21st Century Digital Boy Chords & Tabs
21st Century Digital Boy Tab
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21ST CENTURY (DIGITAL BOY)
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 1994 Album STRANGER THAN FICTION)
Transcribed by LocoXXL
Words and Music by Brett Gurewitz
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Solo'
Intro 1st Verse
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-6-6-x-x---------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6--|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------0-0-x-x-|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-x-x---------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6---------|-4-4-4-4----------|
|-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|---------0-0-x-x-|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4-|---------0-0-0-0-|---------2-2-2-2--|
E E E E E E E E E H.. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-x-x---------|-------------|-6-6-x-x---------|------------------|
|-6-6-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-6-----------|-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6--|
|-4-4-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-6-----------|-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6--|
|---------0-0-0-2-|-4-----------|---------0-0-x-x-|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-x-x---------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6---------|-4-4-4-4----------|
|-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|---------0-0-x-x-|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4-|---------0-0-0-0-|---------2-2-2-2--|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-6-x-x---------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-6-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-4-4-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|---------0-0-0-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6---------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-x-x---------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------0-0-x-x-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H..
|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-6-6-x-x---------|----------||
|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-6-6-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-6--------||
|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-4-4-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-6--------||
|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4-|---------0-0-0-2-|-4--------||
2nd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-x-x---------|-----------------|-6-6-x-x---------|------------------|
|-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-6-6-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6--|
|-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6-|-4-4-x-x-2-2-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-7-7-6-6--|
|---------0-0-x-x-|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4-|---------0-0-x-x-|-2-2-x-x-5-5-4-4--|
PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-6-6-6-6---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-x-x---------|------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-x-x-2-2-2-4-|------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-x-x-2-2-2-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|---------0-0-0-0-|---------2-2-2-2-|---------0-0-0-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6---------|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------5-5-5-5-|
PM--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bad_religion/21st_century_digital_boy_tab_ver_7.html ]
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-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-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
W W Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|----------|----------|--------------|---------------||
|----------|----------|--------------|---------------||
|-2--------|-4--------|--------------|---------------||
|-2--------|-4--------|-6----6----6--|-6----6----6---||
|-0--------|-2--------|-6----6----6--|-6----6----6---||
|----------|-0--------|-4----4----4--|-4----4----4---||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--6-6-6-6----------|-----------4-4-4-4-|
|--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-|-2--2--2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|--4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------5-5-5-5-|-0--0--0-0---------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
| H H E E E E H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-14-------14-------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-9h11h13p9---------|
|-------------------|-----------9-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-6--6---------6--6----------------|-------------4--4--4--4-------|
|-6--6---------6--6--7--7--7--7----|---2--2-2-2--4--4--4--4-------|
|-4--4---------4--4--7--7--7--7----|---2--2-2-2--2--2--2--2-------|
|--------------------5--5--5--5----|---0--0-0-0-------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| E E +Q E S S E E +H S S E Q
|----------------------------------|------------------14S16b16.5==|
|----------------------------------|------------14-17-------------|
|---13b13.5==(13)r==13-11----------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------14-11-14-|-(14)-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---6---6--6-6----------------|-------------------|--6--6-6-6-----------|
|---6---6--6-6--7--7-----7--7-|--2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|--6--6-6-6-7-7---7-7-|
|---4---4--4-4--7--7-----7--7-|--2--2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-7-7---7-7-|
|---------------5--5-----5--5-|--0--0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-----------5-5---5-5-|
|
| ~
| +E Q. E S S E E Q. E Q Q +E E Q E S S E E
|-(16)r16------16-14----------|---------------7---|-(7)-----------------|
|--------------------17-14-17-|-17\-------9---9---|-(9)-9-9---9-7-------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------9-6-9-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--2--2--2----2-4-4----4-------4--|
|--2--2--2----2-4-4----4-------4--|
|--0--0--0----0-2-2----2-------2--|
|
| ~~~
| +Q S S Q S S E +E
|---------------------------------|
|----------------------9b9.5==(9)-|
|-(9)-------------9-11------------|
|-------11-9-11-------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|--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--------4---4---4---4---4---4---4----|--4-4--4----4--4-----4-4-4-||
|
| ~
| S a S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E Q E
|--------7-------7---7-------7----------|---------------------------||
|-9-(9)r---9-7-9---9---9-7-9---9-7------|---------------------------||
|----------------------------------9----|---------------------------||
|------------------------------------11-|-11-9----------------------||
|---------------------------------------|------11-9----11pb12r9---9-||
|---------------------------------------|-----------11--------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-6-6-6-6---------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6---------|------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--||
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--||
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--||
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6---------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6---------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------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-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
H.=H Q=Q=130
E E E E E E E E H. +S S S S +H H
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-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-|-4-------(4)-4-4-4-|-(4)----4\----*|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------|--------------*|
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
-----------
| - 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
