21 Guns Green Day
This is how I play this song. It's my first tab, so it may have some mistakes, but
I'll try to fix them if they will appear. I can also write strange this text,
'cause I'm not English and I'm not sure how to do that.
Thanks to necriononguitar for the solo.
Guitar 1 - Acoustic
Guitar 2 - Electric Lead
Guitar 3 - Electric Rythm
Guitar 1 can play as the Rythm guitar playing Guitar 3 in Choruses and Bridge, but
it sounds better when rythm guitar is electric not acoustic.
Backing track in Verses (Intros) can be played by Guitar 2, 3 or both, however you
want.
!NOTE!: Backing track played in Verses has got one more note at the end, when it's
played A# and the text is "You're in ruins", but I don't know what's this note.
It's need if you want to play all of the song with no missings, but this note is
quite hard to hear, so you can just miss it (read: forget that it should be note there).
Tuning: Standard eBGDAE
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
< - advocacy (look down for instructions)
^ - hit strings from up
v - hit strings from down
Intro
To do that like in song you have to turn Volume to 0. Then pick strings and slowly
turn Volume up, and later turn down to pick another strings. When you play the
last bar, don't turn down Volume, let it ring to the Verse.
e--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|--1--|-----|--5--|--0-|| B-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|----|| G-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----|| D--0--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|-----|--3--|----|| A-----|--1--|-----|--3--|-----|--1--|-----|--3-|| E-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----||
< < < < < < < <
Verse 1
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
[Dm] [A#] [F] [C]
e--1--1-1-|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| B--3--3-3-|--3--3-3-|--1--1--1-1-|--1-1-1-1-|| G--2--2-2-|--3--3-3-|--2--2--2-2-|--0-0-0-0-|| D--0--0-0-|--3--3-3-|--3--3--3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| x3 A---------|--1--1-1-|--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E---------|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
[A#] [C]
e--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|| B--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|| G--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|| D--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|| A--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|| E--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
[Dm] [A#] [F] [C] [A#]
e--1--1-1-|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| e--1-|| B--3--3-3-|--3--3-3-|--1--1--1-1-|--1-1-1-1-|| B--1-|| G--2--2-2-|--3--3-3-|--2--2--2-2-|--0-0-0-0-|| G--3-|| D--0--0-0-|--3--3-3-|--3--3--3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| x3 then D--3-|| A---------|--1--1-1-|--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| A--3-|| E---------|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| E--1-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
Starts when Guitar 1 plays Verse 4th time (after "And you feel yourself suffocating").
e--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|| B-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|-----|| G-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|| D--0--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|-----|--3--|-----|| A-----|--1--|-----|--3--|-----|--1--|-----|--3--|| E-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
< < < < < < < <
When Guitar 1 plays the last A# chord play this:
[A#5] [C5]
e-----|-----|| B-----|-----|| G--3--|--5--|| D--3--|--5--|| A--1--|--3--|| E-----|-----||
< ^
Chorus 1
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5]
e------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| B------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--5-5-8---|| G------|------|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|----------|| D--3-3-|--2-2-|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|----------|| A--3-3-|--3-3-|--5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|----------||\ E--1-1-|--0-0-|------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------|| \
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \
\
Guitar 3 (Electric Rythm) x2
[/]
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5] [C5] [/]
e------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| / B------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------||/ G------|------|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| D--3-3-|--2-2-|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| A--3-3-|--3-3-|--5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E--1-1-|--0-0-|------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 2 and 3
[A#5] [F5] [C5]
e----------|----------|-----|| B----------|----------|-----|| G--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5--|| D--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5--|| A--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3--|| E----------|--1-1-1-1-|-----||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Verse 2
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
[Dm] [A#] [F] [C]
e--1--1-1-|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| B--3--3-3-|--3--3-3-|--1--1--1-1-|--1-1-1-1-|| G--2--2-2-|--3--3-3-|--2--2--2-2-|--0-0-0-0-|| D--0--0-0-|--3--3-3-|--3--3--3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| x3 A---------|--1--1-1-|--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E---------|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
[A#] [C]
e--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|| B--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|| G--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|| D--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|| A--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|| E--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
[Dm] [A#] [F] [C] [A#]
e--1--1-1-|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| e--1-|| B--3--3-3-|--3--3-3-|--1--1--1-1-|--1-1-1-1-|| B--1-|| G--2--2-2-|--3--3-3-|--2--2--2-2-|--0-0-0-0-|| G--3-|| D--0--0-0-|--3--3-3-|--3--3--3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| x3 then D--3-|| A---------|--1--1-1-|--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| A--3-|| E---------|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| E--1-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
Played all the Verse.
