Greenday
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
Act I: Heroes and Cons
1. Song Of The Century
2. 21st Century Breakdown
3. Know Your Enemy
4. Viva La Gloria
5. Before The Lobotomy
6. Christian's Inferno
7. Last Night On Earth
Act II: Charlatans and Saints
8. East Jesus Nowhere
9. Peacemaker
10. Last Of The American Girls
11. Murder City
12. Little Girl
13. Restless Heart Syndrome
Act III: Horseshoes and Handgrenades
14. Horseshoes And Handgrenades
15. The Static Age
16. 21 Guns
17. American Eulogy
17.1. Mass Hysteria
17.2. American Eulogy
18. See The Light
Bonus Track
19. Lights Out
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Act I. Heroes And Cons
1.) Song Of The Century
Key: C
Chords used:
C x32010
F 133211
G 320003
Verse 1:
C F C
Sing us a song of the century
C
That's louder than bombs
G
And Eternity
C F C
The era of static and contraband
C G
That's leading us to the promised land
F C F C
Tell us a story by candlelight
F C F G
Waging a war and losing the fight
Verse 2:
C F C
They're playing the song of the century
C G
Of panic and promise and prosperity
F C F C
Tell me a story into that goodnight
F G C(hold)
Sing us a song for me
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2.) 21st Century Breakdown
Key: C# then G#
Chords used:
C# x46664
G# 466544
F# 244322
Bbm x13321
G#/C x365xx
Intro:
Piano/Acoustic Guitar: Same Intro to the song See The Light
C# G# x8
Guitar 2:
e|-11-----11-----11-----11-----11-------|
B|----9------9------9------9------9---9-|
G|------8------8------8------8------8---|
D|--------------------------------------| x8
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Distortion: C# G# F# x2
Verse 1:
C# G# F#
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
C# G# F#
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
C# G# F#
The last one born and the first one to run
C# G# F#
My town was blind from refinery sun
Refrain:
Bbm F#
My generation is zero
Bbm F# G#
I never made it as a working class hero
Guitar 2: Refrain
Bbm F# Bbm F# G#
e|---------|-6-----6h7p6---|---------|---------|------|
B|---------|---7---------7-|---------|---------|------|
G|-3-3-3-3-|-----6---------|-3-3-3-3-|---------|------|
D|-3-3-3-3-|---------------|-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
A|-1-1-1-1-|---------------|-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
E|---------|---------------|---------|-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-|
Chorus 1:
C# G# F#
21st century breakdown
C#
I once was lost
G# F#
but never was found
C#
I think I'm losing
G# F#
what's left of my mind
C# G# F#
to the 20th century deadline
Interlude: C# G# F# x2
Guitar 2:
C# G# F#
e|------4----4---|-4--6-|-4------|
B|----6----6---6-|------|----7-6-|
G|-6-------------|------|--------|
D|---------------|------|--------|
A|---------------|------|--------|
E|---------------|------|--------|
Verse 2:
C# G# F#
I was made of poison and blood
C# G# F#
Condemnation is what I understood
C# G# F#
Video games to the tower's fall
C# G# F#
Homeland Security could kill us all
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude: Beat Changes from slow to fast
G# x8
Guitar 2:
G#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-|
D|-6--------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Bridge:
G# C#
We are the cries of the class of '13
G# C#
Born in the year of humility
G# C#
we are the desperate in the decline
G# C# x4
Raised by the bastards of 1969
Guitar 2:
C#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-6-|
G|-6--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Verse 3:
C#
My name is 'No one'
F# G# C#
your long lost son
C# G#
Born on the 4th of July
C#
Raised in the barnyards
F# G# C#
of he roes and cons
C# G#
Left me for dead or alive
Verse 4:
C#
I am a nation
F# G# C#
A worker of pride
C# G#
My debt to the status quo
C#
The scars on my hands
