Green Day Welcome to paradise
From the album Dookie
Tabbed by Liam
Email: guitar_rocker_47@hotmail.com
Tuning half a step down
I noticed that UG has a lot of submissions for this but ive tabbed a technical version
for people really wanting to play this well and straight from the tab, included in my
tab that others don’t have is –all guitars tabbed, notes for bass, vague amp settings,
general info, tips for playing and a 100% correct tried and tested my own version that
sounds amazing, bridge. The bridge does sound so good when played in time correctly.
and I really suggest you check it out –if you like playing this song cos it may surprise
you when you listen along with the song how much it sounds lie it, Hope UG accepts this
and hopes you guys like this? Vote and comment plz, thanks.
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Guitar 1 played by Billie Joe Armstrong
Guitar 2 pre recorded by Billie
Guitar 3 pre recorded by Billie
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Guitar 1 –clean but in distortion channel, mid distortion/gain/drive, slight reverb,
and generally a crisp ‘good’ sound
Guitar 2 –same as guitar 1 for playing the intro, verse, chorus etc. but with a cleaner
more reverbed tone set up on your amps 2nd channel hooked up to a foot selector switch
for quick swapping being able –as the bridge requires this
Guitar 3 –same as guitar 2, but there is no need for the clean reverb sounds being set
up on a different channel –just set it up on your standard channel as guitar 3 is nly
played during the bridge.
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Notes
Effects: guitar 3 needs a vibrato effect unit or a multi effect unit that can create a
similar buzzing and humming sounds for the bridge section. and for guitars two and three
you could have a chorus pedal (set with required skill to make it sound like the bridge)
or more easily have a reverb or echo pedal –which should be ‘jumped on’ for the bridge
and switch off as it goes back into the verse. But alternatively to that as I have said
you could just set up a second channel on your amp to sound echo-ish and cleaner –but
not to clean.
Bass: bass is a little more difficult that Green Day’s typical songs, it is a basic line
of root notes of the guitar chords but occasionally played is a note or two which is in
the scale –and also within the equal guitar chord of which guitar is playing, I am very
sure that there is a correct tab for the bass of welcome to paradise –if you should
require one just ask me and il tab one for ya. –its not to difficult but if you’re a
beginner, you’ll be working harder on this. just listen for the higher and lower notes
on bass throughout the song. Also in the song appears bass chords, these are what they
are! Their chords on bass! If played right (with required pressure on each fret etc) it
sounds amazing but if played incorrectly it doesn’t create a good sound at all, so try
to get them right bassists!
Sounds: there are some difficult chord variations throughout this Green Day and 90’s
classic, but all can be achieved easily and make you look good! The girls love this
one! Lol! But an often overlooked technique in this song is the appearance of a fretting
hand string mute in the verse and intro etc between the chords –I have tabbed EXACTLY
how I play this and if you palsy the fretting hand string mutes as I play them, which
is order, timing, quantity and accents it will sound like the real thing.
Additional: during the interlude to get that ‘beautiful’ ringing out feedback sound that
Billie achieves, firstly turn off you feedback buster if you have one, then get close to
your amp stack and play your guitar very close to the amp (basically do what they tell
you not to do when it comes to stage performing!!) and add vibrato to every note –that
gets a good sound without the aid of harmonics and any kind of effect! –its old skool
Billie!!
2nd additional: guitars one and two are pretty much doubled apart from the intro and
interlude/bridge, very simple song basis but a good semi difficult one.
Lyrics and singing: difficult one to sing and play along with but it can be picked up
–chorus especially hard. If you play guitar 2 as well your gonna have to back up that
lead singer on the chorus in parts lyrics are displayed at the bottom for your
reference and convenience
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Green Day Welcome to Paradise (as recorded for the 1994 album ‘Dookie’
Guitar tab
Intro
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Guitar 2 tacet (as is the rest of the band now)
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------TACET----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Verse
Guitars 1 and 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9---9999-777777---------------|
D|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9---9999-777777-5555-99999999-|
A|-7777-555555--7-x-77-x-777-7~-7---7777-555555-5555-99999999-|
E|----------------------------------------------3333-77777777-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9--9999-777777----------------------4444444444444444-|
D|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9--9999-777777-5555-99999999--5555-x4444444444444444-|
A|-7777-555555--7-x-77-x-777-7~-7--7777-555555-5555-99999999--5555-x2222222222222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------3333-77777777--3333-x-----------------|
Chorus
Guitars 1 and 2
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2222-55555555-------------4444444444-|
D|-2222-555~55-2222-55555555--2222-55555-4444444444-|
A|-2222-555~55-0000-33333333--2222-55555-2222222222-|
E|-0000-333~33----------------0000-33333------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2222-55555555---------------4#-|
D|-2222-555~55-2222-55555555--2---2-----2--4#-|
A|-2222-555~55-0000-33333333--2---2-----2--2#-|
E|-0000-333~33----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
Pre Verse
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-9~-999----9-x-99~-99--77-x-9~-999-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-9~-999----7-x-77~-77--55-x-9~-999-|
E|------------------7~-777---------------------7~-777-|
Verse 2
Guitars 1 and 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9---9999-777777---------------|
D|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9---9999-777777-5555-99999999-|
A|-7777-555555--7-x-77-x-777-7~-7---7777-555555-5555-99999999-|
E|----------------------------------------------3333-77777777-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9--9999-777777----------------------4444444444444444-|
D|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9--9999-777777-5555-99999999--5555-x4444444444444444-|
A|-7777-555555--7-x-77-x-777-7~-7--7777-555555-5555-99999999--5555-x2222222222222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------3333-77777777--3333-x-----------------|
Chorus 2
Guitars 1 and 2
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2222-55555555-------------4444444444-|
D|-2222-555~55-2222-55555355--2222-55555-4444444444-|
A|-2222-555~55-0000-33333333--2222-55555-2222222222-|
E|-0000-333~33----------------0000-33333------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2222-55555555---------------4#-|