e--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|| B-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|-----|| G-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|| D--0--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|-----|--3--|-----|| A-----|--1--|-----|--3--|-----|--1--|-----|--3--|| E-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
< < < < < < < <
When Guitar 1 plays the last A# chord play this:
[A#5] [C5]
e-----|-----|| B-----|-----|| G--3--|--5--|| D--3--|--5--|| A--1--|--3--|| E-----|-----||
< ^
Chorus 2
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5]
e------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| B------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--5-5-8---|| G------|------|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|----------|| D--3-3-|--2-2-|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|----------|| A--3-3-|--3-3-|--5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|----------||\ E--1-1-|--0-0-|------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------|| \
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \
\
Guitar 3 (Electric Rythm) x2
[/]
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5] [C5] [/]
e------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| / B------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------||/ G------|------|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| D--3-3-|--2-2-|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| A--3-3-|--3-3-|--5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E--1-1-|--0-0-|------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 2 and 3
[A#5] [F5] [C5] [C5]
e----------|----------|----------|----------|| B----------|----------|----------|----------|| G--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| D--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| A--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Bridge
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/21_guns_tab_ver_31.html )
[D5] [A#5] [F5] [G5]
e------|------|------|----------|| B------|------|------|----------|| G--7-7-|------|------|----------|| D--7-7-|--8-8-|--3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|| A--5-5-|--8-8-|--3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|| E------|--6-6-|--1-1-|--3-3-3-3-||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[D5] [A#5] [A#5/F5] [A5]
e------|------|-------------|----------|| B------|------|-------------|----------|| G--7-7-|------|-------------|--2-2-2-2-|| D--7-7-|--8-8-|--8/-3-3-3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| A--5-5-|--8-8-|--8/-3-3-3-3-|--0-0-0-0-|| E------|--6-6-|--6/-1-1-1-1-|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[D5] [A#5] [F5] [A5]
e------|------|----------|----------|| B------|------|----------|----------|| G--7-7-|------|----------|--2-2-2-2-|| D--7-7-|--8-8-|--3-3-3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| A--5-5-|--8-8-|--3-3-3-3-|--0-0-0-0-|| E------|--6-6-|--1-1-1-1-|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 3 (Electric Rythm)
e------------------|------------------|| B--6---6---6---6-6-|--6---6---5---5---|| G----7---7---7-----|----5---5---5---5-|| D------------------|------------------|| A------------------|------------------|| E------------------|------------------|| e------------------|------------------|| B--6---6---6---6-6-|--6---6---5-5-5-5-|| G----7---7---7-----|----5---5---------|| D------------------|------------------|| A------------------|------------------|| E------------------|------------------|| e------------------|------------------|| B--6---6---6---6-6-|--6---6---5-5-5-5-|| G----7---7---7-----|----5---5---------|| D------------------|------------------|| A------------------|------------------|| E------------------|------------------||
Pre-Solo
Guitar 2 and 3
[A#5] [A#5] [C5] [C5]
e----------|----------|----------|----------|| B----------|----------|----------|----------|| G--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| D--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| A--1-1-1-1-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E----------|----------|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Solo
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
e-----------------------|------------------|--------------|----------------|| B--------10----8--10----|------------------|--------------|----------------|| G-----------10-------10-|----10----9--10-7-|---7----------|--9--9--9-10-12-|| D-----10----------------|-10----10---------|-8---8-10-7---|----------------|| A--/8-------------------|------------------|------------8-|----------------|| E-----------------------|------------------|--------------|----------------|| e-----------------------|------------------|--------------|----------------|| B--------10----8--10----|------------------|--------------|----------------|| G-----------10-------10-|----10----9--10-7-|---7----------|--9--9--9-10-12-|| D-----10----------------|-10----10---------|-8---8-10-7---|----------------|| A--/8-------------------|------------------|------------8-|----------------|| E-----------------------|------------------|--------------|----------------|| e--------|--------|----------------|| B--3-----|--1-----|----------------|| G----3---|----2---|--9--9--9-9-9-9-|| D------3-|------3-|----------------|| A--------|--------|----------------|| E--------|--------|----------------||
Guitar 3 (Electric Rythm)
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5] [C5]
e----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| B----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| G----------|----------|--7-7-7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| D--3-3-3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| x2 A--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E--1-1-1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|----------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[A#5] [F5] [A5] [A5]
e----------|----------|----------|----------|| B----------|----------|----------|----------|| G--3-3-3-3-|----------|--2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-|| D--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-|| A--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-|| E----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Midtro
This the same as the Intro, but I can't name it "Intro", 'cause it's not at the
begining, so it'll be "Midtro".
