Band: Green Day
Album: American Idiot
Song: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Tabber: Aaron E.(aarguitar)
/ - slide
* - very fast picking (each * stands for 2 plucks)
~ - vibrato
There might be parts of the song (example the verse) which are played with chords,
as someone has pointed out to me, (you can look at the chords in the corrections page)
but I have just tabbed the power chords for it.
For the intro you should play around until you figure out the right tremolo effect.
It also sounds OK to just palm mute it.
Intro - is repeated in the background through most the song
(dist.)
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------88888888-----------|
D|--33333333-66666666-88888888-88888888--| 2x
A|--33333333-66666666-66666666-88888888--|
E|--11111111-44444444----------66666666--|
Verse 1
Guitar 1(clean)(acoustic)
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-8-88----------------|
D|---3-3-33—--6-6-66---8-8-88—--8-8-88-------| 6x
A|---3-3-33---6-6-66---6-6-66---8-8-88-------|
E|---1-1-11---4-4-44------------6-6-66-------|
Bridge
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-8-88---------5-----|
D|---3-3-33---6-6-66---8-8-88---8-8-8-5-----|
A|---3-3-33---6-6-66---6-6-66---8-8-8-3-----|
E|---1-1-11---4-4-44------------6-6-6-------|
(dist.)
Guitar 2 (light dist.)
E|-------------------------------| Played during 3rd repeat
B|-----8/9~----13/11~--8/9~------| and 6th repeat of verse
G|-------------------------------| and during the bridge
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1 (dist.)
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6---------8-8-8-8--------------|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3------| 3x
A|--4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3------|
E|----------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6---------5-5-5-5-5------------|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5------------|
A|--4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3------------|
E|----------4-4-4-4----------------------|
Verse 2
Guitar 1(clean)(acoustic)
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-8-88----------------|
D|---3-3-33—--6-6-66---8-8-88—--8-8-88-------| 8x
A|---3-3-33---6-6-66---6-6-66---8-8-88-------|
E|---1-1-11---4-4-44------------6-6-66-------|
Bridge
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-8-88---------5-----|
D|---3-3-33---6-6-66---8-8-88---8-8-8-5-----|
A|---3-3-33---6-6-66---6-6-66---8-8-8-3-----|
E|---1-1-11---4-4-44------------6-6-6-------|
(dist.)
Guitar 2 (light dist.)
E|-------------------------------| Played during 5th repeat
B|-----8/9~----13/11~--8/9~------| and 8th repeat of verse
G|-------------------------------| and during the bridge
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Chorus
Verse riff 1x
Bridge
During solo
Guitar 1 (dist)
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--/-6-6-6-6---------8-8-8-8--------------|
D|--/-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3------|
A|--/-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3------|
E|------------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6---------8-8-8-8----------------|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3--------|
A|--4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3--------|
E|----------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1--------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-------------8-8-8-8----------------|
D|--6-6-----6-6-----8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3--------|
A|--4-4-----6-6-----6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3--------|
E|----------4-4-------------1-1-1-1--------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D|--6-6-----6-6-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--4-4-----6-6-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------4-4--------------------------------|
Solo
Guitar 2 (dist.)
E|------------------------------------------|
B|--6**---8*/9***---13*/11***---8*/9*****---|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------| 3x
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|--6**---8*/9***---13*-11*-13*************-------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Verse riff 1x
Bridge
Chorus
Guitar 1 (dist.)
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6---------8-8-8-8--------------|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3------| 3x
A|--4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3------|
E|----------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|--4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|----------4-4-4-4---------------------------------|
Outro (dist.)
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------6--6-6-8--8-8-7--7-7-----------------|
D|--3--3-3-6--6-6-8--8-8-7--7-7-6--6-6-2--2-2---| 3x
A|--3--3-3-4--4-4-6--6-6-5--5-5-6--6-6-2--2-2---|
E|--1--1-1----------------------4--4-4-0--0-0---|
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------6--6-6-8--8-8-7--7-7-----------------|
D|--3--3-3-6--6-6-8--8-8-7--7-7-6-6-2-2---------|
A|--3--3-3-4--4-4-6--6-6-5--5-5-6-6-2-2---------|
E|--1--1-1----------------------4-4-0-0---------|
Order:
1. Intro 8. Verse riff 1x
2. Verse 1 9. Bridge
3. Bridge 10.Solo
4. Chorus 11.Verse riff 1x
5. Verse 2 12.Bridge
6. Bridge 13.Chorus
7. Chorus 14.Outro
Well, that’s about it. I hope its simple to read. Also, during the last chorus
the 2nd guitar comes in on the 3rd repeat and plays his solo on top.
If you find anything else wrong then please correct me and be sure to rate my tab!
