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                          "Holiday" Green Day (as seen in GW magazine)


ALL GUITARS TUNED STANDARD
Gtr. 1 - Electric, dist.
Gtr. 2 - Electric, dist.
Gtr. 3 - Electric, dist.

KEY
h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
x - mute strings
PM - palm mute strings
 _________    
|1.,2.       - different endings


(The words over/under the measure tells you the timing)

MODERATELY FAST = 148bmp
============================================================================

[A]INTRODUCTION (0:00))
   Gtr. 1
||------------------------------|-------------------------|
||--9--9\6-6--6/13--13\8-8-8-8--|--9--9\6-6--6/13--13\8---|
||--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x--|--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x---|
||--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x--|--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x---|
||--8--8\4-4--4/11--11\6-6-6-6--|--8--8\4-4--4/11--11\6---|
||------------------------------|-------------------------|

                           
   Gtr. 1
                          Say       Hey!
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9--9\6-6--6/13--13\8-8-8-8--|--9--9\6-6--6/13--13\8-8--8-9--|
|--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x--|--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x--x-x--|
|--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x--|--x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x--x-x--|
|--8--8\4-4--4/11--11\6-6-6-6--|--8--8\4-4--4/11--11\6-6--6-8--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                                                              |
|  Gtrs. 2 and 3                                               |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------x-x-x-x-x----|
|------------------------------|------------------x-x-x-x-x-10-|
|------------------------------|------------------x-x-x-x-x--8-|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
                               |--Rhy. Fill 1        End Fill--|


   Gtrs. 2 and 3
|------------------------------------------|
|o--9---9---------------------------------o|
|---x---x----------------------------------|(2x)
|---10--10--x--6--6--------x--8--8--8/10---|
|o--8---8---x--4--4--6--6--x--6--6--6/8---o|
|--------------------4--4------------------|



[B]VERSES (0:20, 1:07) -(note: section B,C is one big repeation,
   Gtrs. 2 and 3
1.       Hear the soundof the falling     rain
2.       Hear the drum poung  out of      time
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o--9---9----------------------------------------------|
||---x---x----------------------------------------------|
||---10--10---x---6---6---x-----------x---8---8---8/10--|
||o--8---8----x---4---4---x---6---6---x---6---6---6/8---|
||----------------------------4---4---------------------|
                                                  
1.     Coming   downlikean  Armageddon        
2.   Another    protester       has    crossed   the   
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9-------------------------------------------------|
|--x---x-------------------------------------------------|
|--10--10---x---6---6---x-----------------------------x--|
|--8---8----x---4---4---x---6---6/10---10---10---10---x--|
|---------------------------4---4/8----8----8----8-------|

1. flame      The shame   the oneswho     died    without
2. line       to  find    the money's     on      the
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9\-----------------------------------------------|
|-------x------------------------------------------------|
|--10---10\---x---6---6---x-----------x---8---8---8---x--|
|--8----8\----x---4---4---x---6---6---x---6---6---6---x--|
|-----------------------------4---4----------------------|

1.   a   name
2. other side
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--5---5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--x---|
|--3---3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--x---|
|----------------------------------------------------|

1.       Hear the dogs howling  out of  key
2.       Can  I get    another      Amen
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9----------------------------------------------|
|--x---x----------------------------------------------|
|--10--10---x---6---6---x-----------x---8---8---8/10--|
|--8---8----x---4---4---x---6---6---x---6---6---6/8---|
|---------------------------4---4---------------------|
                                                  
1.     to   a   hymncalled  faith and  misery          
2.   There's a  flagwrapped around a  score of men   
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9-------------------------------------------------|
|--x---x-------------------------------------------------|
|--10--10---x---6---6---x-----------------------------x--|
|--8---8----x---4---4---x---6---6/10---10---10---10---x--|
|---------------------------4---4/8----8----8----8-------|

1. and  bleed the company     lost    the     war
2. a gag      a   plastic     bag     on  a   
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9\-----------------------------------------------|
|-------x------------------------------------------------|
|--10---10\---x---6---6---x-----------x---8---8---8---x--|
|--8----8\----x---4---4---x---6---6---x---6---6---6---x--|
|-----------------------------4---4----------------------|

1. today  
2. monument
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--5---5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--x---|
|--3---3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--x---|
|----------------------------------------------------|


[C]CHORUS (0:46, 1:33, 3:03, 3:16)

       I     beg to     dreamanddiffer
   Gtrs. 1, 2 and 3
|------1--1--1---1-----------------------------|
|------1--1--1---1-----------------------------|
|------1--1--1---1-----------------------------|
|------3--3--3---3--x---6---6--6---6--6--6--x--|
|--3---3--3--3---3--x---4---4--4---4--4--4--x--|
|--1---1--1--1---1-----------------------------|

   fromthe    hollow   lies
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------x--|
|----------------------------------------------x--|
|--------------------------8---8--8---8--8--8--x--|
|--6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6-----|
|--4---4--4---4--4--4--4--------------------------|

       Thisis    thedawning    of     the
|------1---1--1--1-----------------------------|
|------1---1--1--1-----------------------------|
|------1---1--1--1-----------------------------|
|------3---3--3--3--x---6---6--6---6--6--6--x--|
|--3---3---3--3--3--x---4---4--4---4--4--4--x--|
|--1---1---1--1--1-----------------------------|

   rest       of our   lives
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5---5--5---5--5--5--5--|
|--6---6--6---6--6--6--x---3---3--3---3--3--3--3--|
|--4---4--4---4--4--4--x--------------------------|

