Green Day · 1994 · drums by Tré Cool
When I Come Around
From Dookie. Beginner · Straight · punk
Tempo
99BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Beginner
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 69 and climbs to 99 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A mid-tempo backbeat with the kick on one and three, open hats in the chorus, and simple snare fills. Green Day at walking pace — a beginner song with a good feel to learn.
Beginner: A steady beat and a fill or two — first-gig material.
Tré Cool
- Read the Tré Cool feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Tré Cool's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1994 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Tré Cool songs
Songs at about 99 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.