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Knowledge - Green Day (Operation Ivy)
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Tabbed by: Mike Cassidy
Email: rageandlove04@yahoo.com
Tuning: EADGBe (live it's played ½ step down)
Pretty simple 3 chord rocker, just listen to the song for the strumming
pattern, I'm too lazy to tab it out. Solo's a basic D blues scale type
thing, I know it's not 100% accurate, I havn't really listened to the song
closely. I've tabbed out the basic bass line as well, but I'm not a bass
player, so that's pretty rough too. Feel free to email
comments/corrections/tab requests/etc to me. Enjoy!
Chords:
D7 C7 G
e|----------------------|
B|----7------5----------|
G|----5------3-----4----|
D|----7------5-----5----|
A|----5------3-----5----|
E|-----------------3----|
INTRO:
D7 C7 G D7 C7 D7 (stop)
VERSE 1:
D7
I know things are getting tougher when you
C7 G
can't get the top off the bottom of the barrel
D7 C7
Wide-open road of my future now,
G
is looking fuckin' narrow
Bass line 1:
D7 C7 G
G|--------------7-------------------------------------|
D|------4--5--7----7--5--4-------2--3--5--------------|
A|--/5----------------------5/3--------------2--3--4--|
E|----------------------------------------3-----------|
CHORUS: (Play bass line 1)
D7 C7 G
All I know is that I don't know, all I know is that I don't know nothing x2
VERSE 2:
D7 C7 G
W - e get taught to decide,
D7 C7 G
Just like, as if, I'm not gonna change my mind
Bass line 2:
D7 C7 G
G|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3--------2--3--4--|
E|--------------------------------------3-----------|
***Play the octaves as if you were playing slap & pop, only pick the low
(slapped) note, and use your middle finger to pop the higher note.
CHORUS (Bass line 1)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/knowledge_tab_ver_5.html ]
SOLO: (Bass line 1)
( )-optional note X2
e|-------------10-------------10------------10-------------10--|
B|---------10-------------10------------10-------------10------|
G|--12b14----------12b14---------12b14----------12b14----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12b14r12--10—(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)—|
D|----------------12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------10------------13b15r13—10h13p10------10----------|
B|---------10------13b15r13---------------------13------13--10--|
G|--12b14-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------10--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------10------|
G|--12b14r12p10------10--10—12b14--12--10------10--12----10—12b14--------|
D|---------------12------------------------12----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12b14r12p10------10--12—12p10------10----------------------------------|
D|---------------12----------------12------12--10----------------------12v-|
A|-------------------------------------------------12--11--10--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------13--10------|
VERSE 3: (Bass line 2)
D7 C7 G
What ya gonna do with yourself, boy, you better make up your mind
D7 C7 G
What ya gonna do with yourself? You're runnin' out of time
CHORUS (Bass line 1) x2
D7 (let ring)
...and that's fine
