Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
Green Day
Kerplunk! (1992)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: PM all verses, bass and drums start on first chorus. On
first verse, a second guitar hits an E5 when the bass and drums
come in, and lets it ring and feed back, then comes in on the
last B5.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord
() = harmonic

Verse (palm mute)
   E5   D5   C#5  B5  (x2)         Verse 2 lead
e|-----------------------------------(12)-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------------(12)-9b----------------|
G|-9----7----6----4---------------------------------------------|
D|-9----7----6----4---------------------------------------------|
A|-7----5----4----2---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus
   F#5   A5    (x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----7------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-----7------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-----5------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
   E5   B5   D5   A5  (x4)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9---------7--------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9----7----7---------------------------------------------|
A|-7----9----5----7---------------------------------------------|
E|-0----7---------5---------------------------------------------|

Bridge 
          | E5   F#5  G#5  B5   | E5      D5   C#5  B5  (x2)
e|--------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-(verse-|-9----11---13---16---|----7h9----7----6----4---------|
D|-chords-|-9----x----x----x----|-2--7h9--7-7--6-6--4-4---------|
A|---x1)--|-7----9----11---14---|-2--7----5-5--4-4--2-2---------|
E|--------|---------------------|-0-----------------------------|


Order

Verse 1  (one guitar)
Pre-Chorus  (full band comes in)
Chorus
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Pre-Chorus (no lyrics)
Chorus (stop first 2 chords of every rep)
Chorus


Lyrics

A thought burst in my head
And I need to tell you
It's news that I forthought
Was it just a dream			(Verse 1)
That happened long ago
I think I just forgot

Well it hasn't been the first time
And it sure does drive me mad		(Pre-Chorus)

(and when I say)
There's a boy who fogs his world
And now he's getting lazy
There's no motivation
And frustration makes him crazy
He makes a plan to take a stand		(Chorus)
But always ends up sitting
Someone help him up
Or he is gonna end up quitting

I shuffle through my mind
To see if I could find
The words i left behind			(Verse 2)
Was it just a dream
That happened long ago
Oh well, never mind

(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Pre-Chorus no lyrics)
(Chorus x2)