Favorite Son chords & tabs

TUNING: E (eBGDAE) How to read these chord schemes?

Ab5 466xxx

F5 133xxx

Db5 x466xx

Eb5 x688xx

Fm x8101019x

Bbm 688666

Eb x6888x

Ebsus4 x6889x

Bb5 688xxx

Gb5 244xxx

G5 355xxx

VERSE 1
                                  Ab5
He hit the ground running,
                F5
At the speed of light.
                                   G5   Ab5
The star was brightly shining,
              F5
Like a neon light.

CHORUS
                 Db5  Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.
                 Db5  Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.

VERSE 2
                              Ab5
A fixture on the talkshows,
              F5
To the silver screen.
                   G5          Ab5
From here to Colorado,
              F5
He's a sex machine.

CHORUS
                Db5  Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.
                Db5  Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.

BRIDGE 1
                        Fm
But isn't it a drag?
                  Ab5
Isn't it a drag?
                  Fm
Isn't it a drag?
                                Db5
its pretty bloody sad,
                         Eb5
but isn't it a drag?

VERSE 3
                                 Ab5
A clean-cut All-American,
            F5
Really ain't so clean.
                      G5  Ab5
His royal auditorium,
           F5
Is a murder scene.

CHORUS
                Db5 Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.
                Db5 Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.

BRIDGE 2
                        Fm
Oh, isn't it a drag?
                   Ab5
Isn't it a drag?
                  Fm
Isn't it a drag?
                               Db5
It's pretty but it's sad,
                         Eb5
but isn't it a drag?

BRIDGE 3
Ab5  F5  x2

SOLO
Db5  Ab5  Eb5  x2

BRIDGE 5
Bbm                               Eb  Ebsus4  Eb
Well no one says it's fair.
              Bb5
Turn a teenage lush,
           Gb5    Eb5
To a millionaire.

VERSE 4
                                  G5           Ab5
Now where's your fucking champion?
           F5
On a panty raid
                      G5       Ab5
He's not the All-American,
                    F5
That you thought you paid.

CHORUS
                Db5  Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.
                Db5  Ab5  Eb5
It's your favorite son.
                         Ab5
But isn't it a drag?


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

TUNING: E (eBGDAE) How to read these chord schemes?

Ab5 466xxx

F5 133xxx

Db5 x466xx

Eb5 x688xx

Fm x8101019x

Bbm 688666

Eb x6888x

Ebsus4 x6889x

Bb5 688xxx

Gb5 244xxx

G5 355xxx

THIS SONG IS FROM “Other songs”

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DUI

How to read these chord schemes

1 - chord name, 2 - chord designation, 3 - chord scheme

Chord name

There is the name of a chord before the symbols. If it's "*" added to a name, it means that this chord is played in different positions during the song.

Chord designation

There are 6 symbols in a designation, read it from left to right. The first symbol defines the thickest string (6th string), the second symbol defines 5th string and so on.

"0" means open string

"x" means this string isnt played

"Number" means number of a fret.

Example:

x02220

6th string isnt played
5th string is open
4th string is played on 2nd fret
3rd string is played on 2nd fret
2nd string is played on 2nd fret
1st string is open

Chord scheme

Imagine that you are looking at the fret while playing guitar - the closest string to your eyes is the 6th, the thickest string. There are 6 horizontal lines defines strings, the upper one is the thinnest string (1st string).
And there are 4 lines defined frets - no exact frets numbers defined.
In some schemes there is a thick line on the left - it defines the nut.

"0" means open string
"x" means this string isnt played
Fat dots mean fingers positions

Example:

G5 355xxx

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