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Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 21:23:46 -0500
From: fujioka@uiuc.edu (LSM)

   Here is the new song "Westbound Sign", by Greenday, off their new album
"Insomniac". The album is coming out on October 10th, but I got the song
off the radio. The song only has a total of four chords, so it's pretty
damn easy. They are all power chords and it sounds just like "Basket Case",
just lower. So have fun!

Important: Change your font to a equal width font (i.e. Courier)

Note: Tune a 1/2 step down.

Westbound Sign
By: Greenday

Part A: (Intro, Chorus)
  B    Ab Em
:|////|////|:

Part B: (Verse)
  B    Cb   Ab   Em
:|////|////|////|////|:

Part C: (Bridge)
  Bb   Db   Em   B
:|////|////|////|////|:

Part D: (End of bridge)
  Bb   Db   Em   Em
 |////|////|////|////|


Sequence:

Ax4;  Bx4; Ax4; Bx4; Ax4; Cx3; Dx1; Bx4; Ax6; Ends with "Bb".
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Subject: "westbound sign" by green day
Status: O

"Westbound Sign"

Verse:
E	B	C
Boxed up, all of her favorite things.
E	B	C
Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale.
E	B	C
Big plans and leaving friends
E	B	C
and a westbound sign.

Chorus:
D	A	B	A	D
Weighed out, her choices on a scale.
D	A	B	A	
Prevailing, nothing made sense
D	A	B	A	D
Just transportation and a blank decision...
D	A	B	A
She's taking off.

Verse:
E	B	C
She's burnig daylight and petrol
E	B		C
Heading westward on, strung out
E	B	C
On confusion road.
E	B	C
And ten minute nervous breakdowns
E	B	C
Xanex a beer for thought,
E	B		C
and she determined...she's taking off.

Chorus:
D	A	B	A	D
Is it salvation, or an escape from discontent?
D	A	B	A	D
Will she find her name in the California cement?
D	A	B	A	D
Punched out of the grind that punched her
D	A	B	A	D
one too many times.
D	A	B	A	D
Is tragedy 2000 miles away?...She's taking off...

geekstink@aol.com

From Stephen Dranger

Ok, folks, this is Westbound Sign from Green Day's Insomniac (if you didn't
know that it is from Insomniac why are you reading this) and I figured it out within 5 minutes
because it sounds like Basket Case somewhat. Here gooes, any flames, comments,
to EB110DRANGER@VALPO.EDU or follow this up.  What some people don't figure out
is that Green Day's music is power chords.  Here goes:
If you can not figure out the rhytem, listen to the CD :)
(normal tuning)
Intro:

e                       
B                       
G ----------------9-9-9*|
D --9-9-9-9--6-6--9-9-9 | (repeat 4X)
A --9-9-9-9--6-6--7-7-7*|
E --7-7-7-7--4-4------- |

Verse:

e
B
G
D --9-9-9-9--4-4-4--4-4--6-6-6-6--2-2-2--2-2*|
A --9-9-9-9--4-4-4--4-4--6-6-6-6--2-2-2--2-2 |
E --7-7-7-7--2-2-2--2-2--4-4-4-4--0-0-0--0-0*|

    
DOn't have the bridge (it would be welcome added onto this file)

Thanks for reading!!

--Yoda "Cool"


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