----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who Wrote Holden Caulfield ? Green Day ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: conor-figgy Email: conor-figgy@hotmail.com Tuning: Eb Tuning. (Eb,Bb,Gb,Db,Ab,Eb) Intro/Verse: Follow muting pattern and play each chord and piece amount of times needed. In the verses, pull off the muting on the last 2 chords. After about 57 seconds into the Kerplunk recording, following the verse, Guiitar 2 hits two artificial harmonics on the D then A string over the 5th fret in that order. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9-9-9----7-7-7----5-5-5----4-4-4----------------------------------------| D|--9-9-9----7-5-7----5-5-5----4-4-4----------------------------------------| A|--7-7-7----5-5-5----3-3-3----2-2-2----------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| PM * * * * * * * * Pre-Chorus : Again, play each chord and piece as many times as needed. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--4-7---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--4-7---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2-5---------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus: Again, play each chord and piece as many times as needed. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9---7-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--9-9-7-5-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7-9-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----7---5-----------------------------------------------------------------| Post-Verse Bridge: Guitar 1: Again play as above. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9-7-5-4-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|--9-7-5-4-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7-5-3-2-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Post-Verse Bridge: Guitar 2: Play/Strum under each chord change above. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9-11-13-11--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--X-X---X--X--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7-9--11--9--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Breakdown Riff/ Variation of Verse: Play Eb and slide, then Verse Riff. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------3/9--7-5-4-------------------------------------------------------| D|--2-2-2--3/9--7-5-4-------------------------------------------------------| A|--2-2-2--1/7--5-3-2-------------------------------------------------------| E|--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------| PM * * Chorus Variation: Played near end of song. Very same riff but strum the first two chords once each. Play variation twice, then back to normal. End on final chord, single strum. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9---7-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--9-9-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7-9-5-7-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----7---5-----------------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************