'Maria' by Green Day - Guitar Tutorial

            Pretty simple.  Seems influenced by the chorus of Johnny B. Goode.

(Listen to the song for exact rythmns as I can't be bothered to write them out)

Solo:

E-----------------------5-----5-----5-----5---|
B--7---8---10--(0)------5-----5-----5-----5---|
G--7---7---7---(0)--7b9---7b9---7b9---7b9-----|
D---------------------------------------------|    x4
A---------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------|
B--9---10--12--10--9---10---------------------|
G--9---9---9---9---9---9----------------------|
D---------------------------------------------|    x1
A---------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------|

(Repeat Twice)

The rest of the song is already on this site.

But the intro chords aren't right... they're:

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

...and the bridge is:

E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G--------9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------|
D--7-6---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------|
A--7-6---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------|
E--5-4-0---------------------------------|

... you get the idea.

A.J. Ratcliffe
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