ptabWhen I come around Green DayDookieÊ Green Day Billie Joeÿ¤I heard you crying loud all the way across town You've been searching for that someone and it's me out on the prowl As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself Don't get lonely now, dry your whining eyes I'm just roaming for the moment sleazin' my backyard so don't get uptight You been thinking about ditching me No time to search the world around 'Cause you know where I'll be found When I come around I heard it all before, so don't knock down my dorr I'm a loser and a user so I don't need no accuser To slag me down because I know I'm right So go do what you like, make sure you do it wise You may find out that your self-doubt means nothing was ever there You can't go forcing something is it's just not right No time to search the world around 'Cause you know where I'll be found When I come around No time to search the world around 'Cause you know where I'll be found When I come aroundÿThe main riff here looks kind of ugly with all the 'x'-d or muted notes and the open strings, but is really very simple. All the muting, x's and open strings are simply a result of the way Billie Joe plays. He has a tendency to shift chords an 8th before landing on the new chord, and he tends to strum the changes, causing the open strings to ring out. The "solo" is a cool little open-string ostinato. It's not much but serves as a welcome break. All in all, this is a very simple song but it rocks. And that's all that matters.ÿÔMuch as with the guitar tab, this looks worse than it is. Mike Dirnt plays the same riff throughout the song and the varaitions are hardly noticeable. I've listed them but haven't payed any special attention to getting everything just right as that would probably be a very long tab. Just get the main riff down and the variations will take care of themselves. Note that Mike's bass has a common thing for bass pickups, his D an G strings have a very strong mid-range bite to them while the notes on the A-string are fairly soft and mellow. 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