Song: Shoplifter
Band: Green Day
Album: American Idiot B-Sides
Tuning: Standard
Tabber: Sean McCormick


Definitely not the exact number of strums, Billie Joe double-picks a lot in this song.
By the way, the words are just there, not really to help. 
I laid it out so you can play it straight through, just so you know.

(Little Drum Intro)

Intro
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]

Intro Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4-4-4-4--------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4--------------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2--------------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0------------------------------------------]


Verse
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
 (Shoplifter you’ll never learn...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4-4-4-4--------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4--------------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2--------------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0------------------------------------------]
(When you commit the crime...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Shoplifter you’re getting burned...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4---4----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4---4---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(And now you gotta do the time...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Well that’s a 1,2,3 on a felony...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4-4-4-4--------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4--------------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2--------------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0------------------------------------------] 
(Well not everything is free...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Now that you’ve served the community...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4---4----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4---4---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(You lead the life of a petty thief...)

Chorus 
E[----------------------------------------------------------------------------]
B[----------------------------------------------------------------------------]
G[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------]
D[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------] x1
A[-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------]
E[---------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------]
(It’s not considered stealing, unless you’re getting caught...)

Chorus Continued
E[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
B[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
G[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-44xx44-------]
D[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-44xx44-------] x1
A[-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-22xx22-------]
E[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
(But you’ve been caught stealing, tryin’ to take somethin’ you hadn’t got...) 

Verse 
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Shoplifter you’ll never learn...)

Verse Continued 
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4-4-4-4--------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4--------------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2--------------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0------------------------------------------] 
(With eyes behind your back...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Not a burglar or a bank robber...)
 
Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4---4----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4---4---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Just a kleptomaniac...)

Bridge
E[---------------0----------------------------------------------------]
B[-----------------0---0----------------------------------------------]
G[-------------------0-----2---2-2------------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2-----------2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2-----------0---0-------2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------------------0---0--------------------------]

Bridge Continued
E[---------------0---------------------------------------]
B[-----------------0---0---------------------------------]
G[-------------------0-----4-4-4---4---4-----------------]
D[-2---2---2---2-----------4-4---4---4---4---------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2-----------2-2---------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------]

Bridge Continued
E[---------------0----------------------------------------------------]
B[-----------------0---0----------------------------------------------]
G[-------------------0-----2---2-2------------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2-----------2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2-----------0---0-------2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------------------0---0--------------------------]

Bride Continued
E[-------------------------------------]
B[-------------------------------------]
G[--------4-4--------------------------]
D[-2---2--4-4--2-2---------------------] x1
A[-2---2--2-2--2-2---------------------]
E[-0---0-------0-0---------------------]

Chorus 
E[----------------------------------------------------------------------------]
B[----------------------------------------------------------------------------]
G[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------]
D[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------] x1
A[-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------]
E[---------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------]
(It’s not considered stealing, unless you’re getting caught...)

Chorus Continued
E[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
B[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
G[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-44xx44-------]
D[-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-44xx44-------] x1
A[-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-22xx22-------]
E[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
(But you’ve been caught stealing, tryin’ to take somethin’ you hadn’t got...) 

Verse
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
 (Shoplifter you’ll never learn...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4-4-4-4--------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4--------------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2--------------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0------------------------------------------]
(When you commit the crime...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------2---2----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---0---0---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(Shoplifter you’re getting burned...)

Verse Continued
E[--------------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------------]
G[-----------------4---4----------------------------------]
D[-2---2---2---2---4---4---2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------------------------]
(And now you gotta do the time...)

Outro
E[---------0--------------------------------------------]
B[-----------0------------------------------------------]
G[--------------4---4-----------------------------------]
D[-2---2--------4-----4--2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2--------2--------2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0-----------------0---0--------------------------]
(And now you gotta some time...)

Outro Continued
E[---------0--------------------------------------------]
B[-----------0------------------------------------------]
G[--------------4---4-----------------------------------]
D[-2---2--------4-----4--2---2--------------------------] x1
A[-2---2--------2--------2---2--------------------------]
E[-0---0-----------------0---0--------------------------]
(Well now you gotta some time...)

End On
E[---]
B[---]
G[---]
D[-2-] x1
A[-2-]
E[-0-]

Probably not 100%, but this is the first tab for this song and I did my best...
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