Holiday
Holiday
GD
Green Day
ChordsTempo: 82*
Text size
Multiple possible keys*
- G (Song metadata)
- Fm (Chord analysis)
Intro
Fm Db Ab Eb x6
(2 beats per chord)
Verse 1
Fm Db Ab Eb
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Fm Db Ab C Fm
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
Db Ab Eb C
The shame, the ones who died without a name
Fm Db Ab Eb
Hear the dogs howling out of key
Fm Db Ab C Fm
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
Db Ab Eb C
And bleed, the company lost the war today
Chorus
Fm Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Fm Db Ab Eb
On holiday
Fm Db Ab Eb
Verse 2
Fm Db Ab Eb
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Fm Db Ab C Fm
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
Db Ab Eb C
To find, the money's on the other side
Fm Db Ab Eb
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
Fm Db Ab C Fm
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
Db Ab Eb C
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
Chorus
Fm Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
Interlude
Fm Ab Db Bb Eb C
Fm Ab Eb C Fm x2
Solo
Db Ab C Fm Eb Db
e|---------------------------------------------8-----8-----------------------|
B|--6--6-6--8-9------------------8--5-------6-----6-----6--6-6--8-9----------|
G|---------------8--6--5--5-5-5--------5---5---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------8--8--8-8-8--13--13--13-13-13---17--17--17-17-17---------|
G|--8--6--5--5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17--17--17-17-17-18------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass Solo
Fm Ab Db Bb Eb C Fm Ab Eb C Fm
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1--------------------1-----3------------------------|
A|-----------------4--1-----3--------------------3---------------------------|
E|--1--1-3-4--4-4--------------1--1-3-4--4-4---------------------------------| (x6)
(over the bass solo)
"The representative from California has the floor"
Zieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Eb C Fm
Is not a way that's meant for me
C
Just cause (hey, hey, hey), just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!
Chorus
Fm Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Fm Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Fm Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Fm Db Ab Eb
This is our lives on holiday
Outro
Fm Db Ab Eb x2
Fm Db Eb C Fm Fm (octave lower)
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Last update: Aug 29, 2026, 12:20 PMRate this song
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