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Kerplunk

Biography:

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the band's career, they have been a trio with drummer Tré Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1991). Guitarist Jason White, who has been a touring member since 1999, was an official member from 2012 to 2016.

Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California.

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Track List:

1. 2,000 Light Years Away
2.One For The Razorbacks
3. Welcome To Paradise
4. Christie Road
5. Private Ale
6. Dominated Love Slave
7. One Of My Lies
8. 80
9. Andriod
10. No One Knows
11. who Wrote The Holden Caulfried?
12. Words I Might Have Ate
13. Sweet Children
14. Best Thing In Town
15. Strangeland
16. My Generation

1. 2000 Light Years Away

C G
I sit alone in my bedroom
Staring at the walls
I've been up all damn night long
My pulse is speeding, my love is yearning

Am C
I hold my breath and close eyes
Am G
And dream about her
F G C
Cause she's 2000 light years away
She holds my mala kite so tight so
Never let go
Cause she 2000 light years away

I sit outside and watch the sunrise
Lookout as far as I can
I can't see her, but in the distance
I hear some laughter, we laugh together

Douglas

From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:41:48 -0500
Subject: 2000 Light Years Away by Green Day

Song: 2000 Light Years Away
Band: Green Day
Album: Kerplunk
posted by: [email protected]
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CHORDS
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G# F# E B
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------2-------4--------------|
|---6-------4------2-------4--------------|
|---6-------4------1-------2--------------|
|---4-------2------0----------------------|
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Intro: B, G#, F#
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Verse:
=0D
B F# B F#
i sit alone in my bedroom staring at the wall
=0D
(same chords)
i've been up all damn night long
my pulse is speedin, my love is yearnin
=0D
CHORUS:
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G# B =

i hold my breath and close my eyes and =

G#
dream about her
E F# Bb-B, Bb-B,
Bb-B, Bb-B
cause she's 2000 light years away
G# B =

she hold my malakite so tight so
G#
never let go
E F# B G# F#
cause she's 2000 light years away
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repeat Intro
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Verse2(wsame chords)
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i sit outside and watch the sunrise look out as far as i can
i can't see her but in the distance
i hear some laughter, we laugh together
=0D
repeat CHORUS
=0D
repeat Intro
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(bass only)
i sit alone in my bedroom starin at the wall
(rake low E)
i've been up all damn night long
my pulse is speedin, my love is yearnin
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repeat CHORUS
=0D
repeat Intro
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years away...
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2. One For The Razorbacks

C G C F C
Juliet's trying to find out what she wants, but she don't know
G C
Experience has got her down
C G C F C
Look this direction, I know it's not perfection, it's just me
G C
I want to bring you up again now

G F C
I'm losing what's left of my dignity
G F C
A small price to pay to see that you're happy
G F C
Forget all the disappointments you have faced
G F C
Open up your worried world and let me in

C G C F C
Juliet's crying cause now she's realizing love can be
G C
Filled with pain and distrust
C G C F
I know I am crazy, and a bit lazy
C G C
But I will try to bring you up again somehow

G F C
I'm losing what's left of my dignity
G F C
A small price to pay to see that you're happy
G F C
Forget all the disappointments you have faced
G F C
Open up your worried world and let me in

3. Welcome To Paradise

Opening.. E E D A...Play 4 times...
E D E
Dear Mother, Can you hear me whining?
E D G B
It's been 3 whole weeks since I have left your home
E D E
This sudden fear has left me trembling
E D G B
'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
G B
And I'm feeling all alone...

REFRAIN:
E G A C
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
E G B
Some call it slums, some call it nice...
E G A
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
C E B
home...Welcome to Paradise (Do the EE D A thingy twice)

2nd Verse...
E D E
A gunshot rings out at the station
E D G B
Another urchin snaps, and left dead on his own
E D E
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E D G B
For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
G B
And I'm never gonna go...

REPEAT REFRAIN...PLAY E....There is a bridge here w/a bass
solo..I don't have time to do it now!(I have to give you
something to do eh?)
E D E
Dear Mother, Can you hear me laughing?
E D G B
It's been six whole months since I have left your home
E D E
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E D G B
For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
G B
And I'm never gonna go...

REPEAT REFRAIN: and end after the 4th EE D A thingy...