   3RD TIME BACK TO CHORUS [C]
    4TH TIME SKIP AHEAD TO [I]

 ___________________________________________________________________________
|1.
     on holiday                                            *Gtrs. 2 and 3 play Rhy. Fill 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------9--9\6-6--6/13--13\8-8-8-9--9-9\6--6--6/13*--13\8-8-8-9--o||
|----------------x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x--x--x-x----x--x-x-x-x---||
|--5-------------x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x--x--x-x----x--x-x-x-x---||
|--3-------------8--8\4-4--4/11--11\6-6-6-8--8-8\4--4--4/11*--11\6-6-6-8--o||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
                                                           BACK TO VERSE[B]

 ____________________
|2.                    [D]INTERLUDE (1:48)
     on holiday                                                             (1st time)Hey!
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------||------------------x--6-----8--------------------x--8------10---------|
|--3-----------------||o--\3--3--5-6--4--x--4--8--6--10--3--3--5-6--6--x--6--10--8---------o|
|----------------16\-||---\1--1--3-4--2--------6-----8---1--1--3-4--4--------8-------/17\---|


[D]GUITAR SOLO (2:01)
                
   Gtr. 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------8-----8-----|
|--6---6--6--8--9-------------------------8---5--5---------6-----6-----6--|
|-------------------8---6---5---5--5--5-------------5---5-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         |
|  Gtrs. 2 and 3                                                          |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------9\------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------x-------------|
|--6--6--6--6--6--x--------------------5--5--5--5--5--5/10--10\8--8--8--x-|
|--4--4--4--4--4--x--6--6--6--6--6--x--3--3--3--3--3--3/8---8\-6--6--6--x-|
|--------------------4--4--4--4--4--x-------------------------------------|

   Gtr. 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6---6--6--8--9--------------------/8---8--8---8--8--8/13---|
|------------------8\6---5--5--5--5---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                             |
|  Gtrs. 2 and 3                                              |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6--6--6--6--6--6--x--------------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--x--6--6--6--6--6--x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
|-----------------------4--4--4--4--4--x----------------------|

   Gtr. 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13---13--13--13--13--13/17--17--17~~~-------17~~~--------------17-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                          |
|  Gtrs. 2 and 3                                                           |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[F]BREAKDOWN (2:18)
        (2nd time) The representative from California has the floor
   Gtr. 1 *let ring, with some feedback for sustain     
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--(18)*~~~-------------------------------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
(on repeat Gtrs. 2 and 3 play Fill 1 [see bottom of tab])


[G]BRIDGE (2:31)

Sieg Heil to the president gasman      Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel   towers       who criticize    your government
Bang bang   goes the broken glass and kill all the fags that done agree

Trials by fire setting fire is not a way that's meant for me
   Gtrs. 2 and 3
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------8---------10--10------|
|-----------------------------------------------6-----10--8---8--8/10-|
|----------------------------------------\14----------8----------6/8--|


[H] (2:57)
        Just cause                   justcausebecausewereoutlaws     yeah!
   Gtrs. 2 and 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7/9-----9---9----9------9---9---9---9---9--|
|----------------------------x-x-----x---x----x------x---x---x---x---x--|
|--(10)-------(10)-----------8/10----10--10---10-----10--10--10--10--10-|
|--(8)--------(8)------------6/8-----8---8----8------8---8---8---8---8--|
                                                    GO BACK TO CHORUS [C]


[I] (3:30)
                              This  is    ourlives    on    holiday
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--/10--|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--/8---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[J]OUTRO (3:34)

   Gtr. 1  *let ring, with some feedback for sustain   
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--(10)*~~~----------------------------------------------------------|
|---x----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--(8)*~~~~----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                    |
|  Gtrs. 2 and 3                                                     |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9---9---------------------------9---9----------------------------|
|---x---x---------------------------x---x----------------------------|
|---10--10-x-6-6-x-----x-8-8-8/10---10--10-x-6-6-x--------x-8-8-8/10-|
|---8---8--x-4-4-x-6-6-x-6-6-6/8----8---8--x-4-4-x--6-6-6-x-6-6-6/8--|
|------------------4-4------------------------------4-4-4------------|


   Gtr. 1  *let ring, with some feedback for sustain   
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--(10)*~~~----------------------------------------------------------|
|---x-----------------------------------------------8------10\-------|
|--(8)*~~~~-----------------------------------------6--10---8\--3----|
|---------------------------------------------/19\-----8--------1----|
|                                                                    |
|  Gtrs. 2 and 3                                                     |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9---9---------------------------9---9----------------------------|
|---x---x---------------------------x---x----------------------------|
|---10--10-x-6-6-x-----x-8-8-8/10---10--10-x-6-6-x--8------10\-------|
|---8---8--x-4-4-x-6-6-x-6-6-6/8----8---8--x-4-4-x--6--10--8\---3----|
|------------------4-4---------------------------------8--------1----|


FILL 1 (0:44, 1:32, 2:29, 3:02)<--play at these times, even if it doesnt say
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------/16\--|


Enjoy.
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