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Look Ma No Brains Live Tab by Green Day

Look Ma No Brains Live tab by Green Day

Guitar Tab

  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Performance @ When We Were Young Festival

Key: A



Verse 1: "Don't know much about history  "

PM          *********************            *********************
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7----------------------------7-7-7--------------------------|
D|7-7-7--7-------------------------7-7-7--7-----------------------| x2
A|5-5-5--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|-------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|

Pre-Chorus 1: "Maybe I'm in love with a deviant  "

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|---------------------2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|0-5-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2| x2
A|0-5-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E|0-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2: "Slamdance, on my face again  "

PM          *********************            *********************
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7----------------------------7-7-7--------------------------|
D|7-7-7--7-------------------------7-7-7--7-----------------------| x2
A|5-5-5--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|-------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|


Pre-Chorus 2: "Maybe I'm in love with a deviant  "

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|---------------------2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|0-5-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2| x3
A|0-5-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E|0-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|

PM                                       *************
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------|
G|---------------------2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
D|0-5-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
A|0-5-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
E|0-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|

(Note: at Amazon Music Live, he palm mutes through G5 and the following two strokes of E5. In the studio
version of the song, he palm mutes the following four strokes of E5 instead.)


Chorus 1: "I said, 'Look, Ma! I ain't got no brains  '"

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0| x4
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------|


Bridge: "Well, I'm gone, gone, gone, and I'm far away  "

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7| x3
A|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|

PM                                    *********************
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-----------------------2-2-2-2-2|
A|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
E|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|


Chorus 2: "I said, 'Look, Ma! I ain't got no brains  '"

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0| x3
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0-0-0-0---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7\|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-----------------------------------7\|
E|-------------------------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------5\|


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| \   Slide down
| PM  Palm mute

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