4. Christie Road

EADGBe
D --0232
E 0221--

Verse 1:
G
Staring out of my window
E C
Watching the cars go rolling by

My friends are gone
D
I've got nothing to do
G
So I sit here patiently
E
Watching the clock tick so slowly
C
Gotta get away
D
Or my brains will explode

Chorus:
C G D
Give me something to do to kill some time
C G D
Take me to that place that I call home
C G D
Take away the strains of being lonely
C (hold) G (hold) D
Take me to the tracks at Christie Road

Verse 2:
See the hills from afar
Standing on my beat up car
The sun went down and the night fills the sky
Now I feel like me once again
As the train comes rolling in
Smoked my boredom gone
Slapped my brains up so high

Chorus

Bridge:
G G FFFF C C FFFF

G B F G B F
Mother stay out of my way of that place we go
G B F G B F
We'll always seem to find our way to Christie Road
...Repeat that once...

C F G C F G
If there's one thing that I need that makes me feel complete
C F G
So I go to Christie Road
F C
It's home...it's home
G G FFFF C C FFFF G G FFFF C C FFFF
It's home...........it's home
G G FFFF C C FFFF
it's home

5. Private Ale

INTRO: (8'th notes, muted)
G#-------------------------------------------

VERSE:

G#----------------(muted)--------------------------
I wonder down these streets all by myself
G#----------------(muted)---------------- C#
Think of my future now I just don't know
C# G#
I don't seem to care

G#----------------(muted)----------------------
I stop to notice that I'm by your home
G#----------------(muted)------- C#
I wonder if you're sitting all alone
C# G#
Or is your boyfriend there?

CHORUS:
C# G# Eb
Because I feel so right
C# G# Eb
Let my imagination go
C# G# Eb
Until you're in my sight
C# G# Eb
And through my veins temptation flows

BREAK:
F#--G# F# C# X4
(quick slide)

VERSE 2 (same chords as the first)
So I sit down here on the hard concrete
Think of my future now I just don't know
I don't seem to care .
So I sit across the street from your home
I wonder if you're sitting all alone
Or is your boyfriend there?

CHORUS

BREAK

BRIDGE: (lyrics impossible)
G# C F# X4 then Eb

SOLO:
G#------ F#----- X4

CHORUS

BREAK

OUTRO: (last 3 chords of the song)
G# C F# (fade into feedback)

6. Dominated Love Slave

E 022100 or X79980
A X02220 or 57760X
B XX4442 or 79980X

Verse:

E A
I wanna be your dominated love slave
E B
I wanna be the one who takes the pain
E A
You can spank me when I do not behave
E B E
Mack me in the forehead with a chain

Chorus:

A E
'Cause I love feelin' dirty
B E
and I love feelin' cheap
A E
And I love it when you hurt me
B E
So drive those staples deep

Verse:

E A
I want you to slap me and call me naughty
E B
Put a beltsander into my skin
E A
I want to feel pain all over my body
E B E
I can't wait to be punished for my sins

Chorus:

Solo:
e ------------------------3-
B ------8---9---9-----2------
G ------9---9---9--------------
D-------9---9---9--------------
A ------7---7---7--------------
E --0--------------0----------

repeat solo riff 3 times then move up a fret, as below:

e ----------------------------4
B---------9---10---10-----3----
G--------10---10---10-----------
D--------10---10---10----------
A---------9----9----9-----------
E-----0----------------0-------

Then final chorus......

I love it when you hurt me
B E
So drive those staples deep

If you like dis' , E-mail me at [email protected]
and I can give you any other Green Day tab.

From: "Matthew E. Harvey"

: pub/guitar/g/green_day/dominated_love_slave.crd

Don't blame me if this is totally wrong, I'm guessing the words. The chords are right though.
Bear in mind that I have only heard this song once.

E A
I wanna be your dominated love slave

E B
I wanna be the one who takes the pain

E A
So let me be your dominated love slave

E B E
Let me be the one who takes the pain

A E B E
'Cos I love feelin' dirty, and I love feelin' cheap

A E B E
And I love the way you hurt me, so darlin' (don't be chic)

7. One Of My Lies

Intro:
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Gb|-X-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------
Db|-X-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--5--4-4--5-5-5--4--5--7---
Ab|-X-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--5--4-4--5-5-5--4--5--7---
Eb|--------------5-5-5-5-5--3--2-2--3-3-3--2--3--5--- x2

Verse
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Gb|---7-7-7-7-7--------------4-4-4-4-------------------------
Db|---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--
Ab|---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--
Eb|--------------5-5-5-5-----------2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-- x2
"When I was younger I thought that the world...."

