Band: Goo Goo Dolls
Song: Big Machine
Album: Gutterflower and Live in Buffalo CD/DVD
Tuning (This isnt the correct tuning for Guitar 1 but its the easiest way
to tune the guitar than how johnny does it)
Guitar 1 : DADGBe
Guitar 2 : EADGBe
Bass : EADG
Johnny doesn’t use the D string in this song (you can see if you look closely in the
DVD) and all the times chords are played involving this string they will be put as muted (x)
He plays it differently in the live version - he plays each chord one note lower, e.g.:
Gutterflower version: Live version:
e|---| |---|
B|---| |---|
G|-7-| |-6-|
D|-x-| |-x-|
A|-5-| |-4-|
D|---| |---|
I will tab the gutterflower version, so for the live version just move each chord down a note.
Intro (Guitar 1) x1
e|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
B|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
G|-88-8-77-x-|-7/88-8-77-x-|---------------------|
D|-xx-x-xx-x-|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|---------------------|
A|-66-6-55-x-|-5/66-6-55-x-|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
D|-----------|-------------|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
x2
e|-------------|-------------------|
B|-------------|-------------------|
G|-7/88-8-77-x-|-------------------|
D|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|-------------------|
A|-5/66-6-55-x-|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
D|-------------|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
(Guitar 2) x1
e|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-88-8-77-x-|-7/88-8-77-x-|-12-12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-x-10-|
D|-xx-x-xx-x-|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|-x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x--|
A|-66-6-55-x-|-5/66-6-55-x-|-10-10-10-10--10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-x-8--|
E|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
x2
e|-------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7/88-8-77-x-|-10~--88--12-12-12-12--10-10-x-8-|
D|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|-x----xx--x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x-|
A|-5/66-6-55-x-|-8~~--66--10-10-10-10--8--8--x-6-|
E|-------------|---------------------------------|
(Bass)
G|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
D|-----------|-------------|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
A|-66-6-55-x-|-5h66-6-55-x-|---------------------|
E|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
x2
G|-------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
A|-5h66-6-55-x-|-------------------|
E|-------------|-------------------|
Verse (guitar 1)
x2
e|-------------|---------------------|
B|-------------|---------------------|
G|-7/88-8-77-x-|---------------------|
D|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|---------------------|
A|-5/66-6-55-x-|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
D|-------------|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
x2
e|-------------|-------------------|
B|-------------|-------------------|
G|-7/88-8-77-x-|-------------------|
D|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|-------------------|
A|-5/66-6-55-x-|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
D|-------------|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
x2
e|--------------|---------------------|
B|--------------|---------------------|
G|-7/88888877-x-|---------------------|
D|-x-xxxxxxxx-x-|---------------------|
A|-5/66666666-x-|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
D|--------------|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
x2
e|--------------|-------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------|
G|-7/88888877-x-|-------------------|
D|-x-xxxxxxxx-x-|-------------------|
A|-5/66666666-x-|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
D|--------------|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
Verse (Guitar 2)
x2
e|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7/88-8-77-x-|-12-12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-x-10-|
D|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|-x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x--|
A|-5/66-6-55-x-|-10-10-10-10--10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-x-8--|
E|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
x2
e|-------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------|--------------------------------|
G|-7/88-8-77-x-|-10~--88-12-12-12-12--10-10-x-8-|
D|-x-xx-x-xx-x-|-x----xx-x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x-|
A|-5/66-6-55-x-|-8~~--66-10-10-10-10--8--8--x-6-|
E|-------------|--------------------------------|
x2
e|--------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7/88888877-x-|-12-12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-x-10-|
D|-x-xxxxxxxx-x-|-x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x--|
A|-5/66666666-x-|-10-10-10-10--10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-x-8--|
E|--------------|---------------------------------------------|
x2
e|--------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------|--------------------------------|
G|-7/88888877-x-|-10~--88-12-12-12-12--10-10-x-8-|
D|-x-xxxxxxxx-x-|-x----xx-x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x-|
A|-5/66666666-x-|-8~~--66-10-10-10-10--8--8--x-6-|
E|--------------|--------------------------------|
Verse (Bass) x2
G|-------------|---------------------|
D|-------------|-5555-55-5555-55-x-3-|
A|-5h66-6-55-x-|---------------------|
E|-------------|---------------------|
x2
G|-------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|-3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
A|-5h66-6-55-x-|-------------------|
E|-------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------555555-5-555-55-x-3-|
A|-666666-6-666666-6-x---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------3~-11-5555-33-x-1-|
A|-666666-6-666666-6-x-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Chorus (Guitar 1) x2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-8-888-3-333-5-555-3-333-|
D|-8-888-3-333-5-555-3-333-|
Chorus (Guitar 2) x2
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-15--15-15-15--10--10-10-10--12--12-12-12--10--10-10-10-|
D|-x---x--x--x---x---x--x--x---x---x--x--x---x---x--x--x--|
A|-13--13-13-13--8---8--8--8---10--10-10-10--8---8--8--8--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Bass) x2
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-6-666-1-111-3-333-1-111-|
Post Chorus/Interlude x1 (Guitar 1)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10--10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-x--x--x--x---x--x---x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A|-8--8--8--8---8--8---8---8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Post Chorus/Interlude x1 (Guitar 2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-15-15-15-15--15-15--15--15-15-15-15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|-x--x--x--x---x--x---x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A|-13-13-13-13--13-13--13--13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Post Chorus/Interlude x1 (Bass)
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-8888-88-8-8888-8888888-|
E|------------------------|
Verse x1, Chorus x2, Post Chorus/Interlude x3
End Chorus (Guitar 1) x4 (1s not 11s)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-5-55555--3-33333--1-11111--1-11111-|
D|-5-55555--3-33333--1-11111--1-11111-|
End Chorus (guitar 2) x4
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10-10-10-888888-888888-|
D|-x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--xxxxxx-xxxxxx-|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8--8--8--8--8--666666-666666-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
End Chorus (Bass) x4
G|------------------------------------|
D|-5-55555--3-33333--1-11111--1-11111-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
The last time through, just play the last chord once to finish:
(Guitar 1)
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-1~~-|
D|-1~~-|
(Guitar 2)
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-8~~-|
D|-x---|
A|-6~~-|
E|-----|
(Bass)
G|-----|
D|-1~~-|
A|-----|
E|-----|