Green Day – When I Come Around 4-Track Demo (Guitar Tab)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)

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Song: "When I Come Around (4-track demo)" Artist: Green Day Album: Dookie (30th Anniversary Edition Released: August 17, 2023 were incorrect, this version features mainly triads instead of power chords, and I touched up the solo. The tab has been updated accordingly. You can play this in standard tuning by moving everything down two frets (e.g. 9 --> 7) and ignoring or playing around open notes. There's likely some mistakes in this, so if you have any corrections, please leave a comment on or suggest an edit to this tab. [Intro] (Guitar 1)

PM  ***         ***          *            *
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------7--x-x-----8-x-5~--x---5-5----0|
F|-------------------7--x-x-----9-x-5~--x---5-5--5-0|
C|0------5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5-5--5-0|
G|0-5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3-3--3-0|
D|0-3-3--3--x-x-------------------------------------|

PM***         ***        *               ***
d|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-----8--8-x-5~--x-----5h7p5-5-0|
F|-----------------7--x-----9--9-x-5~--x--------------|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x--9--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5----------|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x--7--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3----------|
D|3-3--3--x-x-----------------------------------------|

(Guitar 2)

d|3-------3-------3-----------3------------3-------3-------3-----------|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3-/-5---5-5-5-5-3----3---3---3---3---3---3-/-5~|
F|----4-------4-------4------------------------4-------4-------4-------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse] (play through twice--you'll notice sometimes he plays the quick hammer lick at the end and sometimes he doesn't, so play it when you'd like) "Well, I heard you cryin' loud..."

PM***         ***          *               ***
d|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8--x-x-5~--x-----5h7p5-5-0|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9--x-x-5~--x--------------|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9--x-x-5~--x-5-5----------|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7--x-x-3~--x-3-3----------|
D|3-3--3--x-x-------------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *            *
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-x-5~--x---5-5----0|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-x-5~--x---5-5--5-0|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5-5--5-0| <-- this line x2
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3-3--3-0|
D|3-3--3--x-x-------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *
d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-8-8--5-5-5--6--6--5|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-9-9--5-5-5--5--5--5|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-9-9--5-5-5--5--5--5|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-7-7--3-3-3--3--3--3|
D|3-3--3--x-x--------------------------------------|

[Chorus] "No time to search the world around..."

d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-0--------------------------5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
F|6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-0--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
C|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-0--7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
G|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-0--7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--3--3-3-3-3-3-3|
D|5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5----------------|

[Post-Chorus] "When I come around..." (Guitar 1)

PM      ***         ***        *               ***
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------7--x-----8--8-x-5~--x-----5h7p5-5-0|
F|-----------------------7--x-----9--9-x-5~--x--------------|
C|-----------5--x-x-7-7--7--x--9--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5----------|
G|------5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x--7--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3----------|
D|-3-\--3-3--3--x-x-----------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *            *
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-x-5~--x---5-5----0|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-x-5~--x---5-5--5-0|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5-5--5-0|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3-3--3-0|
D|3-3--3--x-x-------------------------------------|

(Guitar 2)

d|3-----3-3-------3-----------3------------3-------3-------3-----------3-3-------3--|
A|--3-------3---3---3---3-/-5---5-5-5-5-3----3---3---3---3---3---3-/-5-----5-5-5---5|
F|----4-------4-------4------------------------4-------4-------4--------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Solo] (Guitar 1)

PM***         ***          *            *
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-x-5~--x---5-5----0|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-x-5~--x---5-5--5-0|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5-5--5-0|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3-3--3-0|
D|3-3--3--x-x-------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *
d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-8-8--5-5-5--6--6--5|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-9-9--5-5-5--5--5--5|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-9-9--5-5-5--5--5--5|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-7-7--3-3-3--3--3--3|
D|3-3--3--x-x--------------------------------------|

(Guitar 2) This solo can be played with only the second string; I added the first string because I think I can hear it it faintly in the recording (tabbed here as ghost notes). Please note it's possible this is just another guitar playing the usual Guitar 2 riff low in the mix.

d|(3)---(3)----(3)--(3)-(0)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)--(3)|
A|-3h5---3h5----5----3---0---3---3---5---5----3---3----5---5----3~|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)----|
A|-3----5----3----3---3----5---3----3---3----5---3----3---5---3---5---3---5--3-0|
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] "No time to search the world around..."

d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-0--------------------------5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
F|6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-0--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
C|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-0--7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5|
G|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-0--7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--3--3-3-3-3-3-3|
D|5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5----------------------------5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5----------------|

[Outro] "When I come around..." (Guitar 1)

PM      ***         ***        *               ***
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------7--x-----8--8-x-5~--x-----5h7p5-5-0|
F|-----------------------7--x-----9--9-x-5~--x--------------|
C|-----------5--x-x-7-7--7--x--9--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5----------|
G|------5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x--7--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3----------|
D|-3-\--3-3--3--x-x-----------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *            *
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-x-5~--x---5-5----0|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-x-5~--x---5-5--5-0|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-x-5~--x-5-5-5--5-0|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-x-3~--x-3-3-3--3-0|
D|3-3--3--x-x-------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *
d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-8-8--5-5-5--6--6--5|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-9-9--5-5-5--5--5--5|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-9-9--5-5-5--5--5--5|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-7-7--3-3-3--3--3--3|
D|3-3--3--x-x--------------------------------------|

PM***         ***          *        *
d|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------7--x-x-----8-x-x---5~|
F|-----------------7--x-x-----9-x-x---5~|
C|-----5--x-x-7-7--7--x-x--9--9-x-x-5-5~|
G|5-5--5--x-x-5-5--5--x-x--7--7-x-x-3-3~|
D|3-3--3--x-x---------------------------|

(Guitar 2)

d|----3-------3-----3-3-------3--------3-------3-----3-3-------3--|
A|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3----3---3---3---3-------3---3---3|
F|4-------4-------4-------4--------4-------4-------4-------4------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----3-------3-----3-3-------3--------3-------3-----x-x-x|
A|--3---3---3---3-------3---3---3----3---3---3---3---x-x-x|
F|4-------4-------4-------4--------4-------4-------4-x-x-x|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|