Song: The Story of My Old Man
Band: Good Charlotte
Album: The Young and the Hopeless
Standard tuning
Tabber: Jason Goncalves
Email: [email protected]

Good song, get the cd

Intro: slight distortion
e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--X5-
D-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----- 
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----
E-----------------------------

Verse: Now with heavier distortion
e---------------    --------------------------------
B---------------    --------------------------------
G---------------    -444444444444-------------------
D-22222-4444444-    -444444444444-22222-4444444--X2-
A-22222-4444444-    -222222222222-22222-4444444-----
E-00000-2222222-    --------------00000-2222222-----

e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-44-xx-4444444---------------
D-44-xx-4444444-22222-4444444-
A-22-xx-2222222-22222-4444444-
E---------------00000-2222222-

Pre-chorus:

1st guitar does:
e-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
B-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
G----------------------------X3-  ---------------------------------------
D-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
A-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
E-44444-2222222-000000000000----  -44444-2222222-00000000000000000000000-

2nd guitar does:
e-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
B-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
G-88888-6666666-444444444444-X3-  -88888-6666666-44444444444444444444444-
D-xxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx----  -xxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
A-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
E-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------

Chorus: clean
e-----------------------------  ---------------
B---4-----4-----4-----4-------  ---4-----4-----
G-----4-----4-----4-----4-----  -----4-----4---
D--------------------------X3-  ---------------
A-2---------------------------  -2-------------
E-------4-----0-----0---------  -------4-----0-

Intro: slight distortion
e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--X3-
D-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----- 
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----
E-----------------------------

Verse: Now with heavier distortion
e---------------    --------------------------------
B---------------    --------------------------------
G---------------    -444444444444-------------------
D-22222-4444444-    -444444444444-22222-4444444--X2-
A-22222-4444444-    -222222222222-22222-4444444-----
E-00000-2222222-    --------------00000-2222222-----

e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-44-xx-4444444---------------
D-44-xx-4444444-22222-4444444-
A-22-xx-2222222-22222-4444444-
E---------------00000-2222222-

Pre-chorus:

1st guitar does:
e-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
B-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
G----------------------------X3-  ---------------------------------------
D-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
A-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
E-44444-2222222-000000000000----  -44444-2222222-00000000000000000000000-

2nd guitar does:
e-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
B-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
G-88888-6666666-444444444444-X3-  -88888-6666666-44444444444444444444444-
D-xxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx----  -xxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
A-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
E-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------

Chorus: clean
e-----------------------------  -------------------
B---4-----4-----4-----4-------  ---4-----4-----4---
G-----4-----4-----4-----4-----  -----4-----4-----4-
D--------------------------X6-  -------------------
A-2---------------------------  -2-----------------
E-------4-----0-----0---------  -------4-----0-----

Pick scrape

Breakdown:

Both guitars do:
e-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
B-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------
G-88888-6666666-444444444444-X3-  -88888-6666666-44444444444444444444444-
D-xxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx----  -xxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
A-66666-4444444-222222222222----  -66666-4444444-22222222222222222222222-
E-------------------------------  ---------------------------------------

End with:

e----------------------------  ----------------
B----------------------------  ----------------
G-44444-------------------X3-  -4444-----------
D-44444-66666-22222222222----  -4444-6666666-2-
A-22222-66666-22222222222----  -2222-6666666-2-
E-------44444-00000000000----  ------4444444-0-