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Longview - By Greenday, from the album "Dookie"
(In Standard Tuning)

I saw that no one has done a full tab of this song so i decided to do it. 

Intro (listen carefully during drumming)
G-------------------------------------------|
D---14-14-14--12-12-12--11-10-9--8-7-0------| 
A---[--3---]--[--3---]--[--3--]-[--3--]-----|
E-------------------------------------------|
^ These are supposed to be triplets ^
as i have tried to show


Bass riff (0:08)
G-----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1---9--7--6--7-|X2
D--2---------2--0--------0-0--2------------0-----0----|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|


Verse (0:22)
G-----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1---9--7--6--7-|X3
D--2---------2--0--------0-0--2------------0-----0----|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

then
G-----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1--------------------|
D--2---------2--0--------0-0--2-----------------------------|
A------------------------------------------555-555-555-550--|< triplets too
E-----------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus (0:49)
G---------------------------------------|X3
D---------------------------------------|
A--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------7-0-7-0----|
E-------------------5-0-5-0-------------|

Chorus Continued...
G---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|
A--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0----------------------|
E-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|


Bass break thing (1:02)
G------9-------------9--------7--7--6--4--4---------|X2
D---------7----7-h-9-----9----0--0-----0--0--7--0---|
A---7-----------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|

then Verse again... (1:09)
G-----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1---9--7--6--7-|X3
D--2---------2--0--------0-0--2------------0-----0----|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

G-----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1--------------------|
D--2---------2--0--------0-0--2-----------------------------|
A------------------------------------------555-555-555-550--|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge (1:48)
G-----4--2--1-----------------------|X4
D--2---------2--0-0-----------------|
A--------------------4-4--2-2-0-0---|
E-----------------------------------|


Chorus (2:01)
G---------------------------------------|X3
D---------------------------------------|
A--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------7-0-7-0----|
E-------------------5-0-5-0-------------|

G---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|
A--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0----------------------|
E-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|


Verse 2 (2:20)
G------9-------------9--------7--7--6--4--4---------|X4
D---------7----7-h-9-----9----0--0-----0--0--7--0---|
A---7-----------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|

then Verse 1  - once 
G-----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1---9--7--6--7--|
D--2---------2--0--------0-0--2------------0-----0-----|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|

G----4--2--1------2--1----------4--2--1---------------------------------|
D-2---------2--0--------0-0--2------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------555-555-555-555-555-555-555-000-|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus (2:49)
G--------------------------------------|X7
D--------------------------------------|
A--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------7-0-7-0---|
E-------------------5-0-5-0------------|

G---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|
A--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0----------------------|
E-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|


Bass riff (play untill the end and fade out)
G------9-------------9--------7--7--6--4--4---------|
D---------7----7-h-9-----9----0--0-----0--0--7--0---|
A---7-----------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|

Its a great song, please rate well.
This was tabbed using the help of "Total Guitar Magazine"

Any comments let me know ... thedevilwithin_13@hotmail.com

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