Green Day
Holiday
American Idiot
Some parts will have two ways to play and I'll list the second part as (Alt)
Guitar plays intro 2x by itself then 2x with drums then bass comes in with
Verse 1: Riff One 3x, Riff Two, Riff one, Riff Three, Riff One, Riff Two, Riff one, Riff three
Verse 2: Riff one, Riff Two, Riff one, Riff Three, Riff one, Riff Two, Riff one, Riff Three
Riff One
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------------------| (Alt) |--33----------------|
|--88--44------6666--| (Alt) |------44------6666--|
|----------44--------| |----------44--------|
Riff Two
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------------------| (Alt) |--33----------------|
|--88--44------3333--| (Alt) |------44------3333--|
|----------44--------| |----------44--------|
Riff Three
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--3-33-33-33-33-33-33-333--|
|---------------------------|
____________________________________________________________________________
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------44-4-4-4-------------66-6-6-66------------44-4-4-4------------|
|--11-1-1-1------------44-4-4-44-------------11-1-1-1------------44-4-4-4--|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|--33-33-33-33-33--|
|------------------|
____________________________________________________________________________
Bridge: Riff one 2x
Riff one
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------1--------------1---3-----|
|------------4-1---3--------------3---3/--|
|--1-1-34-44----------1-1-34-44-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|
(Alt) |-----------------------------------------|
(Alt) |----------------6--------------6---8-----|
|--1-1-34-44-9-6---8--1-1-34-44---8---8/--|
____________________________________________________________________________
Guitar Solo:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--4-4-4------------3--3-3-3--88--66--4--4-4-4------------|
|------------4--4-4-4------------------------------4--4-4-4--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/holiday_btab_ver_9.html ]
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
(Alt) |--------------------------------33--------------------------|
(Alt) |--4--4-4-4------------3--3-3-3------66--4--4-4-4------------|
|------------4--4-4-4------------------------------4--4-4-4--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
(Alt) |---------------------------------------------------|
(Alt) |---------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-88-88-88-88-88-88-88-88--|
____________________________________________________________________________
Bass Solo: Repeat Riff one However many Times it takes to get through the solo, Riff Two.
(Differs between live and recordings)
Riff One
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------1--------------1---3-----|
|------------4-1---3--------------3---3/--|
|--1-1-34-44----------1-1-34-44-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|
(Alt) |-----------------------------------------|
(Alt) |----------------6--------------6---8-----|
|--1-1-34-44-9-6---8--1-1-34-44---8---8/--|
Riff Two
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--3-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-333333333333--|
____________________________________________________________________________
Ending/Outro:
Riff One
|--------------------| |--------------------|
|--------------------| (Alt) |--33----------------|
|--88--44------6666--| (Alt) |------44------6666--|
|----------44--------| |----------44--------|
Riff Two
|---------------------| |---------------------|
|--------------3------| (Alt) |--33-----------------|
|--88--44--6-3--------| (Alt) |------44--6---8------|
|----------------1----| |------------8---1----|
____________________________________________________________________________
Order:
(Use order of riffs posted on top of each section)
Verse one
Chorus
Verse Two
Chorus
Bridge
Guitar Solo
Bass Solo
Chorus 2x
Ending/Outro
Thats it. I have this memorized, once you play it about 5 times you won't need the tab
(execpt maybe the order)
