Green Day Nimrod (album)

Tom: G 1. Nice Guys Finish Last 10. Last Ride In 2. Hitchin' A Ride 11. Jinx 3. The Grouch 12. Haushinka 4. Redundant 13. Walking Alone 5. Scattered 14. Reject 6. All The Time 15. Take Back 7. Worry Rock 16. King For A Day 8. Platypus (I Hate You) 17. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 9. Uptight 18. Prosthetic Head ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Imports and Such ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1. Desensitized - Track 19 on Japanese import 2. Espionage - From Hitchin' a Ride single 3. Sick - From Hitchin' a Ride single ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Intro: duction Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alrighty, before we get into this, "Reject" is based on Mike Elias' version of the song ([email protected]). All the rest are my transcriptions. If you have any questions/comments, feel free to email them to any of these following addresses: [email protected] I'm only putting that address because my personal email address changes so rapidly it's really not funny. Email me there if you'd like, to join my FREE TAB email list. Well hope to hear from everyone soon! Bye for now! Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - TAB Notation Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Throughout this guide, you may find various symbols coinsiding with the numbers of the TAB. This is a small legend letting you know what they mean. If you are unfamiliar with how to accomplish the effects with the given notation, I suggest you look on the web, there's plenty of info somewhere out there on how to make all of these work to your full benefit. h = hammer-on p = pull-off b = bend r = bend release / = slide up/down = natural harmonic [5] = artifical harmonic ~ = vibrato tr = trill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1. Nice Guys Finish Last Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rhy. Fig. 1 Verse 1 G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|S E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-------------5---|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7---|T A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7---|A E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5---|R Verse Riff Pre-Chorus Riff Chorus Riff Interlude (First play Intro Riff for a bit then play this) Intro: Riff Verse 1 w/ Verse 1 Riff Nice guys finish last. You're running out of gas. Your sympathy will get you left behind. Sometimes your at your best, when you look the worst. Do you feel washed up, like piss going down the drain. Pre-Chorus w/ Pre-Chorus Riff Pressure cooker pick my brain and tell me I'm insane. I'm so fucking happy I could cry. Every joke can have its truth and now the joke's on you. I never know you were such a funny guy. Chorus w/ Chorus Riff Oh nice guys finish last, when you are the outcast. Donn't pat yourself on the back, you might break your spine. Verse 2 w/ Verse Riff Living on command. You're shaking lots of hands. Kissing up and bleeding all your trust, taking what you need. Bit the hand that feeds. You kill your memory. Pre-Chorus Chorus X2 Interlude Chorus X2 Verse 1 Riff (3rd bar only) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Hitchin' A Ride Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Violin Intro: Rhy. Fig. 1 B A Ab G B A Ab G G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|S E|-7---7---5---5---|-4---4---3-3-3-/-|-7---7---5---5---|-4---4---3-3-3-/-|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|I D|-9---9---7---7---|-6---6---5-5-5-/-|-4---4---7---7---|-6---6---5-5-5-/-|T A|-9---9---7---7---|-6---6---5-5-5-/-|-2---2---7---7---|-6---6---5-5-5-/-|A E|-7---7---5---5---|-4---4---3-3-3-/-|---------5---5---|-4---4---3-3-3-/-|R Rhy. Fill. 1 G|-----------------|B D|-----------------|A A|-----------------|S E|-4---4-----------|S | | E|-----------------|G B|-----------------|U G|-----------------|I D|-6---6-----------|T A|-6---6-----------|A E|-4---4-----------|R Rhy. Fig. 2 E Gb B A Ab G G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|S E|-0---0---0---0-2-|---2-2---2---2-2-|-7---7---5---5---|-4---4---3---3---|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-2---2---2---2-4-|---4-4---4---4-4-|-9---9---7---7---|-6---6---5---5---|T A|-2---2---2---2-4-|---4-4---4---4-4-|-9---9---7---7---|-6---6---5---5---|A E|-0---0---0---0-2-|---2-2---2---2-2-|-7---7---5---5---|-4---4---3---3---|R Solo G|-------------------------|-------------------------|B D|-------------------------|-------------------------|A A|--------------5-----5----|-------------------------|S E|--7-----7----------------|--3-----3-----2--2--2--/-|S | | E|-------------------------|-------------------------|G B|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|U G|-------------------------|-------------------------|I D|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|T A|-------------------------|-------------------------|A E|-------------------------|-------------------------|R G|-------------------------|-------------------------|B D|-------------------------|--5--5--5--5--4--2-------|A