 2: (lyrics)

Bring in the head of the government

The dog ate the document

Somebody shot the president

And no one knows where Maria went?

Chorus:

D A D A D A E

Mar -i -a, Mar -i -a, Mar -i -a, where did you go?

Bridge:

bridge riff:

E A5* B5 A5*

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---9-x-10--10x-|-12--12x-10--10x-|
|-9---9-x-9---9-x-|-11--11x-9---9-x-|
|-9---9-x-7---7-x-|-9---9-x-7---7-x-|
|-7---7-x---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

E A5* B5 A5*

(twice w/o lyrics) Be

careful what you're offer-ing Your

breath lacks the conviction -

Drawing the line in the dirt Be-

cause the last de-cision ...is

Solo:

b=bend whole step

D5 A

|-2---3---5-------|-----5----5-----|
|-3---3---3-------|---5----5-----5-|
|---------------7b|------7b----7b--|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|

|-----------------|----------------|play 3 times

no-___________-o____

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|1.

E5

|-4-----4-5---5-7-|---5---4------x-|
|-5-----5-5---5-5-|---5---5------x-|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|

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|2.

E5 (A5)

|-4-----4-5---5-7-|---5---4---0----|-5~----
|-5-----5-5---5-5-|---5---5---5----|--------
|-----------------|----------------|-------
|-----------------|----------------|--------
|-----------------|----------------|-------
|-----------------|----------------|------

Outro: __________________

|1.2.3.

E A5* B5 A5*

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---9-x-10--10x-|-12--12x-10--10x-|
|-9---9-x-9---9-x-|-11--11x-9---9-x-|
|-9---9-x-7---7-x-|-9---9-x-7---7-x-|
|-7---7-x---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

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|4.

B5 D5 A5

|-----------------|
|-12--12x---------|
|-11--11x-7-7-7---|
|-9---9-x-7-7-7-7-|
|---------5-5-5-7-|
|---------------5-|