F# G# C#
And the means to an end
C# G#
Is all that I have to show
Interlude: C# F# x4
Guitar 2:
C# F#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---|---|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-|-6-|
G|-6------------------------------|---|
D|--------------------------------|---| x4
A|--------------------------------|---|
E|--------------------------------|---|
Verse 5:
C#
I swallowed my pride
F# G# C#
And I choked on my faith
C#
I've given my heart and my
G# C#
soul I've broken my fingers
F# G# C#
And lied through my teeth
C# G#
The pillar of damage control
Verse 6:
C#
I've been to the edge
F# G# C#
And I've thrown the bouquet
C# G#
Of flowers left over the grave
C#
I sat in the waiting
F# G# C#
room Wasting my time
C# G#
And waiting for judgement day
Chorus 2:
F# G# C# F# G# C#
I praise liberty the freedom to o bey
F# G# C#
It's a song that strangles me
F# C# G#
Well don't cross the line
F# F# C# G# x3
G#(hold) G#(hold) G#(hold) |G#(hold)
G#(hold) G#(hold) G#7(hold) G#7 |(hold)
Guitar 2:
G# G#7
e|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---------------4-4--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-----5-5-5------5-5-5-|-------------|
D|-6---------------------------------6-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
Guitar Solo: C# G#/C Bbm G# F# a C#
Guitar 2:
C# G#/C Bbm G# F# a C#
e|-13---13-|-11--13--11-|----|-11-------|-9-----------|-----------|----------|
B|---------|------------|-14-|----13----|---11--------|-10--9-----|-9--------|
G|---------|------------|----|-------13-|------11--11-|--------11-|----10----|
D|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|-------11-|
A|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
E|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
Outro:
C# G#/C Bbm
Oh Dream America dream
G# F#
I can't even sleep
a C#
From the lights early dawn
C# G#/C Bbm
Oh Scream America scream
G# F#
Believe what you see
a(hold)
From heroes and cons?
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3.) Know Your Enemy
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
E 022100
F# 244322
a x02220
Intro: Drumbeats x4
B E B B E B a x2
Chorus:
B E B
Do you know the enemy?
B E B
Do you know your enemy?
a B
Well gotta know
E B F#
the enemy Wah Ay
(Repeat x3)
Verse 1:
B E B
Violence is an energy
B E B
Against the enemy
a B
Well violence is
E B F#
an energy Wah Ay
B E B
Bringing on the fu ry
B E B
The choir infantry
a B E
Revolt against the honor
B F#
to obey (Oh weh oh weh)
B E B
Overthrow the effigy
B E B
The vast majority
a B E
Well burning down the foreman
B F#
of control (Oh weh oh weh)
B E B
Silence is the enemy
B E B
Against your urgency
a B E B
So rally up the demons of
F#
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)
(Repeat Chorus but only twice)
Bridge:
E B
The insurgency will rise
E
When the bloods
B
been sacrificed
E
Don't be blinded by
B F# B F# F# B F#
the lies In your eyes Say!
Guitar 2: Bridge:
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
E 022100
F# 244322
a x02220
Intro: Drumbeats x4
B E B B E B a x2
Chorus:
B E B
Do you know the enemy?
B E B
Do you know your enemy?
a B
Well gotta know
E B F#
the enemy Wah Ay
(Repeat x3)
Verse 1:
B E B
Violence is an energy
B E B
Against the enemy
a B
Well violence is
E B F#
an energy Wah Ay
B E B
Bringing on the fu ry
B E B
The choir infantry
a B E
Revolt against the honor
B F#
to obey (Oh weh oh weh)
B E B
Overthrow the effigy
B E B
The vast majority
a B E
Well burning down the foreman
B F#
of control (Oh weh oh weh)
B E B
Silence is the enemy
B E B
Against your urgency
a B E B
So rally up the demons of
F#
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)
(Repeat Chorus but only twice)
Bridge:
E B
The insurgency will rise
E
When the bloods
B
been sacrificed
E
Don't be blinded by
B F# B F# F# B F#
the lies In your eyes Say!
