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

E5 x79xxx

B5 799xxx

C#5 x46xxx

G#5 466xxx

A5 577xxx

D5 x57xxx

B5* x24xxx

E 022100

C#m x4665x

Asus2 x02200

A x02220

A5* x022xx

E* x76xxx

Esus4 x77xxx

C#/5+ x47xxx

E5* 022xxx

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

VERSE 1
   E5                        B5        C#5                    G#5
Do you have the time to listen to me whine
     A5                         E5                     B5
About nothing and everything all at once.
E5                     B5          C#5             G#5
I am one of those melodramatic fools
         A5                 E5                                B5
Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it.

CHORUS 1
A5                     B5                   E5
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
A5                           B5                        E5
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
    A5                        B5       E5             D5        C#5
It all keeps adding up, i think I'm cracking up
       A5                B5
Am I just paranoid? Or am I just disturbed

BRIDGE 1
E5  B5*  C#m  B5*  x2

VERSE 2
      E                 B5*     C#5                 G#5
I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams
          Asus2  A             E                                 B5*
She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
     E                  B5*        C#5                    G#5
I went to a whore he said my life's a bore
        Asus2  A              E                                B5*
So quit my whining cause it's bringing her down.

CHORUS 2
A5                     B5                   E5
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
A5                           B5                        E5
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
    A5                        B5       E5            D5         C#5
It all keeps adding up, i think I'm cracking up
       A5                B5
Am I just paranoid? Or am I just disturbed

BRIDGE 2
E5  B5*  C#m  B5*  x2

     A5*                    B5*
Grasping to control

So I better
   E     B5*  C#5  G#5  Asus2 A  E  B5*
Hold on

E  B5*  C#5  G#5  Asus2 A  E  B5*

CHORUS 3
A5                     B5                   E5
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
A5                           B5                        E5
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
    A5                        B5       E5             D5        C#5
It all keeps adding up, i think I'm cracking up
       A5                B5
Am I just paranoid? Or am I just disturbed

OUTRO
E*  Esus4  C#5  C#/5+
A5  E5  B5
E*  Esus4  C#5  C#/5+
A5  E5  B5
A5*  E5*  B5*


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

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