Green Day - Westbound Sign

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From: "Daniel Kielman" 
Subject: g/green_day/westbound_sign.crd
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 09:01:27 PDT


Song title: Westbound Sign
>From the Album: Insomiac
>Band: Green Day
>Written By: Billie Joe
>Transcribed By: Daniel Kielman
>Subject File: Tab
>
>Okay, here is Westbound Sign from Insomiac. It's a pretty cool song to 
>play once you got it down. Okay, let's go! Here's another one of my 
>tabs:
>
>Intro:
>1--------------------------|-------------------------|
>2--------------------------|-------------------------|
>3------------------9-9-9-9-|-----------------9-9-9-9-|
>4--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|
>5--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|
>6--7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------|-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------|
>
>Verse:
>1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
>2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
>3---4---4---4---4-------------------------------------------------|
>4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---6---6---6---6---2---2---2---2-|
>5---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---6---6---6---6---2---2---2---2-|
>6-------------------2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0-|
>boxed up all of her favorite things, sold the rest ata rainy yard sale
>big plans and leaving friends and a Westbound sign
>weighed out her choices on a scale, prevaling nothing made sense
>  just  transportation   and   a    blank        decision she's taking
>
>Chorus:
>1---------------------------------------------------------------------
>2---------------------------------------------------------------------
>3------------------9-9-9-9-----------------9-9-9-9-9---------------9-9
>4--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9
>5--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7
>6--7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4----
>   off                 taking off
>
>1-----------------------------------------------------|
>2-----------------------------------------------------|
>3-9-9-----------------9-9-9-9-----------------9-9-9-9-|
>4-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|
>5-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|
>6-----7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------|
> taking off               taking off
>
>Second Verse (Do same chords as you did on 1st verse):
>
>no time and no copping out, she's burning daylight and petrol
>black out and review mirror heading westward on
>strung out on confusion road and ten minutes nevous break downs
>Xanax a beer for thought, and she's determined, she's taking off (Then 
>it goes back into the Chorus)
>
>Bridge:
>
>1--------------------------------------------------
>2--------------------------------------------------
>3--------------2--2--2--2--------------4--4--4--4--
>4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--
>5--4--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
>6--2--2--2--2--------------0--0--0--0--------------
>   is this salvation or an escape from discontent
>   will she fling her name in California cement
>   punched out of grind, they punched her one too many times
>
>1--------------------------------------------------|
>2--------------------------------------------------|
>3--------------2--2--2--2--------------------------|
>4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
>5--4--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
>6--2--2--2--2--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
> is tragedy 2,000 miles away...        she's taking off (Then it goes 
>into these chords)
>
>1------------------------------------------
>2------------------------------------------
>3--4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------
>4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-
>5--2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-
>6------------2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0- X4 times
>
>(On the 4th time you do these chords, BJ says "Alright!" near the end)
>
>Outro:
>
>1--------------------------|
>2--------------------------|
>3------------------9-9-9-9-|
>4--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|
>5--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|
>6--7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------| X4 times
> 
>then, you and on a 799xxx
>
>Ta da! Another Green Day song tabbed out by Daniel Kielman! E-mail me 
at 
>haway@hotmail.com I am so F***ing good!