The Anthem Tab

Artist: Good Charlotte
Album: Young and the Hopeless
Song: The Anthem
Tuning: E Standard
Tablature by: Farzan Karimi (sevendustpsu@aol.com)

To my surprise, there isn't one decent tab online for this great song.
This tab should be correct.  Enjoy!

Prelude (Clean)

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G---7---7---7---------------------7---7---7----------------------
D-------------7-----5---5---5-7-------------7----5-----5-7-7-----
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------


Intro Guitar Riff(Heavy Distort.)

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-9-11---------------12-12-11-9---------------6-6-7-9----
D--7-x-x-7-x-x------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------------5-x-x-5-x-x------------
A--5-x-x-5-x-x------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------------5-x-x-5-x-x------------
E-------------------------5-x-x-5-x-x--------------3-x-x-3-x-x------------


E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------9-9-7-7-6-6-6----------------------------------------------
D--7-x-x-7-x-x------------------------------------------------------------
A--7-x-x-7-x-x------------------------------------------------------------
E--5-x-x-5-x-x------------------------------------------------------------

Verse x2(Palm mute)

"It's a new day..." 

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--7-x-x-7-x-x-------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------------7-x-x-7-x-x-----------
D--7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-7-x-7---5-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-5-x-5----7-x-x-7-x-x-----------
A--5-x-x-5-x-x-7-x-7-x-7---5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-x-5----5-x-x-5-x-x-----------
E--------------5-x-5-x-5---------------3-x-3-x-3--------------------------

(Now Heavy) Fast strumming

E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D--7--------5----------------------------
A--7-(8x)---5-(16x)----------------------
E--5--------3----------------------------


Pre-Chorus (Heavy) Listen for rythym

"I don't really want to be like you..."

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--9---------5--------12----------9-------5-------7-----------------------
A--9-(8x)----5--(8x)--12--(16x)---9-(8x)--5-(8x)--7-(16x)-----------------
E--7---------3--------10----------7-------3-------5-----------------------


Chorus (Heavy) Ska-beat...
"You..."
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---7-x-x-----------------7-x-x-------------------------------------------
D---7-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----7-x-x-7-x-5-5-8-8-8-7---------------------------
A---5-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----5-x-x-7-x-5-5-8-8-8-7---------------------------
E---------5-x--3-3-5-5----------5-x-3-3-6-6-6-5---------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---7-x-x-----------------7-x-x-------------------------------------------
D---7-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----7-x-x-7-x-5-------------------------------------
A---5-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----5-x-x-7-x-5-------------------------------------
E---------5-x--3-3-5-5----------5-x-3-------------------------------------

Then do these segments over again:
*Intro
*Verse
*Pre-chorus
*Chorus

Interlude
"Shake it once..."
(Sorry, this is a bass riff)

Solo

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--11-11-11-9----9-9-9-9-9----11-11-11-9-11-12-12-12-11-9-----------------
D-------------12----------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--11-11-11-9-11-9-9-9-11-9----7-7--7-9-9--9-11-11--11-11-12-11-----------
D------------------------------7-7--7-9-9--9-11-11--11-11-12-11-----------
A------------------------------5-5--5-7-7--7-9--9---9--9--10-9------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Breakdown (Clean)
"You... dont want to be just like you..."
               -Play Prelude over again

(Now Jump back in Heavy)
"This is the Anthem!..."
E------------------------
B------------------------
G---7-7-7----------------
D---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-7---- (Keep playing this riff over and over until...)
A---5-5-5-7---5-5-5-7----
E---------5---3-3-3-5----               


Outro (Heavy) Ska-beat
"Another Loser Anthem!...."

E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G---7-x-x---------------
D---7-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7--  (3x)
A---5-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7--
E---------5-x--3-3-5-5--

Then end with...
E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G---7-x-x---------------
D---7-x-x-7-x--5-7-12---
A---5-x-x-7-x--5-7-12---
E---------5-x--3-5-10---