Holiday Acoustic Guitar Tabs by Green Day

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|Green Day- Holiday (Acoustic)                                              |
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Tabbed by: jfroosh12
Email: mista_lova12@hotmail.com

Great Green Day song off American Idiot. Uses Mainly power chords, as in many other GD songs.

Tuning: low E (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)

Intro
      F#m           D           A             E (Play (#) 1st and 3rd times)
eb|---9-----9-------5----5------12----12------7----(7)----(7)--------|
Bb|---10----10------7----7------14----14------9----(9)----(9)--------|
Gb|---11----10------7----7------14----14------9----(9)----(9)--------|
Db|---11----11------7----7------14----14------9----(9)----(9)--------|   X4
Ab|---9-----9-------5----5------12----12------7----(7)----(7)--------|
Eb|---x-----x-------x----x------x-----x-------x----(x)----(x)--------|

Pre-Verse/Verse
     F#5     D5    A5    E5
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--11-11---7-7---------9-9-9-9---|
Ab|--9--9----5-5---7-7---7-7-7-7---|
Eb|----------------5-5-------------|
Hear the sound of the falling rain...
     
     F#5     D5    A5    C#5 
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---11-11---7-7---------6-6-6-6---|
A|---9--9----5-5---7-7---4-4-4-4---|
E|-----------------5-5-------------|
Coming down like an Armaggedon flame....

(^Played 5 times through with pre-verse)

Chorus
     F#m       D5        A5        E5
eb|--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
Bb|--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
Gb|--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
Db|--4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-------------9-9-9-9------|
Ab|--4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------|
Eb|--2-2-2-2-------------5-5-5-5----------------|
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies...

     F#m       D5        A5        C#5
eb|--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
Bb|--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
Gb|--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
Db|--4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-------------6-6-6-6-6----|
Ab|--2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4----|
Eb|--2-2-2-2-------------5-5-5-5----------------|
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives...
On Holiday!

(Intro X2)
(Verse X4)
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protestor has crossed the line...

(Chorus X2)

Bridge
     F#5   G#5 A5     D5  B5  E5  C#5
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------| 
Db|--4-4/-------------7---4---7---6------| 
Ab|--4-4/--6/--7-7----5---2---5---4------|
Eb|--2-2/--4/--5-5-----------------------|
     
     F#5   G#5 A5     E5  C#5 F#5                         
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|--4-4/-----------------------------|
Ab|--4-4/--6/--7-7----7---6---11------|
Eb|--2-2/--4/--5-5----5---4---9-------|

(Play 2X through)

Guitar Solo (2:01)

     D5        A5        E5        F#5    E5
eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|--7-7-7-7-------------9-9-9-9---11-11--9-9-----|
Ab|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---9--9---7-7-----|
Eb|------------5-5-5-5----------------------------|

     D5        A5        C#5
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--7-7-7-7-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
Ab|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
Eb|------------5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|

(Bass Solo)
    
    E5  C#5 F#5                  C#5    B5   C#5 
Eb|---------------------|   Eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|   Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|   Gb|---------------------|
Db|--7---6---11---------|   Db|--6------4/---6------|
Ab|--5---4---9----------|   Ab|--4------2/---4------|
Eb|---------------------|   Eb|---------------------|
  ...MEANT FOR ME!               Just cuz...

Repeat Chorus X2, but on last time hold C#5 for 4 measures instead of 1
when Billie is holding the word "lives"

Repeat Verse X4, but last time after F#5 D5 play:

     D5  A5  E5  F#5
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|----------9---------|
Db|--7-------7---4-----|
Ab|--5---7-------4-----|
Eb|------5-------2-----|

So, the final order goes:
Intro (X4)
Pre-Verse (X1)
Verse (X4)
Chorus (X1)
Intro (X2)
Verse (X4)
Chorus (X2)
Bridge (X2)
Guitar Solo backing (X1)
Bass Solo
Chorus (X2)
Verse (X4)


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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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