D|-2222-555~55-2222-55555555--2---2-----2--4#-|
A|-2222-555~55-0000-33333333--2---2-----2--2#-|
E|-0000-333~33----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
Post Verse 2
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x----------4~~~~~~~~-|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7--------2~~~~~~~~-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7--------2~~~~~~~~-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5---/17\-0~~~~~~~~-|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------------------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-9~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7--7t~~~~t---------|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-9~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7--7t~~~~t---------|
E|------------------7~-555---------------------5--5t~~~~t---------|
Interlude (iv tabbed the bass here –as it is easier to read this way)
Bass
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-----7h9---------9---------8----------7---| x4 then play below
A|-7-7-------10-10--10---9-9---9----8-8---8-|
E|------------------------------------------|
Bass
G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|----7h9-------9---------8---------7---|----7h9-------9---------8---------7---|
A|-7-7-----10-10-10---9-9---9---8-8---8-|-7-7-----10-10-10---9-9---9---8-8---8-|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-2v-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|-2bu---------------3-----2----0---2---|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/welcome_to_paradise_tab_ver_7.html ]
Bass
G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|----7h9-------9---------8---------7---|----7h9-------9---------8---------7---|
A|-7-7-----10-10-10---9-9---9---8-8---8-|-7-7-----10-10-10---9-9---9---8-8---8-|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------7bv-------------------|-------------5--\--4----3----2--------|
D|---3-----2----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Bridge
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|
G|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|
D|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * *** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * *** * |
Guitar 2 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|currently plays nothing-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------tacet|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| |
Guitar 3 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------7v~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|
G|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|
D|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * *** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * *** * |
Guitar 2 |
E|------12///--19--14~~----------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---10----------------15~~~-----------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 3 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|7v~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|
G|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|
D|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * *** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * *** * |
Guitar 2 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|---9-------14--------13--------12----|---9-------14--------13--------12----|
D|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * **** ** **** ** **** ** ** * **** ** **** ** **** ** |
Guitar 3 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM **** ******** ******* ******** **** ******* ******** ********
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|---5-------8---------7---------6-----|
G|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|-4444--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5---|
D|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|-22-2--5-5---5---4-4---4---3-3---3---|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * *** * *** * *** * ** * *** * *** * *** * |
Guitar 2 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|---9-------14--------13--------12----|---9-------14--------13--------12----|
D|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * **** ** **** ** **** ** ** * **** ** **** ** **** ** |
Guitar 3 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM **** ******** ******** ******** **** ******** ****
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---5-------8-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-4444--7-7-7-7--13131313--12121212---|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-22-2--5-5---5---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
A|----------------11111111--10101010---|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
PM ** * *** * |
Guitar 2 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 3 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
Guitar 2 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|-xxxx---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 3 |
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
D|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|-9999--14141414--13131313--12121212--|
A|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|-7777--12121212--11111111--10101010--|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Verse 3
Guitars 1 and 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9---9999-777777---------------|
D|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9---9999-777777-5555-99999999-|
A|-7777-555555--7-x-77-x-777-7~-7---7777-555555-5555-99999999-|
E|----------------------------------------------3333-77777777-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9--9999-777777----------------------4444444444444444-|
D|-9999-777777--9-x-99-x-999-9~-9--9999-777777-5555-99999999--5555-x4444444444444444-|
A|-7777-555555--7-x-77-x-777-7~-7--7777-555555-5555-99999999--5555-x2222222222222222-|
E|---------------------------------------------3333-77777777--3333-x-----------------|
Chorus 3
Guitars 1 and 2
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2222-55555555-------------4444444444-|
D|-2222-555~55-2222-55555555--2222-55555-4444444444-|
A|-2222-555~55-0000-33333333--2222-55555-2222222222-|
E|-0000-333~33----------------0000-33333------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2222-55555555---------------4#-|
D|-2222-555~55-2222-55555555--2---2-----2--4#-|
A|-2222-555~55-0000-33333333--2---2-----2--2#-|
E|-0000-333~33----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
Outro
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555-|
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------9#-|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-9#-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-7#-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555----|
Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-----------9-x-99~-99--77-x--------9#-|
D|-9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777----9-x-99~-99--77-x-7~-777-9#-|
A|-7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777----7-x-77~-77--55-x-7~-777-7#-|
E|------------------5~-555---------------------5~-555----|
have fun with this one -its a classic, please rate and comment, thanks
Liam
