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"HOLIDAY" Green Day As heard on Ameri can Idiot (REPRISE)
Words and Music by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritc hard and Frank Wright • Transcribed by Jeff Perrin
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[!] Intro (0:00) ,., ., Moderate ly Fast q = 148 ( J'1 ~ J JI>
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*rt:peat previous chord
Say hey Fm Db Ab Eb Fm Db Ab Eb Fm
5 Gtr. I
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All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Warner Brothers Publications U.S. Inc., Miami, Fl 33014.
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"HOLIDAY" [!] Verses (0:20, 1 :07)
I. Hearthe sound of the falling 2. Hearthe drum pounding out of
rain time
Coming down like an Armageddon Another protester has crossed the
FsVIII DbS AbS EbS FS FmVIII DbS Abs cs
flame The shame
line
17 FmVIII
(Hey)
to find (Hey)
DbS
the ones who died without
the money's on the
Abs EbS
Hear the dogs howling out of key to a hymn called Faith and Ml~
a name
other side
And bleedthecompanylost the war today (Hey)
Can I get another Amen There'sa flagwrapped around a score of men Arg (Amen) (Hey
a plastlc bag on a monument
Gtrs. 2 and 3
Bass repeats Bass Fig. 2 (see meas. 13)
[g Chorus (0:46, 1:33, 3:03, 3:16)
I beg · to dream and differ from the hollow lies Fm1 DbS Abs EbS
Bass
Fill 1 (0:44, 1:32, 2:29, 3:02)
Gtr. I
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end Bass Fig. 2
Gtr. 1 plays Fill J
II
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"HOLIDAY"
This Is the dawning DbS
of the of our lives
(3rd time) go back to chorus (g (4th time) skip ahead to [Il
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1.
on holiday Fm
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2.
on holiday
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18
I
00 Guitar Solo (2:01)
DbS 47 Gtr. I
- -
[ID Interlude (1:48)
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5-6 3- 4
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GSAbS
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go back to verse[!)
Ab Eb Fm Gtrs. 2 and 3 play Rhy. Fi/11 (see meas. 8)
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(I sttime) Hey EbS CS FS
EbS
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Bass Fig. 3 end Bass Fig. 3 1
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4
Db5 Gtr. I
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"HOLIDAY" Ab5
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Bass plays Bass Fig. 3 s1m1le (see meas. 47)
54 Gtr. I - -
~13 13 13 13 13 13~11--+11 1"' 17 (17)-----( 1 .. 17
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Gtrs. 2 and 3 ( repeal previous measure)
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II '--3 II
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Bass
10--+10-10 - 10 10- 10- 10 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10-10-10-10 - 10- 10- 10~ '-- 3- 3- 3- . 3-3-3-3
II
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[!] Breakdown (2:18)
(2nd time) The representative from Cellfornla has the floor
(Ab5) (F5) ~b~ ~b~ $b~ (Eb5) (C5)
Gtr. I
57 ------ll-;--(18
.
Bass Bass Fig. 4 .
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IQ] Bridge (2:31)
Sieg Heil Pulverize
to the the
Bang bang goes the Bass
61 (repeat previous/our measures)
11:
18
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6
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president Eiffel broken
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6
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gasman Towers
8
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glass and
4
(F5)
(whlightfdbk. for sustain)
------" 18
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(Eb5) (C5) (F5) Gtrs. 2 and 3 play Fi/11 on repeat (see page 159)
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6
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1- - 1- 3-4-- 4- 0
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Bombs away who criticize kill all the fags
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Is your punishment your government that don't agree
(play 3 times)
: II
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"HOLIDAY" Trials by fire
65 Girs. 2 and 3
Bass plays Bass Fig. 4 (see meas. 57)
[!!} (2:57)
Just (Hey
cs 69 Girs. 2 and3
Bass
[Ij (3:30)
73. csm
[1] Outro (3:34)
Fm VIII 76 Gtr. I
---\- 8
Gtrs. 2 and 3
-- x - 10 - 8
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cause hey
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Fm VIII DbS
80 Gtr. I
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Gtrs. 2 and 3
Bass
setting fire
hey hey Bb
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This
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Is not a way that's meant for me EbS cs FS BbS
a 10 6--10--8
14 8
I I go back to chorus (g
~st cause because we're outlaws yeah ey hey hey hey)
c Gtr. I plays Fill 1 (see page 159)
9- .- ~ 10-- 10 8-- 8
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Is our llves on holiday
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