Holiday Chords

by Green Day
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author apheisler3 [a] 179.
5 contributors total, last edit on Mar 11, 2025
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Chords

Fm
Db
Ab
Eb
C
Bb

Strumming

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This is an exact version of the song in the key that Green Day plays it. If the chords
are too difficult, transpose them down one half step and put a capo on the first fret to
make it easier.
 
Fm  133111
Db  x46664
Ab  466544
Eb  x6888x
C   x3555x
Bb  x1333x
 
 
[Intro]
 
Fm   Db   Ab   Eb   x6
(2 beats per chord)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Fm       Db           Ab      Eb
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Fm     Db           Ab   C     Fm
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
    Db         Ab       Eb      C
The shame, the ones who died without a name
 
Fm       Db           Ab     Eb
Hear the dogs howling out of key
Fm   Db           Ab        C   Fm
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
    Db         Ab     Eb        C
And bleed, the company lost the war today
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Fm       Db               Ab              Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm          Db             Ab          C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
        Fm   Db   Ab   Eb
On holiday
 
Fm   Db   Ab   Eb
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Fm       Db            Ab     Eb
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Fm      Db    Ab      C           Fm
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
   Db        Ab      Eb     C
To find, the money's on the other side
 
Fm    Db    Ab      Eb
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
Fm        Db           Ab       C       Fm
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
  Db     Ab      Eb       C
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Fm       Db               Ab              Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm          Db             Ab          C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
 
On holiday
 
 
[Interlude]
 
|Fm       Ab         Db     Bb     Eb      C |
|Fm       Ab         Eb     C      Fm        | x2
 
 
[Solo]
 
   Db           Ab               C          Fm    Eb    Db
e|---------------------------------------------8-----8-----------------------|
B|--6--6-6--8-9------------------8--5-------6-----6-----6--6-6--8-9----------|
G|---------------8--6--5--5-5-5--------5---5---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   Ab               C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------8--8--8-8-8--13--13--13-13-13---17--17--17-17-17---------|
G|--8--6--5--5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17--17--17-17-17-18------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Bass Solo]
    Fm    Ab     Db  Bb  Eb C  Fm     Ab      Eb C  Fm
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1--------------------1-----3------------------------|
A|-----------------4--1-----3--------------------3---------------------------|
E|--1--1-3-4--4-4--------------1--1-3-4--4-4---------------------------------| (x6)
 
 
(over the bass solo)
 
"The representative from California has the floor"
 
Zieg Heil to the president Gasman
 
Bombs away is your punishment
 
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
 
Who criticize your government
 
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
 
Kill all the fags that don't agree
 
Trials by fire, setting fire
                     Eb    C  Fm
Is not a way that's meant for me
 
C
Just cause (hey, hey, hey), just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Fm       Db               Ab              Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm          Db             Ab          C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Fm       Db               Ab              Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm           Db            Ab          C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
                         Fm     Db      Ab      Eb
This is our lives on holiday
 
 
[Outro]
 
Fm         Db        Ab        Eb    x2
 
Fm         Db        Eb   C    Fm     Fm (octave lower)
 
 
Tabbed by Alex Heisler
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