e--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|--1--|-----|--5--|--0-|| B-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|----|| G-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----|| D--0--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|-----|--3--|----|| A-----|--1--|-----|--3--|-----|--1--|-----|--3-|| E-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----||
< < < < < < < <
Verse 3
In song 1st time Billie plays A# chord as many times as F (not "x--x-x", but "x--
x--x-x"), but you don't have to do that and it'll be fine.
Guitar 1 (Acoustic)
[Dm] [A#] [F] [C] [A#]
e--1--1-1-|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| e--1-|| B--3--3-3-|--3--3-3-|--1--1--1-1-|--1-1-1-1-|| B--1-|| G--2--2-2-|--3--3-3-|--2--2--2-2-|--0-0-0-0-|| G--3-|| D--0--0-0-|--3--3-3-|--3--3--3-3-|--2-2-2-2-|| x3 then D--3-|| A---------|--1--1-1-|--3--3--3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| A--3-|| E---------|--1--1-1-|--1--1--1-1-|--0-0-0-0-|| E--1-||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
Play this at the last repeat of the Guitar 1 Verse.
e--1--|-----|--5--|--0--|| B-----|--3--|-----|-----|| G-----|-----|-----|-----|| D--0--|-----|--3--|-----|| A-----|--1--|-----|--3--|| E-----|-----|-----|-----||
< < < <
Chorus 3
Guitar 2 (Electric Lead)
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5]
e------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| B------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--5-5-8---|| G------|------|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|----------|| D--3-3-|--2-2-|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|----------|| x4 A--3-3-|--3-3-|--5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|| E--1-1-|--0-0-|------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar 3 (Electric Rythm)
[F5] [C6] [D5] [C5] [A#5] [F5] [C5] [C5]
e------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| B------|------|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|| G------|------|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| D--3-3-|--2-2-|--7-7-|--5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|| x2 A--3-3-|--3-3-|--5-5-|--3-3-3-3-|--1-1-1-1-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-|| E--1-1-|--0-0-|------|----------|----------|--1-1-1-1-|----------|----------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
then you play this 2 times:
e------------------|------------------|| B--6---6---6---6-6-|--6---6---5---5---|| G----7---7---7-----|----5---5---5---5-|| D------------------|------------------|| A------------------|------------------|| E------------------|------------------|| e------------------|------------------|| B--6---6---6---6-6-|--6---6---5-5-5-5-|| G----7---7---7-----|----5---5---------|| D------------------|------------------|| A------------------|------------------|| E------------------|------------------|| e------------------|------------------|| B--6---6---6---6-6-|--6---6---5-5-5-5-|| G----7---7---7-----|----5---5---------|| D------------------|------------------|| A------------------|------------------|| E------------------|------------------||
And this is all of the song. If you have any problems, text it in comment.
Lirycs
Verse 1:
Do you know what's worth fighting for?
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away?
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins...
Chorus 1:
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
Verse 2:
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins...
Chorus 2:
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
Bridge:
Did you try to live on your own?
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
Verse 3:
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins...
Chorus 3:
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
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