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

E5 x799xx

D5 x577xx

G5 355xxx

B5 x244xx

C5 x355xx

E 022100

E5* 022xxx

E* xx24x4

G xx57x7

F# xx46x6

F xx35x5

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

INTRO
E5  D5  A5  x4

VERSE 1
E5                     D5                              E5
Dear mother, can you hear me whining?
E5                           D5
It's been three whole weeks
                  G5                          B5
Since that I have left your home
E5                    D5                          E5
This sudden fear has left me trembling
E5                       D5                               G5                B5
'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
               G5                B5
And I'm feeling so alone

CHORUS
  E                     G5                          A5                                   C5
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
  E                     G5
Some call it slums
                       B5
Some call it nice
     E                               G5                              A5                       C5     E5* B5
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
                         E5          D5 A5
Welcome to paradise

E5  D5  A5

VERSE 2
E5                D5                          E5
A gunshot rings out at the station
E5           D5                            G5                       B5
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
E5                      D5                        E5
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E5                             D5
For some strange reason it's now
  G5                       B5
Feeling like my home
                G5                   B5
And I'm never gonna go

CHORUS
  E                     G5                          A5                                  C5
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
E                       G5
Some call it slums
                       B5
Some call it nice
     E                               G5                              A5                       C5     E5* B5
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
                        E5          D5 A5
Welcome to paradise

E5  D5  A5  x3

SOLO
E5*

BRIDGE
E*  G  F#  F  x8

VERSE 3
E5                     D5                          E5
Dear mother, can you hear me laughing?
E5                       D5
It's been six whole months
                  G5                          B5
Since that I have left your home
E5                      D5                         E5
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E5                             D5
For some strange reason it's now
  G5                      B5
Feeling like my home
                G5                   B5
And I'm never gonna go

CHORUS
  E                      G5                         A5                                  C5
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
E                       G5
Some call it slums
                       B5
Some call it nice
     E                              G5                               A5                       C5     E5* B5
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
                         E5         D5 A5
Welcome to paradise

E5  D5  A5

         E5           D5  A5
Oh, paradise

E5  D5  A5
E5


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

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