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Welcome to this Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Acoustic Guitar Tutorial by Green Day! This song has become an all time classic is is from arguably one of the best rock albums of all time. In this particular lesson I’ll teach you how to play all the chords as well as a cool picked intro and lead riffs.
If you’d like to learn how to play the electric version of this, then check out my electric lesson here – http://bit.ly/2BQTG7p
Big thanks to Eric Ben for his vocals on this track, check out his Youtube channel here – https://www.youtube.com/user/ericbengayomali
Enjoy! Like this #boulebardofbrokendreams video by #greenday and subscribe to the channel for more videos in the future!
-Dave Tran (Your online guitar teacher 😁)
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CAPO ON 1ST FRET
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[Intro]
Em G D A x2
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------0--------2h4-0--|----2--------------2-----|
D|-------4--------0---------|-0-----4-/5-----2--------|
A|----2---------------------|-------------0-----------|
E|-0-----------3------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------0--------2h4-0--|----2--------------------|
D|-------4--------0---------|-0-----4-/5--------------|
A|----2---------------------|-------------0-----------|
E|-0-----------3------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Verse 1]
Em G
I walk a lonely road
D A Em
The only one that I have ever known
G
Don't know where it goes
D A Em G D A
But it's home to me and I walk alone
[Break Riff – TAB Relative to NO CAPO]
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------8--9--------11/13-11-|-------8--9--------------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Verse 2]
Em G
I walk this empty street
D A Em
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
G
Where the city sleeps
D A Em G
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
D A Em G
I walk alone, I walk alone
D A Em7/B
I walk alone, I walk a...
[Chorus]
C G D Em
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
C G D Em
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
C G D Em
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
C G B5
Till then I walk alone
[Interlude]
Em G D A
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-
Em G D A
Aah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
[Verse 3]
Em G
I'm walking down the line
D A Em
That divides me somewhere in my mind
G
On the border line
D A Em G D A
Of the edge and where I walk alone
[Verse 4]
Em G
Read between the lines
D A Em
What's fucked up and everything's alright
G
Check my vital signs
D A Em G
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
D A Em G
I walk alone, I walk alone
D A Em7/B
I walk alone, I walk a...
[Chorus]
C G D Em
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
C G D Em
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
C G D Em
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
C G B5
Till then I walk alone
[Interlude]
Em G D A
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-
Em G D A
Aah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, I walk alone, I walk a...
[Solo Chords]
C G D Em x3
C G B5 B5
B5
[Solo – TAB relative to NO CAPO]
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------8--9--------11/13-11-|-------8--9--------------|
G|-10-10----------------------|-------------------------| X3
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------8--9--------11/13-11-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
G|-10-10----------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-------------------------|
B|-13-13-13-13-13----------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Verse 5]
Em G
I walk this empty street
D A Em
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
G
Where the city sleeps
D A Em7/B
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
[Chorus]
C G D Em
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
C G D Em
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
C G D Em
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
C G B5 B5
Till then I walk alone
[Outro]
Em C D A/C# G Eb x4
