Westbound Sign chords & tabs

TUNING: E flat (eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb) How to read these chord schemes?

B5 799xxx

G#5 466xxx

E5 x799xx

B5* x244xx

E5* 022xxx

F#5 244xxx

A5* x022xx

INTRO
B5  G#5  E5  x2

VERSE 1
B5*
Boxed up
F#5                            G#5
All of her favorite things
                                E5*
Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale
B5*                    F#5 
Big plans and leaving friends and
       G#5           E5*
A westbound sign
B5*     
Weighed out
F#5                            G#5
Her choices on a scale
                    E5*
Prevailing nothing made sense
B5*                   F#5
Just transportation and a
             G#5  E5*
Blank decision

CHORUS                      
                      B5  G#5  E5
She's taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off

VERSE 2
B5*      F#5                          G#5
No time and no copping out
                           E5*
She's burning daylight and petrol
B5*                       F#5
Blacked out the rearview mirror
                   G#5         E5*
Heading westward on
B5* 
Strung out
F#5                   G#5
On confusion road
                               E5*
And ten minute nervous breakdowns
B5*           F#5 
Xanex a beer for thought
                G#5     E5*
And she determined

CHORUS
                      
                      B5  G#5  E5
She's taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off

BRIDGE
F#5            A5
Is it salvation?
                 E5*                         B5*
Or an escape from discontent?
F#5                        A5
Will she find her name
               E5*                B5*
In the California cement?
F#5                               A5
Punched out of the grind
                                E5*                     B5*
That punched her one too many times
    F#5          A5                    E5*
Is tragedy 2000 miles away?

CHORUS                      
                      B5  G#5  E5
She's taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off
             B5  G#5  E5
Taking off


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

TUNING: E flat (eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb) How to read these chord schemes?

B5 799xxx

G#5 466xxx

E5 x799xx

B5* x244xx

E5* 022xxx

F#5 244xxx

A5* x022xx

THIS SONG IS FROM “Insomniac” 1996

Walking Contradiction

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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