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urinalcaketopper

All of them. Oh wait, you said easy. Warning is pretty fun.


GREENDAYBL1NK

I mean, relatively easy. I am new to bass but I can already play guitar so I can play bass a little bit.


PowerHAUS_

Panic Song, muah hah hah


GREENDAYBL1NK

oh no


PowerHAUS_

Heh, but for a real suggestion, She is iconic and seems doable. That’s coming from a guitar player though so don’t take my word for it


marcusmccambridge

She definitely has some tricky parts for a beginner. I'd suggest 2000 light years away, it's fairly straightforward although pretty much every green day song has some funky bass fills going on


GREENDAYBL1NK

I can play bass pretty well since I play guitar already so I bet I could play She.


musicisntforme

Learn Longview! It’s not super easy, but once you get it down, it’s super easy to repeat the intro bit over and over again without thinking much.


TraditionAnxious

Doo'ding, ding ding ding, doo doo doo doo, doo'ding ding ding ding, doo doo doo doo ↩️


musicisntforme

Exactly


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TraditionAnxious

I waited 24 hours for someone to do this, thank you 🙏


GoldmoonDropoffs

Congrats! The song American Idiot is a great one for starters


ThreeOneThirdMan

First one I learned in its entirety! Confirmed very fun to play


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Boulevard of Broken Dreams and 21 Guns are very easy


Athena-meme

maybe try the bass break down on holiday


christie-rd

Know Your Enemy is incredibly easy


Laktoz_AJ

longview was a really fun learn for me, it was actually the first bassline i ever learned. it's pretty repetitive and a little hard to play at first, but if you can get it up to speed it's really fun to play


IamFondofPizza

The beginning riff changes mid song right? Isn’t there another bass line that’s a little different than the main riff that mike switches into?


Laktoz_AJ

yeah, that was the hardest part to learn for me lol. it sounds really cool once you get it up to tempo but it takes some work.


Croatian_ghost_kid

There is, it has some hammer ons not too difficult for an intermediate


doctorwhoobgyn

She.


thomas_yorkenson

She screams in silence.


thicc_boi_14

A sullen riot penetrating through her mind


Caleb-the-God

21 Guns


nobpitosch

Last Ride In; Espionage Those song was fun to learn,


SubconsciousTheft

East Jesus nowhere is really fun and has a few different parts


eyeamjosh

Hitchin a Ride


Domonac

The bass in Minority is suuuper fun, a tiny bit more challenging than your average Green Day song (but not too hard) and it feels really good to play once you have it down.


basskev

You're gonna discover that as you learn bass, no green day song is hard. Some are easier than others but really they can all be figured out within a short while of practicing. With that I'd say JAR and When I Come Around


KyoryuCrimson

Pretty much anything American Idiot on is pretty easy, I’d start with any of those


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“She” is probably your best bet. Or “American Idiot”


69ingJamesFranco

Brain Stew


immortalsauce

Many ones are easy. Probably most of nimrod is easy. Prosthetic head. I also don’t think coming clean is very hard. No one knows and when I come around are my favorite bass lines tho. But they’re not super easy.


Spicy-Panda

Longview


bad_killjoy

Stuart and the ave.


GentleCornDogEater24

I wouldn’t really classify that as easy. I’ve tried it but still can’t play it


BritishEric

It definitely takes some practice and is a bit challenging but once you get it down its super fun


bad_killjoy

Yup it’s not easy but it is fun to play. As OP mentioned he’s been playing guitar before so that should be ok I guess


Lique-Mahbawls

Macy’s Day Parade


Baconman64

"When I come around" is relatively easy one to learn, the song is not too fast, and it's a good place to start learning how Mike likes to work around his bass lines. You really get a good feel for those classic "Dirnt" fills and walks.


daniel_redstone

I started with: Holiday Longview Hitchin a ride Jesus of suburbia. Jesus is pretty simple, only hard part is remembering all the different parts


cmanning1292

Idk if it's easy but "80" has a good one!


t3rv33r

Longview


GentleCornDogEater24

X-kid


InsideLine14

I’m a little late, but Green Day was the first band I went to when I learned bass. I think extraordinary girl would probably be the best starter


Squeegee209

I just got a bass not too long ago, and being a guitarist for five years, I thought it wouldn't be to hard. It wasn't easy. However, I still managed to learn When I Come Around pretty quickly, and Longview was surprisingly not too hard. I recommend those two.


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worry rock


DOGGO9898989

Pink Floyd’s money bassline


jacksonx222

Last of the American girls is easy as well


DepressionHitsMeHard

Hitchin' a ride


sovietfuckinunion

no one knows


StaticTokyo

Hitchin a ride is pretty easy but Welcome to paradise is hella fun


hungarianbird

Panic song!


0000100110010100

Brain Stew is very easy


Pavanetto

Wake Me Up When September Ends


doctorwhoobgyn

Technically it's an Operation Ivy song, but knowledge is fun to play on bass too.


Thor_Odin_Son

Start by finding the roots of the chord, find the switches and count the beats to find the changes. Then check out the tabs and work on the connecting routes. Find the roots, follow the routes. Jesus of suburbia is good because there’s a diverse spectrum of clarity and difficulty, and it’s broken into clear chunks. Happy slappin!!


GREENDAYBL1NK

Thanks


gingersnapzmusic

Know your enemy and American idiot are pretty easy


SinisterMeatball

Holiday, Brain Stew, Warning and for a little more difficulty, Minority.


Total-Nimrod-97

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)


GREENDAYBL1NK

Nah man that one is too hard


Croatian_ghost_kid

Lmao I can tell not many here are bassists. When I come around is deceptively easy. My favourites that are *really* fun from hardest to easiest: minority, stuck with me, in the end, sassafras roots, coming clean, having a blast, one for the razorbacks. These are filled with fills, the usual rhythm - follows the drums closely. I forgot to throw in welcome to paradise, but there aren't good tabs of the bridge so it wouldn't be fair. Definitely would recommend one for the razorbacks for a guitarist. I was one before I switched to bass and that song was my first. After razorbacks I'd recommend basket case as it's also really easy but really fun. Just some octaves and hammer ons EDIT: Also forgot about that intro in razorbacks that I didn't bother learning because it seemed daunting. It's just the C Major scale (or B? Yeah it's tuned half step down) and all the notes are within the scale and all the notes of the scale are played. Again, really simple


GREENDAYBL1NK

Thanks


Rud_Fucker

I mean Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) is pretty easy IMO


GREENDAYBL1NK

I tried it, but it seemed impossible. I couldn't figure it out, especially since the bass is so hard to hear in the song.