Green Day – Favorite Son
By Shaun Lingham
Date: Friday 6th August 2004
Very 1st guitar tab of this song!
Tuning: Standard E A D G B E

Verse (He hit the ground running…)
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|-666-666-666-666--33333333--666-666-666-666--33333333|
|-666-666-666-666--33333333--666-666-666-666--33333333|
|-444-444-444-444--11111111--444-444-444-444--11111111|

Pre-chorus (It’s your favorite son…)
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|---6~------8~----------------------------------------|
|---6~--6~--8~----------------------------------------|
|---4~--6~--6~----------------------------------------|
|-------4~--------------------------------------------|

Chorus (Isn’t it a drag…)
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|-------------------66--8888--------------------------|
|--3333--6666--33---66--8888--------------------------|
|--3333--6666--33---44--6666--------------------------|
|--1111--4444--11-------------------------------------|

Solo
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----6~--5~--3~--6~--10~--8~--------------------------|
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Bridge             
|--------6--------------------------------------------|
|-------6---8--9--8-----------------------------------|
|------6----8--8--8--------------88-------------------|
|-----8-----8--8--8----8888--44--88-------------------|
|----8------6--6--6----8888--44--66-------------------|
|---6------------------6666--22-----------------------|

Structure:

Verse x1
Pre-chorus x1
Verse x1
Pre-chorus x1
Chorus x1
Verse x1
Pre-chorus x1
Chorus x1
Verse x1 (with no lyrics)
Solo x1
Bridge x1
Verse x1
Pre-chorus x1
End on F