A|--------------5-----5----|--------------------5--4-|S E|-7------7----------------|-------------------------|S | | E|-------------------------|-------------------------|G B|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-17-17-17-17-15-15-15-15-|U G|-------------------------|-------------------------|I D|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-|T A|-------------------------|-------------------------|A E|-------------------------|-------------------------|R G|-------------------------|-------------------------|B D|-------------------------|-------------------------|A A|--------------5-----5----|-------------------------|S E|-7------7----------------|--3-----3-----2--2--2--/-|S | | E|-------------------------|-------------------------|G B|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|U G|-------------------------|-------------------------|I D|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|T A|-------------------------|-------------------------|A E|-------------------------|-------------------------|R G|-------------------------|-------------------------|B D|-------------------------|--5--5--5--5--4--2-------|A A|--------------5-----5----|--------------------5--4-|S E|-7------7----------------|-------------------------|S | | E|-------------------------|-------------------------|G B|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|U G|-------------------------|-------------------------|I D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|T A|-------------------------|-------------------------|A E|-------------------------|-------------------------|R gradual bend-------------------------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|B D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|A A|------------5----5---|---------------------|------------5----5---|S E|--7----7-------------|--3----3----2-2--2-/-|--7----7-------------|S | | E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|G B|-17---15---12---15---|-17---15---12---15---|-17---15---12---15---|U G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|I D|-14---12----9---12---|-14---12----9---12---|-14---12----9---12---|T A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|A E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|R G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|B D|--5-5--5-5--4-2------|---------------------|---------------------|A A|-----------------5-4-|------------5----5---|---------------------|S E|---------------------|--7----7-------------|--3----3----2----2---|S | | E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|G B|-17---15---12---10---|-12---15---17---15---|-12---15---17---15---|U G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|I D|-14---12----9----7---|--9---12---14---12---|--9---12---14---12---|T A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|A E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|R G|-------------------------|-------------------------|B D|-------------------------|--5--5--5--5--4--2-------|A A|--------------5-----5----|--------------------5--4-|S E|-7------7----------------|-------------------------|S | | E|-------------------------|-------------------------|G B|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|U G|-------------------------|-------------------------|I D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|T A|-------------------------|-------------------------|A E|-------------------------|-------------------------|R gradual bend-------------------------------------| Outro B D Ab G B D Ab G G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|---------5---5---|-----------------|---------5---5---|-----------------|S E|-7---7-----------|-3---3---2-2-2-/-|-7---7-----------|-3---3---2-2-2-/-|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|---------7---7---|-----------------|---------7---7---|-----------------|I D|-9---9---7---7---|-5---5---4-4-4-/-|-9---9---7---7---|-5---5---4-4-4-/-|T A|-9---9---5---5---|-5---5---4-4-4-/-|-9---9---5---5---|-5---5---4-4-4-/-|A E|-7---7-----------|-3---3---2-2-2-/-|-7---7-----------|-3---3---2-2-2-/-|R Intro: - Rhy. Fig. 1 Verse 1 - w/ Rhy. Fig. 1 Hey mister, where you headed? Are you in a hurry? I need a lift to happy hour. Say oh no. Do you brake for distilled spirits? I need a break as well. The well that inebriates the guilt. 1, 2. 1, 2, 3, 4. Interlude - Rhy. Fig. 1 w/ Rhy. Fill. 1 2nd time Verse 2 - w/ Rhy. Fig. 1 Cold turkey's getting stale, tonight I'm eating crow. Fermented salmonella poison oak no. There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating. My tongue is swelling up, as say 1, 2. 