"Big Girls Don't Cry"

INTRO X2
Em7 G D
Da Da Da Da

Em7 G D Em7 G D
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
Em7 G D Em7 G D
Your probably on your flight back to your home town
Em7 G D Em7 G D
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
Em7 G D Em7 G C
To be with myself and center, clarity
G D
Peace, Serenity

[CHORUS]
G Em D
I hope you know, I hope you know
D
That this has nothing to do with you
G Em D
It's personal, Myself and I
C Am
We've got some straightenin' out to do
Em C Am
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Em
But Ive got to get a move on with my life
Am Em D
Its time to be a big girl now
Am C G D
And big girls don't cry
D
Don't cry
Em
Don't cry
G
Don't cry
Well since the only other tab on this site isn't
totally corect, I'll post the
way I hear it and play it. This may not be 100% right
either, but it sounds
closer than hell. You'll have to listen for the
strumming pattern on the Chorus
and Bridge, but they're the same chords. So I hope
this works!

Standard Tunning

Intro/Verse:
e|------0--------0---------2------|
B|------1--------1---------3------|
G|------2--------0-------2-2------|
D|----2-2------2-2------0--0------|
A|---0--0------3-3----------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Chorus/Bridge:
e|--3----3----1----3----|
B|--3----3----1----1----|
G|--0----2----2----0----|
D|--0----2----3----2----|
A|--2----0----3----3----|
E|--3----0----1----0----|

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything

Chorus:
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

Verse 2:
I wear my crown of shit
on my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
I am still right here

Chorus:
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

Bridge:
if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Well, there you have it. I hope everyone can figure

the strumming pattern out.
It's not all that difficult. Well leave any comments,
suggestions or corrections
that you may have! Thanks!
Song: Wake Me Up When September Ends
Artist: Green Day
Album: American Idiot
Tabbed by: Dan Benz (DanSumthing@wi.rr.com)

This is a great song from an incredible album. I heard the intro to this
and I had to tab the whole thing. Easily my best tab, it took me a long
time because I wanted to get every note right.

For the acoustic verse and bridge, I tabbed each note out the way it's
played on the album, but if you'd rather just play the chords, they're
written above the tablature. See below for chord fingerings.

C - |x32010| Em - |022000|
Cm - |x35543| Bm - |x24432|
G - |3x0033| D - |xx0232|
G/Gb - |200033|

__________________________________________________||
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Edit (7/28/05) : ||
||
Changed this To this ||
e| |----0-----0-----| e| |----------------| ||
B| |----1-1---1---1-| B| |----5-----5-----| ||
G| |--0-------0-----| G| |----5-5---5---5-| ||
D| |----------------| D| |--5-------5-----| ||
A| |3-------3-------| A| |3-------3-------| ||
E| |----------------| E| |----------------| ||
||
In Verse 1, playing the bar chord version of the ||
C chord makes it much easier to transition to ||
the Cm chord that follows it. ||
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{Intro (acoustic)
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----
3-----|
{G| |--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----
0-------|
{D| |5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----
5---------|
{A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

{Verse 1
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----
3-----|
{G| |--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----
0-------|
{D| |5-----5---------|4-----4---------|2-----2---------|0-----
0---------|
{A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{ C Cm G G
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----5-----5-----|----4-----4-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----
3-----|
{G| |----5-5---5---5-|--5---5---5---0-|----0-0---0---0-|----0-0---0---
0-|
{D| |--5-------5-----|--------5-----0-|--0-------0-----|--0-------
0-----|
{A| |3-------3-------|
3---------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------
3-------|

Repeat Verse 1 except final measure, then G G/Gb

play |----
3-----------|
this > |----3-------3-
0-|
> |----0-0-----
0---|
> |--
0-------------|
|----------
0-----|
|3-------
2-------|
Bridge
Em Bm C G G/Gb
e| |----------------|----------------|----0-----0-----|----
3-----------|
B| |----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----1-1---1-----|----3-------3-
0-|
G| |----0-0---0-----|----4-----4-----|--0-------0---0-|----0-0-----
0---|
D| |--2-------2---0-|--4---4-------4-|--------------0-|--
0-------------|
A| |----------------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|----------
0-----|
E| |0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|3-------
2-------|

Em Bm C D
e| |----------------|----------------|----0-----0-----|----2-----
2-----|
B| |----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----1-1---1-----|----3-3---
3-----|
G| |----0-0---0-----|----4-----4-----|--0-------0---0-|--2---2---2---
0-|
D| |--2-------2---0-|--4---4-------4-|----------------|0-------
0-------|
 A| |----------------|2-------2-------|3-------
3-------|----------------|
E| |0-------
0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Repeat Verse 1

Repeat Intro

W/Distortion,
Play 2 measures of Intro, then play
the first 4 measures of Verse 1

