Good Charlotte - River Tabs

"Good Charlotte

Listen really carefully to the song especially
the pre chorus because theres a lot of faint
riffs what are really hard to hear

Billy gt 1 (EADGBE)
Benji gt 2(EADGBE)
Synyster Gates gt 3(EADGBE)


Fade in volume swell  
   NH                 
|-----|
|- 7*-|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|

Billy(intro and chorus riff)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---88888888---44444444---------------------------|
|---66666666---22222222---44444444---66666666-----|
|-------------------------22222222---44444444-----|


|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---88888888---44444444----------------------8----|
|---66666666---22222222---4444444444444444---6----|
|-------------------------2222222222222222---6----|

  
           Benji (intro chords)
  all chords are played 8 times
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--15--16---15--13--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--13--14---13--11--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 all chords are played 8 times except the last 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--15--16---18-----------------20-----------------|
|-------------(16 times)---------(just once)------|
|--13--14---16-----------------18-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
      Benji (verse)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----8---8--8-----8----8---8---------11-----------9--------8----8---8--|
A|--66--66--6----66---66---6-------9-9----9----8-8-----8--66---66---6----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Palm mute everything on the A string and leave everything else open

 Last time before pre chorus       
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------11-11-11-11--10-10-10-10-88888888-------|
D|-----8---8--8-----8----8---8---X--X--X--X---X--X--X--X--XXXXXXXX-------|
A|--66--66--6----66---66---6-----9--9--9--9---8—-8--8--8—-66666666-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

        Billy(pre chorus) clean and chorus
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14-14--------14----14----------16-16------------16---16------|
|-------13-----------13----13----------15--------------15-----15--------|
|----11-----------11----------------13--------------13------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Benji(pre chorus)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------6---6----------6---6----------8--8-----------8---8-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---4444--4--4---4444----4---4--6666---6----6---6666---6--6|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---4444444444444444-------6666666666666666----------|
|---4444444444444444-------6666666666666666----------|
|---2222222222222222-------4444444444444444----------|


Benji (Chorus)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| X2
|---88888888---44444444---------------------------|
|---66666666---22222222---44444444---66666666-----|
|-------------------------22222222---44444444-----|
 3rd time 
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------(11’s not 1’s)---------------------|
|---88888888---11111111---------------------------|
|---66666666---99999999---44444444---66666666-----|
|-------------------------22222222---44444444-----|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|---88888888---44444444---------------------------|
|---66666666---22222222---44444444---66666666-----|
|-------------------------22222222---44444444-----|
       
              Billy (chorus) 
     listen really carefully to this part

            Distortion and chorus 
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------16-16-------------16----16------|
|-----------15---------------15----15---------|
|---------13--------------13------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------14-14--------14----14--------|
|-------------13-----------13----13-----------|
|----------11-----------11--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
 simply repeat this riff till the chorus ends  


Verse X1
Pre chorus X1
Chorus

It then repeats this twice
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------(11’s not 1’s)---------------------|
|---88888888---11111111---------------------------|
|---66666666---99999999---44444444---66666666-----|
|-------------------------22222222---44444444-----|
 and hold this chord 
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-11------------|
|-11------------|
|-9-------------|
|---------------|


Synyster Gates 
 Guitar Solo
The start is hard to figure out if you don’t have a 
whammy bar which I don’t. So I use an octave pedal
and have it on an octave down 

Listen to the solo before you try it surely the first two parts 
Will stick in your head because they mimic the vocals but listen
To the rest of it.

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7*----------------------------------------------|
|-5*----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
 
The Harmonics are done a whole octave down and 
then released up and vibrato til    
 
|-------—-------------------------------------------|
|-----------14~-----12-11----9----9----9h11p9-------|
|---11~------------------------11---11--------11----|
|-------11------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------14-----------------------|
|----------14-14b16-14~-------11-14p11-14-14b16~----|
|--11~----------------------------------------------|
|------11-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|--11---------------------------------------------|
|-----14-12-11~-----9-----9------9h11-------------|
|----------------11----11----11-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

       Not sure about this part……                 trem pick 
|------11-------------11--------------14----14---------------------|
|---------14-------------14--------14----14------14p11h14p11h14p11-|
|------------11-------------11-------------------------------------|
|---11-------------11----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------13b~--------16b~-----13-14-13--------------------|
|---14--14b~p11----------14---------------------14----14-11-14-16~-|
|--------------------------------------------------11--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Check out my Keep your hands off my girl(ver 2) tab aswell
"