Welcome To Paradise
Artist: Green Day
Album: Kerplunk / Dookie
Tuning: Eb
Tab: James Caygill
Note: For the Kerplunk version, play E5 (x799xx) instead of Em.
Riff 1:
e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|-9--9-9-9--9-9-|-7-7-7----------|
D|-9--9-9-9--9-9-|-7-7-7-7----7-7-| x4
A|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-7----7-7-|
E|---------------|-------5----5-5-|
Verse:
E5 D5 E5
Dear mother, can you hear me whining?
E5 D5
It's been three whole weeks since that
G5 B5
I have left your home
E5 D5 E5
This sudden fear has left me trembling
E5 D5
'Cause now it seems that I am
G5 B5
Out here on my own
G5 B5
And I'm feeling so alone.
Chorus:
Em G5
Pay attention to the cracked streets,
A5 C5
And the broken homes
Em G5 B5
Some call it slums, some call it nice.
Em G5 A5 C5
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home...
Riff 2:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-------------4---|
D|-2--2-2--2-2-4---|
A|-2--2-2--2-2-2---| (Riff 1 x2)
E|-0--0-0--0-0-----| Welcome to Paradise
Verse:
A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps, and is
Left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go.
Chorus:
Pay attention to the cracked streets,
And the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice.
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home.
(Riff 1 x4)
Bridge (as on Dookie):
E G F# F (bassline)
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2~ -------------|-----------------|-(2)-------------|-----------------|
A|-2~--------------|-----------------|-(2)-------------|-----------------|
E|-0~--------------|-----------------|-(0)-------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-/7--------------|-\2----h3p2p|-0h2|3p2---------/14--|----------10\9\8\|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E G F# F
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-----9--------12-------11------10---|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-7-7---7-10-10---10-9-9---9-8-8---8-| x8
E|------------------------------------|
.x.x. .x.x.x. .x.x.x. .x.x.x. .x.
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-9--9-9-12---12-12-11-11-11-10-10-10|
D|-x--x-x--x-----x--x-x--x--x--x--x-x-|
A|-7--7-7-10----10-10-9--9--9--8--8-8-| x4
E|------------------------------------|
Bridge (as on Kerplunk)
E G F# F (bassline)
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-9~--------------|-----------------|-(9)~------------|-----------------|
D|-9~ -------------|-----------------|-(9)~------------|-----------------|
A|-7~--------------|-----------------|-(7)~------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-12^-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------|-----------------|--|-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------10\9\8\|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-12-10----10-----|
B|-----------------|-------10--------|
G|--9--12--11--10--|-----------------|
D|----|-----------------|
A|---( x8 )-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-9~-12~-11~-10~--|
D|-----------------| x4
A|-7~-10~-9~--8----|
E|-----------------|
Verse:
Dear mother, can you hear me laughing?
It's been six whole months since that
I have left your home
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go.
Chorus:
Pay attention to the cracked streets,
And the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice.
I want to take you through a wasteland
I like to call my home.
(Riff 2)
(Riff 1 x4)
Welcome To Paradise.
Oh Paradise.
End on E5 (x577xx)