Nov202017

Green Day – Back In The Usa Tab and Progression on Guitar & Ukulele

[Intro]

Guitar 1
e|————————————-|———————————||
B|————————————-|———————————||
G|–6-6-6-6—6–6-6-6–6-6-6-6–6-6-6-|———————————||
D|–6-6-6-6—6–6-6-6–6-6-6-6–6-6-6-|–8–8–8-8-8—8-8-8-8—8-8-8–||
A|–4-4-4-4—4–4-4-4–4-4-4-4–4-4-4-|–8–8–8-8-8—8-8-8-8—8-8-8–||
E|————————————-|–6–6–6-6-6—6-6-6-6—6-6-6–||
Guitar 2 |
e|————————————-|———————————||
B|————————————-|———————————||
G|———————10-10-10–8–6–|—————-5-5-5–6–6-6-6–||
D|———————-x–x–x–x–x–|—————-x-x-x–x–x-x-x–||
A|———————-8–8–8–6–4–|—————-3-3-3–4–4-4-4–||
E|————————————-|———————————||

Guitar 1
e|——————————-|————————————||
B|——————————-|————————————||
G|——————————-|————————————||
D|–6–6–6-6-6–6-6-6-6–6-6-6–|–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–||
A|–6–6–6-6-6–6-6-6-6–6-6-6–|–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–||
E|–4–4–4-4-4–4-4-4-4–4-4-4–|–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–||
Guitar 2 |
e|——————————-|————————————||
B|——————————-|————————————||
G|————–6-6-6–5–5-5-5–|————————————||
D|————–x-x-x–x–x-x-x–|————————————||
A|————–4-4-4–3–3-3-3–|————————————||
E|——————————-|————————————||

[Verse 1]

Guitar 1
e|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-|
B|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-|
G|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|——–|——————————-|
D|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–8–8–|–8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8–|
A|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–8–8–|–8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8–|
E|——–|——————————-|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|
PM PM
e|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|——————————-|
B|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|——————————-|
G|——–|—————|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6–|——–|——————————-|
D|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6–|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|
A|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4–|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|
E|–2–2–|–2-2-2-2-2-2–|——–|—————|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
PM PM PM

Guitar 1
e|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-||
B|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-||
G|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|——–|——————————-||
D|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–8–8–|–8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8–||
A|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–8–8–|–8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8–||
E|——–|——————————-|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–||
Guitar 2 PM PM |
e|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-||
B|——–|–4———4———–4——|——–|——————————-||
G|——–|——6———6———6—-|——–|–3—5—6——————–||
D|——–|———6———-6——-6–|——–|——————————-||
A|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-||
E|——–|——————————-|——–|——————————-||

Guitar 1
e|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|—————————|——-||
B|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|—————————|——-||
G|——–|—————|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6–|——–|—————————|——-||
D|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6–|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–6-6–||
A|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4–|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6–|–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–6-6–||
E|–2–2–|–2-2-2-2-2-2–|——–|—————|–4–4–|–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–4-4–||
Guitar 2 PM PM PM |
e|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|—————————|——-||
B|——–|–2————|——–|-2————-|——–|—————————|——-||
G|——–|—–3———|——–|—-3—-3—5-|——–|—————————|——-||
D|——–|——–4——|——–|——-4——-|——–|—————————|——-||
A|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|—————————|——-||
E|——–|—————|——–|—————|——–|—————————|——-||

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Guitar 1
e|——————————-|——————————–||
B|——————————-|——————————–||
G|——————————-|–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3—||
D|–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–|–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3—||
A|–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–|–1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1—||
E|–1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1–|——————————–||
Guitar 2 |
e|——————————-|——————————–||
B|——————————-|——————————–||
G|——————————-|–3–3-3-3-3-3–5-5-5–5–6-6-6-||
D|——————————-|–3–3-3-3-3-3–x-x-x–x–x-x-x-||
A|——————————-|–1–1-1-1-1-1–3-3-3–4–4-4-4-||
E|——————————-|——————————–||

Guitar 1
e|——————————–|———————————||
B|——————————–|———————————||
G|——————————–|———————————||
D|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–6-4-3–||
A|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–6-4-3–||
E|–2–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–4-2-1–||
Guitar 2 |
e|——————————–|———————————||
B|——————————–|———————————||
G|——————————–|———————————||
D|——————————–|————————–6-4-3–||
A|——————————–|————————–6-4-3–||
E|——————————–|————————–4-2-1–||

[Chorus 1]

Guitar 1
e|————————————-|————————————-|
B|————————————-|————————————-|
G|–6–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|————————————-|
D|–6–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–4–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
A|–4–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–4–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
E|————————————-|–2–2–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|

e|————————————-|————————————-|
B|————————————-|————————————-|
G|–6–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|————————————-|
D|–6–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–6–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|
A|–4–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|
E|————————————-|–4–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|

e|———————————-|———————————-|
B|———————————-|———————————-|
G|–3–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–|———————————-|
D|–3–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
A|–1–1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1–|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|
E|———————————-|–2–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|

e|———————————-|———————-|——–|
B|———————————-|———————-|——–|
G|–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|———————-|——–|
D|–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–4–6–|
A|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–6–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6–|–4–6–|
E|———————————-|–4–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4–|–2–4–|

[Bridge]

[Verse 2]

[Pre-Chorus 2]

[Chorus 2]

[Outro]

Guitar 1
e|——-|
B|——-|
G|—6—|
D|—6—|
A|—4—|
E|——-|

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How to play Back In The Usa: key, chords and progression

Back In The Usa by Green Day is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 5 chords: B, E, G, D and A.

Most of the song cycles through B – E – B – G (V – I – V – ♭III in E major). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes E, A, C, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

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Back In The Usa chords: questions

What key is Back In The Usa in?

Back In The Usa by Green Day is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Back In The Usa?

Back In The Usa uses 5 chords: B, E, G, D, A.

What is the chord progression of Back In The Usa?

The main progression is B – E – B – G (V – I – V – ♭III).

Is Back In The Usa easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes E, A, C, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

How to play Back In The Usa: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Back In The Usa chords: questions

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