1, 2, 3, 4. Pre-Chorus - Rhy. Fig. 1 Chorus - Rhy. Fig. 2 Troubled times, you know I can not lie. I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride. Solo Verse 1 Outro w/ background vocal: "Don't know where to go" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3. The Grouch Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - VERSE RIFF CHORUS RIFF SOLO Verse 1 w/ VERSE RIFF I was a young boy that had big plans, Now I'm just another Shitty old man. I don't have fun and I hate everything, The world owes me so fuck you. Verse 2 w/ VERSE RIFF Glory days don't mean shit to me, I drank a six-pack of apathy. Life's a bitch and so am I, The world owes me so fuck you. Chorus w/ CHORUS RIFF Wasted youth and a fistfull of ideals, I had a young and optimistic point of view. Wasted youth and a fistfull of ideals, I had a young and optimistic point of view. Verse 3 w/ VERSE RIFF I've decomposed yet my guts getting fat, Oh my god I'm turning out like my dad. I'm always rude, I got a bad attitude, The world owes me so fuck you. Verse 4 w/ VERSE RIFF The wife's a nag, and the kid's fucking up, I don't have sex 'cause I can't get it up. I'm just a grouch, sitting on the couch, The world owes me so fuck you. Chorus Solo w/ SOLO Verse 1 Verse 2 The world owes me so fuck you. The world owes me so fuck you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4. Redundant Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Intro: VERSE Intro: w/ INTRO Verse 1 w/ VERSE We're living in repetition. Content in the same old shtick again. Now the routine's turning to contention, like a production line going over and over and over, roller coaster. Chorus w/ INTRO Now I cannot speak, I've lost my voice. I'm speechless and reduntant. 'Cause I love you's not enough. I'm lost for words Verse 2 w/ VERSE Choreographed and lack of passion. Prototypes of what we were. Went full circle 'til I'm nauseous. Taken for granted now I waste it, faked it, ate it, now I hate it. Chorus Interlude w/ VERSE Chorus Chorus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5. Scattered Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Intro: Riff Verse Riff Chorus Riff Intro: w/ Intro Riff Verse 1 w/ Verse Riff I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor. Reminds me of the times we shared. Makes me wish that you were here. Now it seems I've forgotten my purpose in this life. All the songs have been erased. Guess I've learned from my mistakes. Chorus w/ Chorus Riff Open the past and present. Now and we are there. Story to tell and I am listening. Open the bast and present. And the future too. It's all I've got and I'm giving it up to you. Verse 2 w/ Verse Riff Loose ends tied in knots. Leaving a lump down in my throat. Gagging on a souvenir. Lodged to fill another year. Drag it on and on until my skin is ripped to shreds. Leaving my self wide open. Living out a sacrifice. Chorus Bridge w/ Intro Riff If you got no one and I've got no place to go, would it be alright? Could it be alright? Verse 1 Chorus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6. All The Time Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rhy. Fig. 1 Rhy. Fig. 2 Rhy. Fig. 3 Intro: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1 Verse 1 w/ Rhy. Fig. 2 All the time, every time I need it. What's the time? I'd say the time is right. Here's to me. Let's find another reason. Down the hatch. And a bad attitude, salud. Bridge w/ Rhy. Fig. 1 Wasting time, wasting time down a bum fuck road. And I don't know where the hell it'll go. Heirlooms and huffing fumes, and I'm picking up the pace and I'm gonna smash straight into a wall. Verse 2 w/ Rhy. Fig. 2 All the time. A "New Years Resolution" how soon that we forget. Doing time. Loving every minute. Live it up on another let down. salud. Bridge w/ Rhy. Fig. 1 Promises, promises, it was all set in stone. Cross my heart and hope to die. Sugar fix. Dirty tricks and a trick question. Guess I should have read between the lines. Interlude - Rhy. Fig. 2 Chorus w/ Rhy. Fig. 3 Having the time of my life, watch the clock tick. Verse 3 w/ Rhy. Fig. 2 All the time, where did all the time go? It's too late to say goodnight. Time flies when you're having fun. Times up when you work like a dog, salud. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7. Worry Rock Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Verse Riff Solo note - this is how I play this part, basically he just moves around Overdubs: For the part that kinda goes "do do.. do" with the drums.. overtop of the Verse 1 w/ Verse Riff Another sentimental argument, and bitter love. Fucked without a kiss again and dragged it through the mud. Yelling at brick walls and punching windows made of stone. The worry rock has turned to dust, and fallen on our pride. A knocked down dragged out fight. Fat lips and open wounds. Another wasted night, and no one will take the fall. Where do we go from where? and what did you do with the directions? Promise me no dead end streets and I'll guarantee we'll have the road. Solo Repeat Verse 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 8. Platypus (I Hate You) Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Intro: RIFF VERSE RIFF CHORUS RIFF Verse 1 w/ VERSE RIFF Your rise and fall Back up against the wall What goes around is coming back and haunting you It's time to quit Cause you ain't worth the shit Under my shoes or the piss on the ground Chorus w/ CHORUS RIFF No one loves you and you know it Don't pretend that you enjoy it or your don't care Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear. I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU Verse 2 w/ VERSE RIFF I heard you're sick Sucked on that