GREEN DAY - "Welcome To Paradise (version 2)" Tablature

Band: Green Day
Song: Welcome to Paradise
Album: Kerplunk (1992) & Dookie (1994)
Tuning: ½ Step down
Note: barre chords

Intro
E D A x4


Verse
E D E
Dear Mother can you hear me whining
E D G B
It’s been three whole weeks since I have left your home
E D E
This sudden fear has left me trembling
E D G B
‘Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
G B
And I’m feelin’ so alone


Chorus
E G
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A C
And the broken homes
E G B
Some call it slums some call it nice
E G
I wanna take you through a wasteland
A C
I like to call my home
G#m
Welcome to paradise


Interlude (start on “paradise”)
E D A x2


Verse
E D E
A gunshot rings out at the station
E D G B
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
E D E
It makes me wonder why I’m still here
E D G B
For some strange reason its now feeling like my home
G B
And I’m never gonna go


Chorus
E G
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A C
And the broken homes
E G B
Some call it slums some call it nice
E G
I wanna take you through a wasteland
A C
I like to call my home
G#m
Welcome to paradise


Interlude (start on “paradise”)
E D A x4


During bass solo
E G F# F


Verse
E D E
Dear Mother can you hear me laughing
E D G B
It’s been six whole months since I have left your home
E D E
It makes me wonder why I’m still here
E D G B
For some strange reason it’s now feeling like my home
G B
And I’m never gonna go


Chorus
E G
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A C
And the broken homes
E G B
Some call it slums some call it nice
E G
I wanna take you through a wasteland
A C
I like to call my home
G#m
Welcome to paradise


Outro
E D A x4
End on an E