Green Day – Know Your Enemy

joeguitar — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:59:33 +0000

Green Day has always been a rocking band, and the Punk/Rock style has always been their style. Know Your Enemy came out like a rocket when it was released, and made as the No. 1 song in two weeks after it was first heard, this tells me it has hit a chord with the public, and is a great riff for beginner guitar song players.

The bulk of the music is played using Bmajor- Emajor – F#major. You should try playing it in different parts of the neck to get a feel of the sounds you can create by playing the same chords – only on different frets – and cranking up your amp to get a true punk rock feel.

Even though the lead is not many notes, you still need to get a feel of the timing and you can even play a chunk of it as an open Dmajor on the 11th fret, just pick on the bottom three strings and do not hit any open strings - this actually turns out to be - Bmajor – many guitarists use this trick and slide the Dmajor fingering up and down the neck on different frets to create all the major chords – Cool!

Of course yopu want to practice to music, so here is the video by Green Day – Know Your Enemy.

-Standard tuning.

- INTRO :

e|——————————————|
B|——————————————|
G|——4–4—–4-4-x-x–4–4—–4-4-4-2–| x3
D|——4–4-2-2-4-4-x-x–4–4-2-2-4-4-4-2–| /
A|-12–2–2-2-2-2-2-x-x–2–2-2-2-2-2-2-0–| /
E|-12——-0-0—————0-0———-|/

e|———————————–|
B|———————————–|
G|-4–4—–4-4-x-x——————|
D|-4–4-2-2-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
A|-2–2-2-2-2-2-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
E|——0-0———2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|

-CHORUS x2)

e|—————————————|
B|—————————————|
G|—4–4—–4-4-x-x–4–4—–4-4-4-2–|
D|—4–4-2-2-4-4-x-x–4–4-2-2-4-4-4-2–|
A|—2–2-2-2-2-2-x-x–2–2-2-2-2-2-2-0–|
E|——–0-0—————0-0———-|

-VERSE 1 : play the same chords (x4)
-CHORUS (x2)

-OUTRO :

-Guitar 1:

e|———————————-|
B|———————————-|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9——————| x3
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9–| /
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9–| /
E|—————–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7–|/

e|———————————-|
B|———————————-|
G|——4-4—————4-4——-|
D|-4–4-4-4-4-4–x-x–4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
A|-4–4-2-2-4-4–x-x–4-4-2-2-4-4-2-|
E|-2–2—–2-2–x-x–2-2—–2-2-0-|

-Guitar 2:

e|—–7——-7———–7——|
B|-5-5—5-5-5———7—–7—-|
G|—————4-4-4—4—–4–| x3
D|——————————–| /
A|——————————–| /
E|——————————–|/

-SOLO :

-Guitar 1 :

e|———————————–|
B|———————————–|
G|-4–4—–4-4-x-x——————| Play this twice…
D|-4–4-2-2-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
A|-2–2-2-2-2-2-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
E|——0-0———2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–| then:

- Guitar 2:

e|————————————-11——–|
B|-12-12-12—-12-12———-12—-12—-12—–|
G|———-11——-11-11-11—-11———-11–|
D|———————————————–|
A|———————————————–|
E|———————————————–|

e|————————————————-|
B|-12-12-12—-12-12-12—-14-14—-14-14—-14—-|
G|———-11———-11——-11——-11—-11-| x2
D|————————————————-| /
A|————————————————-| /
E|————————————————-|/

- BRIDGE :

e|———————————–|
B|———————————–|
G|——4-4—————4-4——–| x6
D|-4–4-4-4-4-4–x-x–4-4-4-4-4-4-2–| /
A|-4–4-2-2-4-4–x-x–4-4-2-2-4-4-2–| /
E|-2–2—–2-2–x-x–2-2—–2-2-0–|/

e|—————————————|
B|—————————————|
G|—4–4—–4-4-x-x–4–4—–4-4-4-2–| x3
D|—4–4-2-2-4-4-x-x–4–4-2-2-4-4-4-2–| /
A|—2–2-2-2-2-2-x-x–2–2-2-2-2-2-2-0–| /
E|——–0-0—————0-0———-|/

-CHORUS :

-Guitar 1 : Play this 4 times…

-Guitar 2:

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Green Day – Know Your Enemy