Green Day – 1981 (Guitar Live)

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Song: "1981" Artist: Green Day Debut: July 16, 2023 (second performance November 4, 2023) Location: Plaines d'Abraham at the Festival d'été de Québec (second location at the Bataclan in Paris, France) Since I want this tab to be a general representation of how the song is played live, I've updated it with details from the Paris performance of the song on Nov. 4, linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxrtJ0YWDWI Chords used: B5 : x244xx or 799xxx F#5 : 244xxx
E    :   022100
B    :   7998xx or x2444x

E*   :   x7999x
F#   :   x-9-11-11-11-x

D#5  :   x688xx
G#5  :   466xxx
Em   :   x7998x
C#5  :   x466xx or 9-11-11-x-x-x
A5   :   577xxx or x022xx
E5 : 022xxx G5 : 355xxx If you have any corrections, including ones for the lyrics, please let me know in the comments or suggest an edit to this tab. Last edited to correct the chords in the bridge. [Chorus]
N.C.        B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (So long, farewell)

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
[Verse]
B                               E*
  She's throwing punches to the beat

       F#             B
To the sound of cable TV

                         E*        F#
And she'll never see the world the same

B                         E*
  She is a Cold War in my head

    F#           B
And I am East Berlin

                      E*      F#
On the danger side of parts unknown
[Pre-Chorus]
D#5                      G#5
  Coffee and cyanide for lovers in disgrace

E
If this is not a test

       F#5
We got one foot in the grave
[Chorus]
            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (So long, farewell)

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981, go!
[Bridge]
E                      Em
Crimes, foreman of the time

                    B
Champagne and party lives

                     F#
God bless the end of times

C#5           B5     A5
Pain, commies and cocaine

             G#5  F#5
Slamdance in acid rain

                         E5              F#5
We live the dream for fifteen minutes of fame
[Chorus]
            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (So long, farewell)

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

            B5                F#5 E
She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (So long, farewell)
[Outro]
B5  G5  E             B5  G5  E
         So long, farewell
B5