Pre-Chorus
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------
Db|--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--------------------------------
Ab|--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--------------------------------
Eb|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-------------------------------- x4
"Do you Think you're indistructble and no one can..."

Chorus
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------
Gb|--7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------
Db|--7-7-7-7--9--7-7-7-7--------------------------------
Ab|--5-5-5-5--9--7-7-7-7--------------------------------
Eb|--------------7--5-5-5-5-------------------------------- x5

Outro: P.M.
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------
Gb|---7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------
Db|---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--5--4-4--5-5-5--4--5--7---
Ab|---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--5--4-4--5-5-5--4--5--7---
Eb|--------------5-5-5-5-5--3--2-2--3-3-3--2--3--5--- x5

Note: Play this Palm Muted and hit you're high E and
B string's randomly to get those high parts

Verse Lyrics:
When I was younger I thought the world circled around me
But in time I realized I was wrong
My immortal thoughts turned into just dreams of a dead future
It was a tragic case of my reality

Pre Chorus:
Do you think you're indestructable
And no one can touch you
Well I think you're disposeable
And it's time you knew the truth...

Chorus:
Cause it's just one of my lies!
Well, its just its just one of my lies
And all I wanted to was get real high
Well, its just its just one of my lies

Verse2 Lyrics/w Verse 1 chords

Why does my life have to be so small?
Yet death is forever
And does forever have a life to call its own?
Don't give me an answer cause you
Only know as much as I know
Unless you're been there once
Well I hardly think so

Pre Chorus:
Do you think you're indestructable
And no one can touch you
Well I think you're disposeable
And it's time you knew the truth...

Chorus:
Cause it's just one of my lies!
Well, its just its just one of my lies
And all I wanted to was get real high
Well, its just its just one of my lies

Pre Chorus Chords:
I used to pray all night
Before I lay myself down
My mother said it was right
Her mother said it too...
Why?

8. 80

A D G C
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------7--------------5---------|
|---7-------7------5-------5---------|
|---7-------5------5-------3---------|
|---5--------------3-----------------|
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Intro: hit a D chord
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Verse bassline:
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|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7---7---7---7---------------------------5---5---5---5--|
|---5---5---5---5--------7---7---7---7------3---3---3---3----|
|---------------------5----5---5---5---5---------------------|
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|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------5---5---5---5--|
|---3---3---3----3----|
(bass only)
my mental stability reaches it's bitter end
and all my senses are coming unglued
is there any cure for this disease someone called love
not as long as there are girls like you
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PreChorus:
=0D
D A D A
everything she does questions my mental health
D A D A
it makes me lose control i wanna hurt myself
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CHORUS:
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G C D A
if anyone can hear me slap some sense in me
C G D
but you turn around and i end up talking to myself
G C D A
anxiety has got me strung out and frustrated
C G A
so i lose my head or i bang it up against the wall
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Verse:
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D A C G
sometimes i wonder if i should be left alone
(same chords)
lock myself up in a padded room
i'd sit and spew my guts ot into the open air
cause no one wants to hear a drunken fool
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PreChrorus
=0D
CHORUS
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Bridge:
=0D
D C G C-G
i do not mind if this goes on
=0D
(same chords)
cause now it seems i'm too far gone
D C A G
i must admit that i enjoy myself
D C G
80 please keep taking me away
=0D
D A C G
away...
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PreChorus
=0D
CHORUS
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repeat Verse riff until end
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that's it punks. send all questions, comments, punk tabs, or requests
(i'll do my best) to me at: [email protected]
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OI!=

9. Andriod

Tune down half step
Chords Used
A# D#I D#II G# F G
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------9-----------------------------|
Db|-9-----9--------2-----7-----4-----6--|
Ab|-9-----7--------2-----7-----4-----6--|
Eb|-7--------------0-----5-----2-----4--|

Intro
A# D#I G# F
A# D#II G# F

Verse
A# D#I
Hey old man in woman's shoes I wonder if he knows I think he's crazy
A#
When he was young did he have dreams of wearing woman's shoes and
D#
being crazy?