Guitar 2: Bridge:
E B
e|----------------------|-------------11-------|
B|-------12-------12----|-------12----------12-|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-14-14----14-14----14-|-13-13----13----13----| x3
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
F# B F# B F#
e|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
B|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
G|------|-4-4-|----------|-4-4-|-----|
D|-4--4-|-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-|-4-4-|-4-4-|
A|-4--4-|-2-2-|-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-|-4-4-|
E|-2--2-|-----|-2-2--2-2-|-----|-2-2-|
Guitar Solo:
B E B B E B a B E B F | x2
E B x3 F# B F# F# B F# E | x2
Guitar 2: Solo
B E B E a
e|----------|----------|-----------------|-11-------|-----|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|--------12----12-|-------12-|-----|
G|----------|-11-------|-11-11-----11----|----11----|-----|
D|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
A|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
E|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
|
B E B F# | x2
e|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|-12----|-14-14----14-14----14----|
G|----------|-11-------|----11-|-------11-------11----11-|
D|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
A|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
E|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
E B
e|----------------------|-------------------|
B|-------12----------12-|-----------12------|
G|----------------------|------11------11---|
D|-14-14----14-14-13----|-9--9----9-------9-| x3
A|----------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|
F# B F# B F# E x2(Guitar 1 Only)
e|----|
B|-13-|
G|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|----|
Verse 2:
F# B F#
Well Violence is an energy
F# B F# B
(Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F# B F#
Oh from here to eternity
F# B F# B
(Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F# B F#
Well Violence is an energy
F# B F# B
(Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F# B F#
Silence is the enemy
F# B F#
So gimme gimme revolution
Interlude:
B E B B E B a x2
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
B E B
Overthrow the effigy
B E B
The vast majority
a B E
Well burning down the
B F#
foreman of control
(Oh weh oh weh)
B E B
Silence is the enemy
B E B
Against your urgency
a B E B
So rally up the demons of
F# B(hold)
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)
F# B F# B F#
e|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
B|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
G|------|-4-4-|----------|-4-4-|-----|
D|-4--4-|-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-|-4-4-|-4-4-|
A|-4--4-|-2-2-|-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-|-4-4-|
E|-2--2-|-----|-2-2--2-2-|-----|-2-2-|
Guitar Solo:
B E B B E B a B E B F | x2
E B x3 F# B F# F# B F# E | x2
Guitar 2: Solo
B E B E a
e|----------|----------|-----------------|-11-------|-----|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|--------12----12-|-------12-|-----|
G|----------|-11-------|-11-11-----11----|----11----|-----|
D|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
A|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
E|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
|
B E B F# | x2
e|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|-12----|-14-14-------14----14----|
G|----------|-11-------|----11-|-------11-11----11----11-|
D|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
A|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
E|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
E B
e|----------------------|-------------------|
B|-------12----------12-|-----------12------|
G|----------------------|------11------11---|
D|-14-14----14-14-13----|-9--9----9-------9-| x3
A|----------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|
F# B F# B F# E x2(Guitar 1 Only)
e|----|
B|-13-|
G|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|----|
Verse 2:
F# B F#
Well Violence is an energy
F# B F# B
(Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F# B F#
Oh from here to eternity
F# B F# B
(Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F# B F#
Well Violence is an energy
F# B F# B
(Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F# B F#
Silence is the enemy
F# B F#
So gimme gimme revolution
Interlude:
B E B B E B a x2
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
B E B
Overthrow the effigy
B E B
The vast majority
a B E
Well burning down the
B F#
foreman of control
(Oh weh oh weh)
B E B
Silence is the enemy
B E B
Against your urgency
a B E B
So rally up the demons of
F# B(hold)
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)
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4.) Viva La Gloria
Key: E
Chords used:
E 022100
G#m 466444
a x02220
am x02210
B x24442
C#m x46654
B/Eb x698xx
Intro: Piano
E G#m a E
Verse 1:
E G#m
Hey Gloria
a E
Are you standing close to the edge?
