Song: The Anthem
Band: Good Charlotte
Album: The Young and the Hopeless
Standard tuning
Tabbed by: Brandon Snyder originally tabbed by Jason Goncalves
Email: Brandon636@aol.com
PM=palm mute
x=mute
~=let ring
Intro: (with delay)
e---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G-6-6---------------------6-6-----------
D-6-6--6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--4-
A-4-4--6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6--4-
E------4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4-------4-4-4--2-
2nd part of intro:
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-6x-66--66-8-10--------1111-10-8--------55-6-8--------88-66-55-666-
D-6x-66--xx-x--x--6x-66--x-x--x-x--4x-44-xx-x-x--6x-66-xx-xx-xx-###-
A-4x-44--44-6--8--6x-66--9-9--8-6--4x-44-33-4-6--6x-66-66-44-33-444-
E-----------------4x-44------------2x-22---------4x-44--------------
Verse: x2
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-666-6------------666-6------------666-6---------------------------
D-666-6--6-66-666--666-6--4-44-444--666-6--66x-66x-4444444444444444-
A-444-4--6-66-666--444-4--4-44-444--444-4--66x-66x-4444444444444444-
E--------4-44-444---------2-22-222---------44x-44x-2222222222222222-
PM_______________________________________ ^
^
Fill after each time u play the verse: ^
e--------------------- ^
B--------------------- ^
G--------------------- played here----------------------
D-----------6666------
A------4444------4444-
E-2222----------------
Pre Chorus:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-33333333----------6666666666666666-33333333---------------------------
D-33333333-44444444-6666666666666666-33333333-44444444-6666666666666666-
A-11111111-44444444-4444444444444444-11111111-44444444-6666666666666666-
E----------22222222---------------------------22222222-4444444444444444-
PM________________
Chorus:
e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G-6--------------6--------------6--------------6-------
D-6-66-44-66666--6-66-44-77766--6-66-44-66666--6-66-44-
A-4-66-44-66666--4-66-44-77766--4-66-44-66666--4-66-44-
E---44-22-44444----44-22-55544----44-22-44444----44-22-
2nd part of intro:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G-6x-66--66-8-10--------1111-10-8--------55-6-8--------88-66-55-6-8-6-
D-6x-66--xx-x--x--6x-66--x-x--x-x--4x-44-xx-x-x--6x-66-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-
A-4x-44--44-6--8--6x-66--9-9--8-6--4x-44-33-4-6--6x-66-66-44-33-4-6-4-
E-----------------4x-44------------2x-22---------4x-44----------------
Verse: 1st the bass is played, then comes
e-------------------------- ---------------------
B-------------------------- ---------------------
G-------------------------- ---------------------
D-66x-66x-4444444444444444- -----------6666------
A-66x-66x-4444444444444444-With little fill ------4444------4444-
E-44x-44x-2222222222222222- -2222----------------
^-----------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/good_charlotte/the_anthem_tab_ver_5.html ]
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------
D---3-4-3-6-66-666---3-4-3-4-44-444---3-4-3--66x-66x-4444444444444444-
A-4-------6-66-666-4-------4-44-444-4--------66x-66x-4444444444444444-
E---------4-44-444---------2-22-222----------44x-44x-2222222222222222-
PM_________________________________________ ^
^
Little fill played in each verse: ^
e--------------------- ^
B--------------------- ^
G--------------------- ^
D-----------6666------ played here---------------------------
A------4444------4444-
E-2222----------------
Pre Chorus:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-33333333----------6666666666666666-33333333---------------------------
D-33333333-44444444-6666666666666666-33333333-44444444-6666666666666666-
A-11111111-44444444-4444444444444444-11111111-44444444-6666666666666666-
E----------22222222---------------------------22222222-4444444444444444-
PM________________
Chorus:
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-6--------------6--------------6--------------6--------------
D-6-66-44-66666--6-66-44-77766--6-66-44-66666--6-66-44-77778~-
A-4-66-44-66666--4-66-44-77766--4-66-44-66666--4-66-44-77778~-
E---44-22-44444----44-22-55544----44-22-44444----44-22-55556~-
Breakdown:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------66-666-6----------------
D-88-888-866-666-644-444-466-666-688-888-866-666-666-666-66666666-
A-88-888-866-666-644-444-466-666-688-888-844-444-466-666-66666666-
E-66-666-644-444-422-222-244-444-466-666-6--------44-444-44444444-
PM_______________________________________________________________
Solo:
e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A-8-8-8-6-8-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-6-8-9-9-9-9-8--8-8-8-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-
E---------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------
B----------------------------
G-66-888-101010-101011101110-
D-xx-###--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-
A-44-666--8-8-8--8-8-9-8-9-8-
E----------------------------
Intro: (with delay)x2
e---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G-6-6---------------------6-6-----------
D-6-6--6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--4-
A-4-4--6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6--4-4--6-6-6--4-
E------4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4-------4-4-4--2-
Pick scrape
End:
e-------------------------------------------------####-
B-------------------------------------------------####-
G-66-----------66-----------66-----------66-------####-
D-66-66-44-66--66-66-44-66--66-66-44-66--66-66-44-####-
A-44-66-44-66--44-66-44-66--44-66-44-66--44-66-44-####-
E----44-22-44-----44-22-44-----44-22-44-----44-22-####-
e----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-66-----------66-----------66-----------66----------
D-66-66-44-66--66-66-44-66--66-66-44-66--66-66-44-66-
A-44-66-44-66--44-66-44-66--44-66-44-66--44-66-44-66-
E----44-22-44-----44-22-44-----44-22-44-----44-22-44-
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G-66-----------66--------6-
D-66-66-44-66--66-66-4-6-6-
A-44-66-44-66--44-66-4-6-4-
E----44-22-44-----44-2-4---
That's it, good luck, GC rocks!