Walking The Dog
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Ultimate-Guitar String Theory Ad_Mike Dirnt - Green Day_v1
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Song: "Walking the Dog (Outtake)"
Artist: Green Day (originally Rufus Thomas)
Album: Dookie 30th Anniversary Edition
Released: September 8, 2023
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[Intro] (after "Rollin'...bong it...take five.")
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x2
A|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Verse 1] "Baby's back, dressed in black..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x4
A|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Chorus] "Walkin' the dog..."
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2] "I asked her mother for fifteen cents..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x4
A|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Chorus] "Walkin' the dog..."
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo]
e|-------------------------------------0------------------------------------------|
B|0-0--0--0-0---------0-0--0--0-0------0------------------------------------------|
G|6-6--8--6-6---------6-6--8--6-6------9b10r9-8-6--10-9-7--7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b|
D|-------------8-8-8---------------8----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--|
B|-----------------------------------------0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|8b9r8--8-6-6--8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6--8-8-6--7b-----7b-----7b-------------7|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0~|
B|-------------------------------------0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0~|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7b-----7b-----7b---------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3] "Baby's back, dressed in black..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x4
A|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Chorus] "Walkin' the dog..."
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro] "Just a-walkin'..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x2
A|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5--5-5-7b-5|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------2-0---------|
B|---------------------------------------3--0----|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------9~|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------9~|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
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| r Release
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| ~ Let ring out
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