Are We The Waiting Guitar Tabs
For Two Guitars

Are We The Waiting appears on American Idiot. Guitar 1 basically plays simple chords one string at a time, while Guitar 2 strikes the occasional power chord. Here it is.

Verse: Guitar 1 plays their part once alone, then both guitars play their parts three times each.

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------2-----------2-------
B---------2-----------2---------3---3-------3---3-----
G-------2---2-------2---2-----2-------2---2-------2---
D-----2-------2---2-------2-0-----------0-------------
A---0-----------0-------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E---------------------------2-------------------------
B---2-----------------------3-------------------------
G---2-----------------------2-------------------------
D---2-----------------------0-------------------------
A---0-------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

Verse (Continued): Both guitars play this part once.

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------10-------------9-----------7-----------7-------------10---------
G--------11----11--------9---9-------7---7-------7---7--------11----11------
D-----11----------11---9-------9---7-------7---7-------7---11----------11---
A---9----------------7-----------5-----------5-----------9------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------7------------------------------------------
D---4----------------2-----------7-----------------------4------------------
A---4----------------2-----------5-----------------------4------------------
E---2----------------0-----------------------------------2------------------

Guitar 1
E-----------------------------------------
B---------9-----9\7---7-----------7-------
G-------9---9---9\7-----7-------7---7-----
D-----9---------9\7-7-----7---7-------7---
A---7---------7-------------5-------------
E-----------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G---------------7-------------------------
D---2-----------7-------------------------
A---2-----------5-------------------------
E---0-------------------------------------

Chorus And Then Verse: Both guitars play this five times.

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------2-----------2-------
B---------2-----------2---------3---3-------3---3-----
G-------2---2-------2---2-----2-------2---2-------2---
D-----2-------2---2-------2-0-----------0-------------
A---0-----------0-------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E---------------------------2-------------------------
B---2-----------------------3-------------------------
G---2-----------------------2-------------------------
D---2-----------------------0-------------------------
A---0-------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

Verse (Continued): Both guitars play this part just once.

Guitar 1
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------10-------------9-----------7-----------7-------------10---------
G-------11----11--------9---9-------7---7-------7---7--------11----11------
D----11----------11---9-------9---7-------7---7-------7---11----------11---
A---9---------------7-----------5-----------5-----------9------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------7------------------------------------------
D---4---------------2-----------5-----------------------4------------------
A---4---------------2-----------5-----------------------4------------------
E---2---------------0-----------------------------------2------------------

Guitar 1
E-----------------------------------------
B---------9-----9\7---7-----------7-------
G-------9---9---9\7-----7-------7---7-----
D-----9---------9\7-7-----7---7-------7---
A---7---------7-------------5-------------
E-----------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G---------------7-------------------------
D---2-----------7-------------------------
A---2-----------5-------------------------
E---0-------------------------------------

Chorus And Then Ending: Both guitars play this five times.

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------2-----------2-------
B---------2-----------2---------3---3-------3---3-----
G-------2---2-------2---2-----2-------2---2-------2---
D-----2-------2---2-------2-0-----------0-------------
A---0-----------0-------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2
E---------------------------2-------------------------
B---2-----------------------3-------------------------
G---2-----------------------2-------------------------
D---2-----------------------0-------------------------
A---0-------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

That's It