Holiday tab by Green Day

Tabs

Song:Holiday
Artist:Green Day
Album:american idiot(2004)
Tabbed by:Mike Straw
Standard Tuning (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
awesome song

Intro Riff:
e|--------------------|
BB|-10---6----13---8---|
G+G|-10---6----13---8---|
D MajorD|-x----x----x----x---|
A augmentedA|-8----4----11---6---|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Main Riff:
  F5F5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 D#5D#5
e|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-10--6-------8---|
D MajorD|-10--6---6---8---|
A augmentedA|-8---4---6---6---|
E MajorE|---------4-------|

Verse:
  F5F5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 D#5D#5  F5F5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 C5C5  F5F5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 D#5D#5 C5C5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-10--6-------8------10--6-------5------10--6-------8---5---|
D MajorD|-10--6---6---8------10--6---6---5------10--6---6---8---5---|
A augmentedA|-8---4---6---6------8---4---6---3------8---4---6---6---3---|
E MajorE|---------4------------------4------------------4-----------|

Chorus:
  F5F5   C#5C#5  G#5G#5  D#5D#5  F5F5   C#5C#5  G#5G#5  C5C5
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------6-------------8-------------6-------------5---|
D MajorD|-3------6------6------8------3------6------6------5---|
A augmentedA|-3------4------6------6------3------4------6------3---|
E MajorE|-1-------------4-------------1-------------4----------|

Bridge:
  F5F5 G#5G#5 C#C# A#A# D#D# FF  F5F5  G#G# D#D# C majorC FF  x2
e|------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------6-----8---------------8-----10---|
D MajorD|-3---6---6--8--8--10----3---6--8--10-10---|
A augmentedA|-3---6---4--8--6--10----3---6--6--10-8----|
E MajorE|-1---4------6-----8-----1---4-----8-------|

Solo:
Guitar 1:
  C#5C#5    G#5G#5	 C5C5	  F5F5	  D#5D#5
e|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-6----------------------5--------10------8------|
D MajorD|-6---------6------------5--------10------8------|
A augmentedA|-4---------6------------3--------8-------6------|
E MajorE|-----------4------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------8------8----|
BB|-----------8-9----------8----------------8---8--|
G+G|-10-10-10------8-6-5--5---9-5--5/10---10--------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
  C#5C#5    G#5G#5	 C5C5 (strum through)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-6----------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6---------6------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-4---------6------------3-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------4--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2: 									  (let ring)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------8-9-------------------------13-13-13-13-13-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17/18---|
G+G|-10-10-10------8-6-5-55/12-12-12-12-12------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude:
 (Bass transcribed for guitar)				  x6 C5C5
e|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------|---5---|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------|---5---|
A augmentedA|----------------4-----6----------------------6-----8------|---3---|
E MajorE|--1-1-1--4-4-4-----6-----8\1---1-1-1--4-4-4-----8-----\1--|-------|

End:
  F5F5 G#5G#5 D#5D#5 C5C5 F5F5	F5
e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-10--6---8-------10------|
D MajorD|-10--6---8---10--10---3--|
A augmentedA|-8---4---6---10--8----3--|
E MajorE|-------------8--------1--|


Order:

Intro Riff x4
Main Riff x2
Verse x2
Chorus
Intro Riff x2
Verse x2
Chorus
Bridge
Solo
Interlude
Chorus x2 (Hold last C5C5)
Main Riff x3
End


Lyrics: (Not entirely correct)

Say! Hey!

Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)    (Verse 1)
The shame, the ones who die without a name

Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called faith and misery
And bleed, the company lost the war today    (Verse 2)


I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives    (Chorus)
On holiday

Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protestor has crossed the line   (Verse 3)
To find, the money's on the other side

Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around the score of men (Hey!)  (Verse 4)
A augmentedA gag, A augmentedA plastic bag on a monument

(Chorus)
(Bridge)

The representative from California has the floor:
Zeig Hail to the president gasman
"Bombs away!" is you punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel Towers
You critize your goverment      (Interlude)
"Bang Bang!" goes the broken glass man
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trial by fires, setting fires
Is not a way thats ment for me
Just cause, just cause because were outlaws, yah,

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday


🏷Legend:

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide down
\ = slide up
v = vibrato

Holiday tab

This is yet another anti-war song from Green Day. It was originally released on the “American idiot” album in 2004 and as a single a year later. As you can see in these Holliday tabs, the song is in the key of F minor. The song was well received world wide but did not end up as the most popular singles from the band. On concerts it is always cheered by the fans.

It is political but not an anti-politicians song. Singer Billie Joe Armstrong say it is an anti-war song and nothing else. Lyrics in the songs bridge, as seen in the Holliday tabs below, makes references to the Nazis, to the American president at the time and to the invasion of Iraq. The promotional video is made in the same style as the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams. On the album Holliday is a prelude to that song.

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