Platypus (I Hate You) Green Day
PLATYPUS (I HATE YOU)
As recorded by Green Day
(From the 1997 Album NIMROD.)
Transcribed by Whoabot
Words and Music by Green Day
Arranged by Green Day
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'B.J. Armstrong'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'B.J. Armstrong (Overdub in Studio)'
Intro
Q=173
1/8 4[B5]/4[G5] [F#5] [B5] [G5] [F#5]
Gtrs I, II
E E S S S S E E S E S E E S S S S E E S E S E
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[B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E [B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|
Pre-Verse
[B5]q H. [A5] [E5] W[B5]
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-9------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-9------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-7------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9--------------| |-9-9-9-9--9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-9-9-9-9--9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-7-7-7-7--7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
[A5] 7[E5]/8[A5] [A#5]
W Q Q E E E
|-------------------------||----------------|| |-------------------------||----------------|| |-------------------------||--9-------------|| |-------------------------||--9------7-7-8--|| |-------------------------||--7------7-7-8--|| |-------------------------||-(0)-----5-5-6--||
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| E S S S S E E S S S S E Q Q E E E
|-------------------------||----------------|| |-------------------------||----------------|| |-------------------------||--9-------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--9------7-7-8--|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--7------7-7-8--|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-(0)-----5-5-6--||
Verse
$
[B5] [A5] [E5] [B5]
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
||--------------------------|-------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9--------------| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E S S S S E [A5]E S S S S E [E5] E S S S S E [B5]E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-----|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9----o|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
Pre-Chorus
[A5]E S S S S E E S S S S E
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E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
1.
E S S S S E E [E5] E E E
|---------------------------| |---------------------------| |----------------9---9---9--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9---9---9--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---7---7--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
[B5]E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-o|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
2.
[A5]E S S S S E E S S S S E [F#] E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
E S S S S E E [E5] E E E
|-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)--9---9---9--|| |--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9--|| |--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7---7--|| |--2---2---2---2---2---2---2--(0)-(0)-(0)-||
Chorus
[B5]E S S S S E E [E5] E E E [B5]E S S S S E E [E5] E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------9---9---9--|----------------9---9---9--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9---9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9---9--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7---7---7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7---7---7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
To Coda
[B5]E S S S S E E [E5] E E E [B5]E S S S S E E S S S S E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------9---9---9--|-------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9---9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7---7---7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
Pre-Verse
[B5]E S S S S E [A5]E S S S S E [E5] E S S S S E [B5]E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9--------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D.S. al Coda
E S S S S E [A5]E S S S S E [E5] E S S S S E [B5]E S S S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9----------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9---|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9---|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Salty Interlude
&
[B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E [B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|
[B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E [B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E
|-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4---| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4---| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2---|
[B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E [B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|
[B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S E [B5]E S S S S E [G5]E S [F#5]E S [E5]E
|-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-----| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4-4-2---| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-2-2-0---|
[(F#)]Gtr I
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
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| Gtr II
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1S|=4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4S| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------4----|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------4----|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------||
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| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9S|=13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
Verse
[B5]Gtrs I, II[A5] [E5] [B5]
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
||--------------------------|-------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------------------| ||--------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9--------------| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E S S S S E [A5]E S S S S E [E5] E S S S S E [B5]E S S S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--9---9---9---9---9---9----------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9---|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9--o|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Pre-Chorus
[A5]E S S S S E E S S S S E
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E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
1.
E S S S S E E [E5] E E E
|---------------------------| |---------------------------| |----------------9---9---9--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9---9---9--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---7---7--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
[B5]E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-o|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
2.
[A5]E S S S S E E S S S S E [F#] E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
E S S S S E E [E5] E E E
|-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)--9---9---9--|| |--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9--|| |--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7---7--|| |--2---2---2---2---2---2---2--(0)-(0)-(0)-||
Chorus
[B5]E S S S S E E [E5] E E E [B5]E S S S S E E [E5] E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------9---9---9--|----------------9---9---9--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9---9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9---9--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7---7---7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7---7---7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
[B5]E S S S S E E [E5] E E E [B5]E S S S S E E S S S S E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------9---9---9--|-------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9---9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7---7---7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(0)-(0)-(0)-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
Outro
[B5]Gtr I[A5]
q H.
|--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |-9------------------------| |-9------------------------| |-7------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-9-9-9-9--9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-7-7-7-7--7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
[E5] W [B5] W[A5]
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
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| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------|| |--9---9---9---9---9---9--------------|-------------------------|| |--9---9---9---9---9---9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| |--7---7---7---7---7---7--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| |-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
[E5]Gtrs I, II[A5] [A#5] [B5]
Q Q. E E E Q. E H W
|-----------------|-------------|------*| |-----------------|-------------|------*| |--9--------------|-------------|------*| |--9--------7-7-8-|-9\----------|------*| |--7--------7-7-8-|-9\----------|------*| |-(0)-------5-5-6-|-7\----------|------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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