{Chorus
{ C Cm G5
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
4-|----------------|----------------|
{G| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|----------------|----------------|
{D| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
{A| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
{E| |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
3-|

Play the first 4 measures of Verse 1, then,

C Cm G5 G5/Gb
e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
4-|----------------|----------------|
G| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|----------------|----------------|
D| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
A| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
E| |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-
2-|

Distorted Bridge
E5 Bm C5 G5 G5/Gb
e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |----------------|----
3-----------|----------------|----------------|
G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
0-|----------------|
D| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
0-|
A| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
0-|
E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-
0-|
 E5 Bm C5 D5
e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |----------------|----3-3-3-3-
3---|----------------|----------------|
G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
7-|
D| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
7-|
A| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|

e| |----------------|------------
3---|----------------|----------------|
B| |----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----
3-----|
G| |--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----
0-------|
D| |5-----5---------|4-----4---------|2-----2---------|0-----
0---------|
A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

C Cm G5 G5/Gb
e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
4-|----------------|----------------|
G| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|----------------|----------------|
D| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
A| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
E| |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-
2-|

{Solo
{Guitar1
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----12----12--12|----12----12--12|----13----13--13|
1515151515151515|
{G|/|1212--1212--12--|1111--1111--11--|1212--1212--12--|
1212121211111111|
{D|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----12----12--12|----12----12--12|----13----13--13|
1515151515151515|
{G| |1212--1212--12--|1111--1111--11--|1212--1212--12--|
1212121212121212|
{D|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |1515151515151515|1515151515151515|1515151515151515|
{G| |1111111111111111|1212121212121212|1111111111111111| Go to the next
{D| |----------------|----------------|----------------| Guitar1 section
{A| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|----------------|

{Guitar2 (Rhythm Guitar) during the Solo

{ E5 Bm C5 G5 G5/Gb
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----------------|----
3-----------|----------------|----------------|
{G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
0-|----------------|
{D| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
{A| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|
{E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-
2-|
{
{ E5 Bm C5 D5
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----------------|----3-----------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
3-|
{G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
2-|
{D| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
0-|
{A| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
3-|----------------|
{E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{ D5
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
{G| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
{D| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
{A| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|----------------|

Guitar2 (still w/distortion)

 G
e| |3---------------|
B| |3---------------|
G| |0---------------|
D| |----------------|
A| |----------------|
E| |----------------|

{Guitar1 (clean/acoustic)
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----
3-----|
{G| |--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----
0-------|
{D| |5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----
5---------|
{A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----
3-----|
{G| |--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----
0-------|
{D| |5-----5---------|4-----4---------|2-----2---------|0-----
0---------|
{A|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

W/Distortion for the rest of the song,

Play the Chorus,

Play the first 4 measures of Verse 1,

Repeat the Chorus 2X,

End with:
C Cm G5
e|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
4-|----------------|----------------|
G| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
5-|----------------|----------------|
D| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
5---------------|
A| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
5---------------|
E| |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
3---------------|
Tabbed by: Brandon B.
E-mail: ronicskater06@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

notes: This is my first tab so if there's a mistake go easy on me.
Don't call me names or anything. Just write a correction. Thanx!

intro/verse 2 & 3/bridge thingy

e---------0---------------0---------------0---------------
0------------
B-----------0---------------0---------3-----3---3-----3-----3---
3-----3
G-------0-----0---------0-----0-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----
2--------
D-----2---------0-----0---------0-0---------------0-----------------
2--
A---2---------------2---------------------------------------------
3----
E-0---------------
3----------------------------------------------------

e---0---------------0---------------0----------------0-------I
B-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-I
G-0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0----------0-----0---I
D-------------2---------------2----------------2-------------I
A-----------3---------------0----------------0---------------I
E------------------------------------------------------------I

verse 1/outro
e---------0---------------0---------------0---------------
0------------
B-----------0---------------0---------3-----3---3-----3-----3---
3-----3
G-------0-----0---------0-----0-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----
2--------
D-----2---------0-----0---------0-0---------------0-----------------
2--
A---2---------------2---------------------------------------------
3----
E-0---------------
3----------------------------------------------------

e---0---------------0-----000--0-0-----I
B-----3---3-----3-----3---222--2-2-----I
G-0-----0---------0-----0-222--2-2-----I
D-------------2-----------222--2-2-----I
A-----------3-------------000--0-0-----I
E--------------------------------------I

Chorus:
C D G
But my dre-ams they aren't as empty

C D E
As my conscience seems to be
 Bm C
I have hours, only lonely

D A
My love is vengeance that's never free

song order:
intro x1
verse 1 x2
chorus x1
verse 2 x2
chorus x1
bridge x2
verse 3 x2
chorus x1
outro x1

And there it is. Enjoy!