WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Green Day - Maria Tabs | Ver. 1
The strumming for the intro is tricky. You have mute all the strings apart from the ’A‘ string and then fast downward struming. I saw Billie do this live on some video I downloaded.
Intro:
D A5
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----| Try and only hit these two
A|-5-5-5-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| strings
E|-------5------------------------------------|X2
Verse:1 (Play Intro)
She smashed the radio with the board of education.
Turned up the static left the blood state of the nation.
Pre-Chorus
A5 Ab5 E
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|
G|--------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|
D|-7-7-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|
A|-7-7-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-5-5-4---------------------------------------| X4
1. Turn up the flame step on the gas,
Burning the flag at half mast.
She’s a rebels forgotten son,
The expert of the revolution.
//VERSE 2//
//PRE-CHORUS//
Chorus
D A D A D A E
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
G|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
E|---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5--------------------|X1
Mari.......a Mari...a,ah,ah Mari......a, Where did you go?
Bridge (This bit I’m not 100%)
E B5 F#sus7 B5
E|----------------------------------------|
B|-9--9-9-10--10-10-9------10--10-10------|
G|-9--9-9--9---9--9-9--9-9--9---9--9------|
D|-9--9-9--7---7--7-9--9-9--7---7--7------|
A|-7--7-7--7---7--7-9--9-9--7---7--7------|
E|----------------------------------------|X6
Guitar Solo:Play Twice Not 100% on this part, if you
Don’t like it just play E‘
E|-0--0-12--10-10--10---------10-10-----------| |----4-4-5-5-7-7----4-5--|
B|-9-10-12--10-10--10---------10-10-----------| |-5-5------------5-7-----|
G|--------------------12bfull-------12bfull---| |------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------| |------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|X4|------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| |------------------------|X1
//VERSE 1// //PRE-CHORUS// //CHORUS X2// //Guitar solo part 2 x4//
