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Who Wrote Holden Caulfield – Green Day
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Tabbed by: conor-figgy
Email: conor-figgy@hotmail.com
Tuning: Eb Tuning. (Eb,Bb,Gb,Db,Ab,Eb)
Intro/Verse: Follow muting pattern and play each chord and piece amount of times needed.
In the verses, pull off the muting on the last 2 chords.
After about 57 seconds into the Kerplunk recording, following the verse,
Guiitar 2 hits two artificial harmonics on the D then A string over the 5th fret in that order.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9----7-7-7----5-5-5----4-4-4----------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9----7-5-7----5-5-5----4-4-4----------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7----5-5-5----3-3-3----2-2-2----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM * * * * * * * *
Pre-Chorus : Again, play each chord and piece as many times as needed.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: Again, play each chord and piece as many times as needed.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-7-5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-9-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----7---5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/g/green-day/274229.html ]
Post-Verse Bridge: Guitar 1: Again play as above.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-5-4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-7-5-4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-5-3-2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Post-Verse Bridge: Guitar 2: Play/Strum under each chord change above.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-11-13-11--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--X-X---X--X--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-9--11--9--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Breakdown Riff/ Variation of Verse: Play Eb and slide, then Verse Riff.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------3/9--7-5-4-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2--3/9--7-5-4-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-2-2--1/7--5-3-2-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM * *
Chorus Variation: Played near end of song.
Very same riff but strum the first two chords once each. Play variation twice,
then back to normal.
End on final chord, single strum.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-9-5-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----7---5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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