Hitchin A Ride tab - green day

Artist: Green Day
Album: Nimrod
Tabbed by: Stephen Dranger

I heard the new Green Day single on the radio (Hitchin a ride)
and I thought I'd tab it out...here ya go.  Any mistakes email
me (sdranger@athena.valpo.edu) or correct them and post a new 
version yerself.

Opening violin (!) arr. for guitar:

B: |--------4h5--7~~---8-7-5-4h5p4------|
G: |---4h5-------------------------5~~~-|

Opening Bass line:

e: --7-7---5-5---4-4---3-3--


Hey mister where ya headed?
Are you in a hurry?
? even left your happy hours oh no (at home?) ?

? we break your crystal spirit ?
? need a brick as well ?
? all that abbreviation say
1! 2!
1! 2! 3! 4!

Now crank distortion; play powerchords!
(same rhythm as bass, of course)
B5 A5 G#5 G5



Cold turkey's gettin stale
? not anita cole ?
lamented salomnella for us oh no


? gotta child down in the mill ?
?  traded ?
my tounge is swelling up i said
1! 2!
1! 2! 3! 4!

Play powerchords again:
B5 A5 G#5 G5

til chorus:

E5           F#5
? troubled times ?

B5   A5  G#5  G5
You know I cannot liiie

E5           
 About the way you've been

F#5 *stop*
Hitchin' a ride

Back to bassline:

? gotta child down in the mill ?
?  traded ?
my tounge is swelling up i said

violin:

G: --4tr--4//////////

Bass plays main riff (doubled on guitar?), guitar plays:

G: |-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-16-16-16-16-(guitar 1:19 G2:12 11)
D: |-----------------------------------------------------------
A: |-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-14-14-14-14-(guitar 1:17 G2:10  9)

G: |-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-----------|
D: |--------------------------------------------------------|
A: |-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-----------|
                              ^
                              |_start bending a whole step here

G: |-21-19-16-19-21-19-16-19-21-19-16-14-16-19-16-14-|
D: |-------------------------------------------------|
A: |-19-17-14-17-19-17-14-17-19-17-14-12-14-17-14-12-|

G: |-16-19-21-19-16-19-21-19-21-21-21-21-|
D: |-------------------------------------|
A: |-14-17-19-17-14-17-19-17-19-19-19-19-|
                              ^
                              |_start bending a whole step here
 

Note: play above REALLY fast (obviously more times than shown)

Play chorus:

E5           F#5
? troubled times ?

B5   A5  G#5  G5
You know I cannot liiie

E5           
 About the way you've been

F#5
Hitchin' a ride

Play verse chords:
B5 A5 G#5 G5

Hitchin' a ride (la la la la)

repeat, add in a little octaves like above.

then stop and arpeggio:

E:|---------5-|
B:|-----------|
G:|-----------|
D:|------7----|
A:|----6------|
e:|--7--------|

Note: there's probably more to this, but I can't find a way that's humanly
possible.

And that's it!

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