Song: King for a Day Artist: Green Day Album: Nimrod (1997) Tabbed by: Nathan Fisher Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Notes: Play the verses with light distortion and the rest with heavy distortion. Verse 1,2,3,4,5,__________________ E5 | C#5 ||----------------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------------| ||-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-| ||-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-| ||----------------------------|----------------------------| pm....................................................... 6.__________________________ | C#5 |-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|| |--------6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|| |-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|| |-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|| |-----------------------------|| pm... Pre Chorus (x4) A5 B5 ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|| ||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|| ||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|| Chorus (x3) E5 C#5 ||-------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||-------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-| ||-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-| ||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||-------------------------------|-----------------------------| A5 B5 |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|| Coda E5 C#5 ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-|| ||-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|| ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| pm...................................................... Order Verse Pre Chorus Chorus Verse Pre Chorus Chorus Verse (I think maybe the guitar is playing staccato 7th fret E chords and 4th fret C# chords on the offbeat though) Pre Chorus Chorus (First bit played 7 times, second bit played 3 times) Coda played till end Also, during the coda, a second guitar plays occasional notes on the 2nd and 3rd strings based on what chord is being played. Listen out for them.