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Black Eyeliner Tab by Green Day

Black Eyeliner tab by Green Day

Guitar Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: A

🎸 Intro:
:
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|
D|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|
A|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 P.M.



🎸 Verse :
   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5-5-5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S P P S
   Hey do you say    can I      borrow some of your black eye-

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|----0~~~-|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|-------0-|-------0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|--------0|--------0|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7--7-7--|-7~~~~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5--5-5--|-5~~~~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S  P P P  P S P S  S   S  S
   liner to make my eyes look just like yours

   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7---7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5---5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S S P S
   Please can you apply on my sleepwalking eyes open wide

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|-----0-0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|---------|------0--|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|-7--7~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-|-5--5~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S  P   S  S    P P  S S P S
   Half awake and half asleep                  Quite sudden

🎸 Chorus:
  F#m                A                  E
e|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|-----0~~~|--------|
B|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|-----0~~~|--------|
G|--------|--------|---------|--------|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
D|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5|---------|--------|---------|--------|
   S              S  S                      S        S         S
  l-----y lack of sleep               Making your mascara bleed    streams down your

  F#m                A                  E
e|--------|--------|---------|--------|-0~~~----|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|
B|--------|--------|---------|--------|-0~~~----|--------|-------0~|------0~|
G|--------|--------|---------|--------|-9~~~9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
D|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-9~~~9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7~~~7-7-|7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5|---------|--------|---------|--------|
   S              S  S     S            S                      S***********
   face
leaving   traces of       mista----kes

🎸 Interlude:
   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5-5-5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S P P S

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|----0~~~-|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|-------0-|-------0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|--------0|-0------0|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7--7-7--|-7~~~~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5--5-5--|-5~~~~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S  P P P  P S P S  S   S  S

🎸 Verse 2:
   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5-5-5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S P P S
   Hey what would you say, if I asked to kiss you one last time

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|----0~~~-|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|-------0-|-------0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|--------0|--------0|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7--7-7--|-7~~~~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5--5-5--|-5~~~~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P     S  P P P  P S P S  S   S  S
   again is it even   worth a   try?

   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7---7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5---5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S S P S
   If you can reply, can I buy a black eyeliner one more time

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|-----0-0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|---------|------0--|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|-7--7~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-|-5--5~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S  P   S  S    P P  S S P S
   to make your eyes look just like mine.     Bloodshot dead

🎸 Chorus:
  F#m                A                  E
e|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|-----0~~~|--------|
B|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|-----0~~~|--------|
G|--------|--------|---------|--------|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
D|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5|---------|--------|---------|--------|
   S              S  S                      S        S         S
  beat and lack of sleep               Making your mascara bleed   streamsdown your

  F#m                A                  E
e|--------|--------|---------|--------|-0~~~----|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|
B|--------|--------|---------|--------|-0~~~----|--------|-------0~|------0~|
G|--------|--------|---------|--------|-9~~~9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
D|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-9~~~9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7~~~7-7-|7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5|---------|--------|---------|--------|
   S              S  S     S            S                      S***********
   face
leaving   traces of       mista----kes

🎸 Interlude:
   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5-5-5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S P P S

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|----0~~~-|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|-------0-|-------0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|--------0|-0------0|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7--7-7--|-7~~~~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5--5-5--|-5~~~~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S  P P P  P S P S  S   S  S

   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7---7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5---5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S S P S

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|-----0-0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|---------|------0--|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|-7--7~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-|-5--5~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
                                                Bloodshot dead

🎸 Chorus:
  F#m                A                  E
e|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|-----0~~~|--------|
B|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----0~~~|----0~~~|-----0~~~|--------|
G|--------|--------|---------|--------|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
D|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5|---------|--------|---------|--------|
   S              S  S                      S        S         S
  beat and lack of sleep               Making your mascara bleed   streamsdown your

  F#m                A                  E
e|--------|--------|---------|--------|-0~~~----|--------|---------|--------|
B|--------|--------|---------|--------|-0~~~----|--------|---------|--------|
G|--------|--------|---------|--------|-9~~~9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
D|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-9~~~9-9-|9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-|
A|-4-4-4-4|-4-4-4-4|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7~~~7-7-|7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5|---------|--------|---------|--------|
   S              S  S     S            S                      S***********
   face
leaving   traces of       mista----kes

🎸 Verse 3: More straight forward palm muting
   A                  E                  A                  D
e|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
B|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
G|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2|--------|---------|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2|--------|---------|
D|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2|-9-9-9-9|-9-9-9-9-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|
A|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0|-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
   P.M.
   Hey what would you say, if I asked to kiss you one last time
   If       you can reply, can you apply black your eyeliner one more time

   A                  Em                D
e|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|----0~~~-|
B|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|-------0~|
G|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2|--------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7|--------0|
D|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7|-7-7~~~~-|
A|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-7-5-5|-5-7-5-5|-5-5~~~~-|
E|---------|--------|-0-0-0-2|-0-0-0-0-|---------|--------|--------|---------|
P.M.                                                                     S
   again is it even      worth a         try?
   to make your eyes look just like mine.

🎸 Outro:
   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5-5-5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S P P S
   Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay   woooh-oooooh

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|----0~~~-|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|-------0-|-------0-|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~7-7-7|--------0|-0------0|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~7-7-7|-7--7-7--|-7~~~~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~5-5-5|-5--5-5--|-5~~~~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S  P P P  P S P S  S   S  S

   A         E                  A         D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---0~~~--|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|------0-0|
G|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-------0-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-------0-|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-9~~9-9-|-9-9-9~~-|-2~~2-2-2|-7-~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|/7~~7-7-|-7-7-7~~-|-0~~0-0-0|/5-~~5-5-|-5-5-5~~-|
E|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S P P S   S  P   S  S    P P  S P P S
   Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay   woooh-oooooh

   A         Em                 D
e|---------|--------|---0~~~--|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|--------|-----0--0|---------|---------|---------|
G|-2~~2-2-2|--------|-------0-|-7~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~|
D|-2~~2-2-2|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-7~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~-|
A|-0~~0-0-0|-2~~2-2-|-2-2-2~~-|-5~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~-|
E|---------|-0~~0-0-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|
   S  P   S  S  P P   S         S
                   oh  oh    no----------o

************************************
Legend:
| ~   let note ring
| >   Staccato
| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| ^   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
************************************

Published: February 19, 2023

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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