Song: The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink
Band: Green Day
Album: Short Music for Short People (a Fat Wreck Chords Compilation)
Tabbed by: Caris O'Malley (punkplace@another.com)


This is probably the single greatest acoustic punk rock song ever
written. I hope you enjoy it. Strum each chord pretty fast, it's
really simple.



e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-7-------------------------6--------------------|
D-7-------------------------6--------------------|
A-5-------------------------5--------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
   Said that I'd meet you at the Berkley Marina

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G--5---------------------------------------------|
D--5------------------------------5--------4-----|
A--3------------------------------5--------4-----|
E---------------------------------3--------2-----|
   Three a.m. when no one will be f o u n d

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-4----------------3-----------------------------|
D-4----------------3-----------------------------|
A-2----------------1-----------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
  All I got in mind is a Boon's Farm jug of wine

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------|
D-3-----------------------4------------3---------|
A-3-----------------------4------------3---------|
E-1-----------------------2------------1---------|
   Smash the bottle in the parking lot

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-3---------------4------------------------------|
D-3---------------4------------------------------|
A-1---------------2------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
   But considering our luck

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-5--------------4-------------------------------|
D-5--------------4-------------------------------|
A-3--------------2-------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
   We'll get busted by the cops

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-3-------------------4--------------------------|
D-3-------------------4--------------------------|
A-1-------------------2--------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
   Instead of sex we'll go to jail

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G-5-------------4--------------------------------|
D-5-------------4-------------------4------------|
A-3-------------2-------------------4------------|
E-----------------------------------2------------|
   Another lesson learned and failed