cancer stick A throbbing tumor and a radiation high Shit out of luck And now your time is up It brings me pleasure just to know you're going to die. Chorus Bridge w/ INTRO RIFF Dickhead, fuckface, cock smoking, mother fucking, asshole, dirty twat, waste of semen, I hope you die HEY Verse 3 w/ VERSE RIFF Red eye, code blue I'd like to strangle you And watch your eyes bulge right out of your skull When you go down Head first into the ground I'll stand above you just to piss on your grave ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9. Uptight Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - VERSE BRIDGE CHORUS SOLO Intro: w/ VERSE Verse 1 w/ VERSE I woke up on the wrong side of the floor. Made, made my way through the froont door. Broke my engagement with myself. Bridge w/ BRIDGE Perfect picture of bad health, another notch scratched on my bell. The future just ain't what it used to be. Verse 2 w/ VERSE I got a new start on a dead end road. Peaked, peaked out on reaching new lows. Owe. I paid off all my debts to myself. Bridge w/ BRIDGE Perfect picture of bad health, another notch scratched on my bell. The future's in my living room. Chorus w/ CHORUS Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun. All night, suicide's last call. I've been uptight all night. I'm a son of a gun. Chorus Solo w/ SOLO & VERSE Chorus a few times. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 10. Last Ride In Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Note.. this is basically just a listing of the different riffs in this song, very cool song. He switches the main guitar riff around a bit for each phrase, so I tabbed both variations G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|S E|-------2---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|-------0---------|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|T A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|R G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|S E|-------2---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|-------0---------|S | | E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|T A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|R G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|S E|-------2---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|-------0---------|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|T A|-2-----------2---|-0-----2-4---4-0-|-2~~~~~~---------|-----------------|A E|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|R G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0---|S E|-------2---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|-------0---------|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|T A|-2-----------2---|-0-----2-4---0-4-|-2~~~~~----------|-----------------|A E|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|R G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-------0---------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|S E|-0---------0-2-0-|-2\--------------|-0---------0-2-0-|-2\--------------|S | | E|-------0---------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|G B|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-2---------------|-4\--------------|-2---------------|-4\--------------|T A|-2---------------|-4\--------------|-2---------------|-4\--------------|A E|-0---------------|-2\--------------|-0---------------|-2\--------------|R G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|S E|-0---0-0---0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-|-2---2-2---2---2-|-2---2-2---2---2\|S | | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|U G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|I D|-2---------------|---------------2-|-4---------------|----------------\|T A|-2---------------|---------------2-|-4---------------|----------------\|A E|-0---------------|---------------0-|-2---------------|----------------\|R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 11. Jinx Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Intro: RIFF VERSE RIFF CHORUS RIFF Intro: w/ Intro Riff Verse 1 w/ Verse Riff I fucked up again It's all my fault So turn m around and face the wall. Read me my rights and tell me I'm wrong. Until it gets into my thick skull. Verse 2 w/ Verse Riff A slap on the wrist. A stab in the back. Torture me, I've been a bad boy. Nail me to the cross until you have won. I lost before I did any wrong. Interlude w/ Intro Riff Verse 3 w/ Verse Riff I'm hexed with regrets and bad luck. Keep your distance 'cause it's rubbing off. Or you will be damned to spend your life in hell. Or earth with me tangled at your feet. Verse 4 w/ Verse Riff You finally met your nemesis disguised as your fatal long lost love. So kiss it good bye until death do we part. You fell for a jinx for crying out loud. Interlude w/ Intro Riff Chorus w/ Chorus Riff I'm a jinx hanging around you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 12. Haushinka Green Day - Nimrod ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - This song is very cool, also features 2 guitar parts.. for the bass part, as is almost always the case, just play the root no