Road To Acceptance
Green Day
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1990)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal
Notes: The G5 on the verse may not be totally right, but it
sounds good enough.

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

Verse
   G5   C5   D5   C5 (x3) G5   C5   D5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------13---15---13-----------13---15--------------------------|
G|-12---12---14---12------12---12---14--------------------------|
D|-12---10---12---10------12---10---12--------------------------|
A|-10---------------------10------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus (x2)
   B5   A5| F#5 D5 A5 (x2)
e|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------|----7------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----7-|-4--7--7---------------------------------------------|
A|-9----7-|-4--5--7---------------------------------------------|
E|-7----5-|-2-----5---------------------------------------------|

Chorus
   D5   C5   G5   D5 (x2)| D5-C5-D5  | C5   G5 (x3)
e|-----------------------|-----------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------|--------------------------|
G|-7----5---------7------|-7-7-5-5/7-|-5------------------------|
D|-7----5----5----7------|-7-7-5-5/7-|-5----5-------------------|
A|-5----3----5----5------|-5-5-3-3/5-|-3----5-------------------|
E|-----------3-----------|-----------|------3-------------------|

Outro (x3)
   C5   B5 G5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-4------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-4-5----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-2-5----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------3----------------------------------------------------|


Order

Verse 1 (1 guitar)
Verse 1
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
G5-C5-D5-C5 x2
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge (bassline from 1st part of chorus + feedback)
Chorus (no guitar for D-C-G-C)
Outro (echo B5-G5 x4)
End on D5


Lyrics

I always waste my time just wondering
What the next man thinks of me			(Verse 1)
I'll never do exactly what I want
And I'll sculpt my life for your acceptance

I feel forgotten
Feel like rotting
Do you feel the same				(Pre-Chorus)
Adolescence
Just can't make sense
It's calling my name

I take a look around
At all the things I've found
I call it blind hatred
If you'd stop awhile				(Chorus)
And maybe if you'd smile			
You would realize
That we're all the same
It's just like a brain
When it goes insane
We feel the same pain

All my life I've seemed to have this need
I think at times it even turns to greed		(Verse 2)
We all want to join some family
We'll even sacrifice a moral changing

(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus)
(Chorus)