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Song: Brain Stew
Artist: Green Day
Album: Insomniac
Transcribed by: el kabong (mexicanrabbi@aol.com)
Date: 6/2/01
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This song is the first song I learned.  It is so easy, if you need a tab, you should 
die. The whole thing has distortion.  Enjoy and good luck and all that.
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Tuning: Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

x - muted note
pm - palm mute

Riff 1
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E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |--7-7---5-5---4-4---3-3--2-2--|
A |--7-7---5-5---4-4---3-3--2-2--|
E |--5-5---3-3---2-2---1-1--0-0--|
        pm    pm    pm    pm   pm

Riff 2
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E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |--7-7-xxxxxx-5-5-xxxxxx-4-4-xxxxxx-3-3-xx-2-2-xx-|
A |--7-7-xxxxxx-5-5-xxxxxx-4-4-xxxxxx-3-3-xx-2-2-xx-|
E |--5-5-xxxxxx-3-3-xxxxxx-2-2-xxxxxx-1-1-xx-0-0-xx-|

Riff 3 (Weird timing, listen to song for details)
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E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |--7-7-xxx-xx-5-5-xxx-xx-4-4-xxx-xx-3-3-xx-2-2-xx-|
A |--7-7-xxx-xx-5-5-xxx-xx-4-4-xxx-xx-3-3-xx-2-2-xx-|
E |--5-5-xxx-xx-3-3-xxx-xx-2-2-xxx-xx-1-1-xx-0-0-xx-|

Riff 4 (Let chords ring out)
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E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D |--7-7---5-5---4-4---3-3--2-2--|
A |--7-7---5-5---4-4---3-3--2-2--|
E |--5-5---3-3---2-2---1-1--0-0--|

Riffage
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Use Riff 1 for some verses and first chorus.
Use Riff 2 for later choruses.
Use Riff 3 for verse later in song.
Use Riff 4 in outro.

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till next time, later from the rabbi.
el kabong
mexicanrabbi@aol.com