Chorus
A# G G# D#II
It makes me wonder when I grow to be that age
A# G G# D#II
Will I be walking down the street begging for you spare change?

Bridge
A# G#
And it seems so frightening Time passes by like lightning
F D#II
Before you know it you're struck down
A# G#
I always waste my time on My chemical emotions
F D#II G#
It keeps my head spinning around Waste away

10. No One Knows

VERSE 1
G D (FILL 1)
Why should my fun have to end?
A
For me its only the beginning
G D (FILL 1)
I see my friends begin to age
A
A Short countdown to what end

CHORUS
G D A
Call me irresponsible
G D A
Call me habitual
G D
But when you think of me
G D
Do you fill your head with schemes
G D
Better think again
A
Cause no one knows

VERSE 2
I don't want to cause no harm
But sometimes my actions hurt
Is there something i should find
To make plans forever

CHORUS
BASS RIFF
CHORUS

11. Who Wrote The Holden Caulfried?

CHORDS USED:

D C A G
1-
2-
3- 7 5
4- 7 5 7 5
5- 5 3 7 5
6- 5 3

Verse(PMed):

D C A
G
A thought burst in my head and i need to tell you it's some news that i
forthought
Or was it just a dream that happened long ago i think i just forgot

PreChorus:

A D A
D
well it hasn't been the first time, and it sure does drive me mad

CHORUS:

D A C G
There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy
There's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy
He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting
Someone help him up or he is gonna end up quitting

Verse2 (w/same riff):
I shuffle through my mindto see if i can find the world i left behind
Was it just a dream that happened long ago...oh, well nevermind

repeat PreChorus and CHORUS

Bridge:
(PMed)
D, A, C, G (x2)
D, C, D, C (x2)

(no PM) D, C, D, C

CHORUS twice

12. Words I Might Have Ate

Chords

A G E A5 D5 F# F E5

|---5-----3-------------------------------------------|
|---5-----3-------------------------------------------|
|---6-----4-----1-----------7-----------------9-------|
|---7-----5-----2-----7-----7-----4-----3-----9-------|
|---7-----5-----2-----7-----5-----4-----3-----7-------|
|---5-----3-----0-----5-----------2-----1-------------|

|-----|
|Intro| : A5, G
|-----|

|-----|
|Verse|
|-----|

A G A

now it seems i can't keep my mind off you

A G E

my brain drifts back to better days we've been through

(Gleiche Akkorde)

like sitting on blacktop of the school grounds

the love i bitched about i finally found

|------|
|Chorus|
|------|

D5 A5 G F# F =

but now it's gone and i take the blame

D5 E5 A5

so there's nothing i can do but take the pain...why?

A, G

|--------|
|Verse II|
|--------|

now i dwell on what you remind me of

a sweet young girl who sacrificed her love

as for me i am blind without a cause

and now i realized what i have lost

|---------|
|Chorus II|
|---------|

it was something real that i could've had now i play the fool who's soul's

gone bad...why?

A, G

|------|
|Bridge|
|------|

E A G

tell me the words i might have said

E A G

it's pumping pressure deep inside my head

E A G

was it bad enough to be too late

E A G

just tell me the words i might have ate

A G

the words i might have ate...

repeat Chorus

End = Intro

13. Sweet Children

Chords:
EADGBe
A: 5774--
B: 7998--
D: 5577--
E: 7799--

Intro:
E A D

Verse 1:
E A D E
See a young girl so soft and blonde
E A D E
Doesn't attack me but she did once
E A D E
Intoxications in her veins
E A D E
Sweet young boy plays with her brain
E A D E
Lydia'll bring to life
E A D E
Putting his hand on her thigh
E A D E
Ability has now been ripped
E A D B
Take it away, I'd rather sit

Chorus:
B A D A
Sweet children
B A D A
Sweet children
B A D A
Sweet children
B A D A
Remember when

Verse 2:
Johnny's playing fun and games
Or else he's ?in the storage shed?
Running from the light of day
Or maybe lie and celebrate
The funny circus from his head
Follow me if you understand
I'll trick her so she'll do it
Then I'll sing and now we run

