GREEN DAY - "waiting5" Tablature

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Title: waiting
Artist: green day
Tabbed by Nano (elnano85@hotmail.com)
All strings half step down
\ = slide
~ = vibration

this is the whole song of waiting, it’s my first tab so any comments please email me.
There are some parts of the solo that I’m not sure about them, but it sounds cool…
Enjoy it

Intro x2
Do this part clean or with soft distortion
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------7-7-7-----------7-7-7-----------|
|--7-7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9--7-7-7-------------------|
|--7-7-7--5-5-5--9-9-9--5-5-5-------------------|
|--5-5-5-----------7-7-7------------------|
“I’ve been waiting a long time, for this moment….”

then do intro again 4 times but with hard distortion


|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--4-4-4--3-3-3--2-2-2---9-9-9-9----------------|
|--4-4-4--3-3-3--2-2-2---9-9-9-9---------------|
|--2-2-2--1-1-1--0-0-0---7-7-7-7--------------|
“I’m so much closer than I have ever known…”


|------pretty fast-----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-- --------7-7-7-----------|
|--7-7-7 -7-7-7--7-7-7- --------------------|
|--5-5-5- 7-7-7--5-5-5- -------------------|
|--------- -5-5-5-------------------|
“wake up” (1st time)

repeat intro (w/hard distortion)


|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------7------7-------------|
|-7-7-7--7--7---7--7------------------|
|-7-7-7--5--7---5--7------------------|
|-5-5-5-----5-------5-------------------------|
“wake up” x3 (2nd time) just add this to the first time

the 4th time is the same but do this instead of the one before
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

repeat intro clean
solo (distortion)
x2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-6/9 ~-6-~-4h-6-7-6-4--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-4/6-~-2-4h6-7-6-4-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7-----7---------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----8--------------------------------------------|
|---------9-----9----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------7\5-5-5---------------------------------|

I’m not completely sure of this part but here it’s the final part of the solo played by a 2nd guitar

|---------12-----12----------------12-----12---------------12-----12------------|
|-----12-----12----12---------12-----12----12-------12-----12-----12-----------|
|-11--------------------10---9--------------------9---8---------------------8--\\---7--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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