Green Day – 21 Guns Broadway (Guitar Solo)

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Chords

[Intro]
e|-6---------11---------------------|
B|------8-----------11--------------|
G|-0--------------------------------|  x2
D|----------------------------------|
A|------6-----8------8--------------|
E|----------------------------------|
YOU CAN PLAY THIS PART WITH DELAY. [Verse]
 Gm        Eb            Bb        F
Do you know what's worth fighting for?

 Gm        Eb            Bb      F
When it's not worth dying for?

 Gm        Eb         Bb      F
Does it take your breath away

       Eb               F
And you feel yourself suffocating?
I suggest that you continue playing the introduction part till here. This is how you can play the second last and last line of this part:
e|-6---------10---------------------|
B|------8-----------10-----8-----10-|
G|-0--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|------6-----8------8-----6------8-|
E|----------------------------------|

 Gm       Eb         Bb       F
Does the pain weigh out the pride?

 Gm       Eb         Bb         F
And you look for a place to hide

 Gm       Eb         Bb       F
Did someone break your heart inside?

 Eb                F
You're in ruins
NOTE: If there are 2 guitarists, then the rhythm guitarist can single strum these chords in the first verse and chorus and the lead guitarist can play the following:
     Gm                Eb            Bb               F
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------8-------------------------------10-----|
D|--------5--------------8---8-----------8--------------10----10--|
A|------5---5----------6---------------8---8----------8-----------|
E|---3-------------------------------6----------------------------|
This can be played all the time. You just need to play the 3 notes of the power chord (V) of any chord.
 Bb   F   G
One, 21 guns

 F            Eb       Bb           F
Lay down your arms, give up the fight

 Bb   F    G
One, 21 guns

 F             Eb     Bb      F
Throw up your arms into the sky

        Eb    Bb  F
You and I

 Dm        Bb         F          C
When you're at the end of the road

 Dm         Bb        F          C
And you lost all sense of control

  Dm        Bb         F            C
And your thoughts have taken their toll

  Bb                                     C
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul

 Dm        Bb       F          C
Your faith walks on broken glass

 Dm       Bb        F       C
And the hangover doesn't pass

 Dm        Bb        F      C
Nothing's ever built to last

 Bb            C
You're in ruins
You can turn on the distortion between Bb and C and then play C with distortion.
F   C/E    D
One, 21 guns

C             Bb      F           C
Lay down your arms, give up the fight

F   C/E     D
One, 21 guns

C            Bb    F     C               Bb  F  C
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
You can also play power chords during this chorus. After the line 'Give up the fight' and 'Into the sky' the lead guitarist can play the following:
e|---0---1---3---|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[Verse]
 Gm                Eb       Bb          F
(Did you?) Did you try to live on your own

  Gm                 Eb             Bb         D
(When you-) When you burned down the house and home?

   Gm                 Eb             Bb         D
(Did you?) Did you stand too close to the fire

       Eb                F
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone?

 Gm      Eb       Bb          F
When it's time to live and let die

 Gm      Eb       Bb          F
And you can't get another try

 Gm      Eb       Bb          F
Something inside this heart has died

  Eb          F
You're in ruins

 C   G  Am
One, 21 guns

G               F     C           G
Lay down your arms, give up the fight

C    G  Am
One, 21 guns

G              F      C      G
Throw up your arms into the sky

C    G    Am
One, 21 guns

G              F      C         G
Lay down your arms, give up the fight

C    G  Am
One, 21 guns

 G              F     C     G            F   C   G
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
THE LEAD GUITARIST PLAYS THIS DURING THE ENDING OF THE 1st and 2nd time the chorus is sung:
e|----------------|
B|-12--13-----15--|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
THEN THE LEAD GUITARIST PLAYS THIS SMALL SOLO 2 TIMES DURING THE LAST 2 CHORUS:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-----13-----15------15------13------13------12------12-------10----------8--------12--12---12-13---15-|
G|---12------12-----12------12------14-----14-------12------12--------10--------9--------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------10-------10----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  (x2)

e|----------------------------------|
B|-13-----13-----15------15------12-|
G|---12------12-----12------12------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|