Chorus

14. Best Thing In Town

Chords:
EADGBe
A: 577655
A#: 6887--
B: 7998--
C: 3355-- 8-10-10-9 In the intro (maybe)
D: 5577--
F#: 2443--
G: 3554--

Intro:
C B A# A

Verse 1:
A
Come with me and lets go for a ride
A
Follow me to the other side
A
As I sit around and watch you pout
A
Cause I know that youÕre the

Chorus:
A B G A
Best thing in town
A B G A
Best thing around
A B G A
Best thing in town
A B G A
Best thing around

Verse 2:
Running wild and always running free
Doing things that I have never seen
Eerie colors and all I see are sounds
Now I know that youÕre the

Chorus

Bridge:
D A C G F#
Lyrics, anyone?

Solo:
?
Play C B A# A before repeating verse 1

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus

Outro:
C B A# A

15. Strangeland

/=Beat
C# for 40 /S
G# for 7 /S
(Repeat once)

F# for 4 /S
C# for 4 /S
F# for 4 /S
G# for 4 /S

Repeat once but the second time you play G# play it for 16 /S

Solo: (You only have to move your pinky for this one)
C#
--4--4--4--4--4--
--6--4--7--6--7--
--6--6--6--6--6--
--6--6--6--6--6--
--4--4--4--4--4--
--4--4--4--4--4--

--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--
--6--6--4--7--7--7--4--
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--

G# FOR 7 /S
(Repeat solo once)

End with G# for 16 /S

From C.J. Stefos of Crunchy Children
[email protected]

Looking at the clouds in the sky
floating image in my mind
I don't believe I've found this?
now I wonder where this place is from

Evidence is everywhere
start to run now I'm scared
strange beings all around
come everyone, to this place I've found

Feeling phsyced
walking? wonder why
all my joys are open no more crimes

My eyes are clear
now I'm cured
I only wanna be for sure
Watch my life spin around in vibes?
so it rides farther to the ?side?

Look in my head and you will find
mother love from all mankind
?
no matter where they say I have begun?

16. My Generation

F# E F# E x2

begin Verse:
F# (stop) F# E
Well, people try to put us down. (Talkin' bout my generation.)

F# (stop) F# E
Just because we get around. (Talkin' bout my generation.)

F# (stop) F# E
The things they do look awful cold. (Talkin' bout my generation.)

F# (stop) F# E
I hope I die before I get old. (Talkin' bout my generation.)

F# E F# E x2
My generation.

Verse 2 (same chords):

Why don't you all just fade away? (Talkin' bout my generation.)
And don't try to dig what we all say. (Talkin' bout my generation.)
I'm not trying to cause a big sensation. (Talkin' bout my generation.)
I'm just talkin' bout my generation. (Talkin' bout my generation.)

Chorus

Bridge:

F# E F# E F# (stop)
Guitar:

E: |-----------------------------|
B: |----7-7----7-7---------------|
G: |-/6-----/6-----4-4h6p4-------|
D: |-----------------------4-7~~-|
A: |-----------------------------|
E: |-----------------------------|

F# E F# E F# (stop)
Bass solo...

F# E F# E F# (stop)
Drum solo

F# E F# E F# (stop)
*crash* Man, you can fuck that shit!

F# E F# E x2

Repeat Verse 2 with key change G#, F#, G# with same lyrics.

Chorus with chords G#, F#, G#.

Then key change to Bb (chords: Bb, G#) over solo:

E: |--------------------------|
B: |-4------4------4------4---|
G: |-6b8----6b8----6b8----6b8-|
then you just use the Bb minor pentatonic scale...Billie goes to fast for
me to tab out the entire solo, but there are a could main themes, the above
bend being one, and

E: |-----6-9b-9b-9b-|
B: |-6-9------------|
G: |----------------|

being another. The solo however, is only in Bb minor pent. at the 6th fret
position:
6th 7 8 9
E: |-x-|---|---|-x-|
B: |-x-|---|---|-x-|
G: |-x-|---|-x-|---|
D: |-x-|---|-x-|---|
A: |-x-|---|-x-|---|
E: |-x-|---|---|-x-|

Kerplunk

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Kerplunk

by Green Day

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