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Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day

Looking for the real deal? There are tabs for this song in the songbooks American Idiot, The Greatest Soft Rock Guitar anthology, Bullet in a Bible (tabs of all the songs in that live DVD/CD), and Ultimate Guitar Play-Along: Green Day (comes with a backing track CD).

Intro:  / Em - - - / G - - - / D - - - / A - - - / x2

Em       G

I walk a lonely road 

    D        A                Em

The only one I that have ever known

             G

Don't know where it goes

D                 A              Em   G    D    A

But its home to me and I walk alone

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   D 

And I'm the only one and I walk alone

        A             Em    G   D

I walk alone  I walk alone

        A5           B5

I walk alone  I walk a...

CHORUS:

C5    G5         D5            E5

  My shadows the only one that walks beside me

C5   G5      D5              E5

  My shallow heart’s the only thing that's beating

C5     G5      D5               E5

  Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

C5     G5          B5 (5 strums)

  Till then I'll walk alone

Em  G      D     A      Em

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

   G       D     A      Em

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

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

Em       G

Read between the lines

D                     A                 Em

what's messed up and every thing's all right

           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         A5        B5  

I walk alone I walk a...

CHORUS

Em  G      D     A      Em

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

   G       D    

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah 

         A5         B5

I walk alone I walk a...

ELECTRIC LEAD GUITAR:

play up and down strokes (8th notes) for each:

 C5     G5     D5    E5

--------8--6-------------

-8--9----------8--9--9--6

--------5--3------------- x3

-5--6----------5--6--6--3

-------------------------                              D   D

-------------------------      Rhythm Guitar:   strum  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

                                                the last two times you 

 C5     G5      B5                              play C5 and G5.

--------8--6--8----------

-8--9--------------------

--------5--3--5----------

-5--6--------------------

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Em          G

I walk this empty street

D           A              Em

On the boulevard of broken dreams

            G

Where the city sleeps

    D              A5           B5  

And I'm the only one and I walk a…

CHORUS  (Play last B5 x4)

ELECTRIC OUTRO:

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-----------------0--0-0------------------1--1-1- x3

---------3--3-3----------4--4-4-----------------

-0--0-0--------------------------3--3-3---------

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---------------------------------0-0------------

-----------------0--0-0--------------1-1-------- x1

---------3--3-3----------4--4-4-----------------

-0--0-0-----------------------------------------