Knowledge

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Knowledge - Green Day (Operation Ivy)

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Tabbed by: Mike Cassidy

Email: [email protected]

Tuning: EADGBe (live it's played ½ step down)

Pretty simple 3 chord rocker, just listen to the song for the strumming

pattern, I'm too lazy to tab it out. Solo's a basic D blues scale type

thing, I know it's not 100% accurate, I havn't really listened to the song

closely. I've tabbed out the basic bass line as well, but I'm not a bass

player, so that's pretty rough too. Feel free to email

comments/corrections/tab requests/etc to me. Enjoy!

Chords:

D7 C7 G

e|----------------------|

B|----7------5----------|

G|----5------3-----4----|

D|----7------5-----5----|

A|----5------3-----5----|

E|-----------------3----|

INTRO:

D7 C7 G D7 C7 D7 (stop)

VERSE 1:

D7

I know things are getting tougher when you

C7 G

can't get the top off the bottom of the barrel

D7 C7

Wide-open road of my future now,

G

is looking fuckin' narrow

Bass line 1:

D7 C7 G

G|--------------7-------------------------------------|

D|------4--5--7----7--5--4-------2--3--5--------------|

A|--/5----------------------5/3--------------2--3--4--|

E|----------------------------------------3-----------|

CHORUS: (Play bass line 1)

D7 C7 G

All I know is that I don't know, all I know is that I don't know nothing x2

VERSE 2:

D7 C7 G

W - e get taught to decide,

D7 C7 G

Just like, as if, I'm not gonna change my mind

Bass line 2:

D7 C7 G

G|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5--------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

A|--5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3--------2--3--4--|

E|--------------------------------------3-----------|

***Play the octaves as if you were playing slap & pop, only pick the low

(slapped) note, and use your middle finger to pop the higher note.

CHORUS (Bass line 1)

SOLO: (Bass line 1)

( )-optional note X2

e|-------------10-------------10------------10-------------10--|

B|---------10-------------10------------10-------------10------|

G|--12b14----------12b14---------12b14----------12b14----------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--12b14r12--10—(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)—|

D|----------------12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12--|

A|------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------10------------13b15r13—10h13p10------10----------|

B|---------10------13b15r13---------------------13------13--10--|

G|--12b14-------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------10--|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------10------|

G|--12b14r12p10------10--10—12b14--12--10------10--12----10—12b14--------|

D|---------------12------------------------12----------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--12b14r12p10------10--12—12p10------10----------------------------------|

D|---------------12----------------12------12--10----------------------12v-|

A|-------------------------------------------------12--11--10--------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------13--10------|

VERSE 3: (Bass line 2)

D7 C7 G

What ya gonna do with yourself, boy, you better make up your mind

D7 C7 G

What ya gonna do with yourself? You're runnin' out of time

CHORUS (Bass line 1) x2

D7 (let ring)

...and that's fine