Artist: Good Charlotte Album: Young and the Hopeless Song: The Anthem Tuning: E Standard Tablature by: Farzan Karimi (sevendustpsu@aol.com) To my surprise, there isn't one decent tab online for this great song. This tab should be correct. Enjoy! Prelude (Clean) E---------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------- G---7---7---7---------------------7---7---7---------------------- D-------------7-----5---5---5-7-------------7----5-----5-7-7----- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- Intro Guitar Riff(Heavy Distort.) E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-9-11---------------12-12-11-9---------------6-6-7-9---- D--7-x-x-7-x-x------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------------5-x-x-5-x-x------------ A--5-x-x-5-x-x------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------------5-x-x-5-x-x------------ E-------------------------5-x-x-5-x-x--------------3-x-x-3-x-x------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------9-9-7-7-6-6-6---------------------------------------------- D--7-x-x-7-x-x------------------------------------------------------------ A--7-x-x-7-x-x------------------------------------------------------------ E--5-x-x-5-x-x------------------------------------------------------------ Verse x2(Palm mute) "It's a new day..." E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--7-x-x-7-x-x-------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------------7-x-x-7-x-x----------- D--7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-7-x-7---5-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-5-x-5----7-x-x-7-x-x----------- A--5-x-x-5-x-x-7-x-7-x-7---5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-x-5----5-x-x-5-x-x----------- E--------------5-x-5-x-5---------------3-x-3-x-3-------------------------- (Now Heavy) Fast strumming E---------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------- D--7--------5---------------------------- A--7-(8x)---5-(16x)---------------------- E--5--------3---------------------------- Pre-Chorus (Heavy) Listen for rythym "I don't really want to be like you..." E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--9---------5--------12----------9-------5-------7----------------------- A--9-(8x)----5--(8x)--12--(16x)---9-(8x)--5-(8x)--7-(16x)----------------- E--7---------3--------10----------7-------3-------5----------------------- Chorus (Heavy) Ska-beat... "You..." E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---7-x-x-----------------7-x-x------------------------------------------- D---7-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----7-x-x-7-x-5-5-8-8-8-7--------------------------- A---5-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----5-x-x-7-x-5-5-8-8-8-7--------------------------- E---------5-x--3-3-5-5----------5-x-3-3-6-6-6-5--------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---7-x-x-----------------7-x-x------------------------------------------- D---7-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----7-x-x-7-x-5------------------------------------- A---5-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7----5-x-x-7-x-5------------------------------------- E---------5-x--3-3-5-5----------5-x-3------------------------------------- Then do these segments over again: *Intro *Verse *Pre-chorus *Chorus Interlude "Shake it once..." (Sorry, this is a bass riff) Solo E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--11-11-11-9----9-9-9-9-9----11-11-11-9-11-12-12-12-11-9----------------- D-------------12---------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--11-11-11-9-11-9-9-9-11-9----7-7--7-9-9--9-11-11--11-11-12-11----------- D------------------------------7-7--7-9-9--9-11-11--11-11-12-11----------- A------------------------------5-5--5-7-7--7-9--9---9--9--10-9------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------- Breakdown (Clean) "You... dont want to be just like you..." -Play Prelude over again (Now Jump back in Heavy) "This is the Anthem!..." E------------------------ B------------------------ G---7-7-7---------------- D---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-7---- (Keep playing this riff over and over until...) A---5-5-5-7---5-5-5-7---- E---------5---3-3-3-5---- Outro (Heavy) Ska-beat "Another Loser Anthem!...." E----------------------- B----------------------- G---7-x-x--------------- D---7-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7-- (3x) A---5-x-x-7-x--5-5-7-7-- E---------5-x--3-3-5-5-- Then end with... E----------------------- B----------------------- G---7-x-x--------------- D---7-x-x-7-x--5-7-12--- A---5-x-x-7-x--5-7-12--- E---------5-x--3-5-10---