E G#m
Lookout to the setting sun
a B
The brink of your vision
E G#m
Eternal youth is
a E
A landscpe from the lie
E G#m
The cracks of my skin can prove
a B
As the years will testify
Refrain 1:
C#m G#m
Say your prayers and light a fire
a E B/Eb
Were going to start a war
C#m G#m
Your slogans a gun for hire
a B(hold)
It's what we waited for
Verse 2:
E G#m
Hey Gloria
a E
This is what were on the edge
E G#m
The fight of our lives been drawn to
a E(hold)
This undying love
Interlude: Beat Changes from Ballad Piano to Fast Punk Rock
Chorus 1:
E G#m
Gloria, Viva La Gloria
C#m
You blast your name
a
In graffiti on the walls
am
Falling thought broken glass that's
E B C#m
Slashing thought your spirit
a B
I can hear it like a jilted crowd
Chorus 2:
E G#m
Gloria, Where are you Gloria?
C#m
You found a home
a
In all your scars and ammunition
am E
You made your bed in salad days
B C#m
Amongst the ruins
a B
Ashes to ashes of our youth
Verse 3:
E G#m C#m
She smashed her knuckles into winter
a E B
As autumns wind fades into black
E G#m C#m
She is the saint on all the sinners
a E B
The one that's fallen thought the cracks
Refrain 2:
a B
So don't put away your burning light
Chorus 3:
E G#m
Gloria, Where are you Gloria?
C#m
Don't lose your faith
a
To your lost naivete
am
Weather the storm and don't look
E B C#m
Back on last november
a B
When your banner where burning down
Chorus 4:
E G#m
Gloria, Viva La Gloria
C#m
Send me you amenesty down
a
To the broken hearted
am
Bring us the season
E B C#m
That we always will remember
a B
Don't let the bonfires go out
Outro:
a E
So Gloria,
a E a
Send out your message of the light
E B
That Shadow in the night
a E a E
Gloria, Where's your undying love?
a E B
Tell me the story of your life
E E E E E(hold)
your life
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5.) Before The Lobotomy
Key: F# then C#
Chords used:
F# 244322
C#/F 143xxx
E 022100
B x24442
Bm x24432
C# x46664
G# 466544
a x02220
E 022100
C#9 x46644
C#sus x46674
Intro: Plucking
F# C#/F E
B Bm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-------2-4-2-----|-------2-4-2-----|---------4-------|-----3-----3-----|
G|-----------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----4-----4-----|-------------4---|
D|-------4---4-----|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4-----4-----4-|
A|---1-4-------4-1-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|-2-------------2-|-2-----2---------|
E|-2---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
x2 x2 x2
Verse 1:
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground
Interlude: beat switch from slow to fast
C# F# G# x6
Verse 2:
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G#
G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F#
F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulo gy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F#
F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F#
F# G# C#
From the end of the century
Refrain 1:
F# C# G# F# C# G#
Well It's e nough to make you sick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
To cast a stone and throw a brick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
And when the sky is falling down
F# C# G# F# C# G#
It burned your dreams into the ground
Verse 3:
C# C#9 C#sus C# C#
G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F#
F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F#
F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#(hold) C# F# G#
G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
Refrain 2:
F# C# G#
Well i'm not stoned
F# C# G#
I'm just fucked up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I'm not cursed Cause i've been blessed
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I'm not in love Cause i'm a mess
Chorus:
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
B F# D a
The brutality of reality
C# C# (Guitar solo)
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Guitar 2: Solo
C#
e|--------1--1h2-4--4h6-7--4--9---|
B|-2--2h4-----------------------7-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Outro:
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B D
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B D
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B D
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground
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6.) Christian's Inferno
Key: D
Chords used:
Bm x24432
G 320033
C x32010
D xx0232
a x02220
Em 022000
F 133211
Intro: Bm G C x2
Verse 1:
Bm
I got under the grip
G C
Between the modern hell
Bm
I got the rejection
G
letter in the mail and
C
It was already ripped to shreds
Bm
Season in a ruin and
G
This bitter pill is
C
chased with blood
Bm
There's fire in my veins
G
And it's pouring
a
out like a fool
Chorus:
D a D G
Woah Christian's Inferno
D a D G
Woah Christian's Inferno
D a D G
Woah Christian's Inferno
D a D G
Woah Christian's Inferno
Interlude: Bm G C x2
Verse 2:
Bm
This diabolic state
G C
is gracing my existence
Bm
Like a catrastophic baby
G
Maybe, Maybe you're a
C
chemical reaction
Bm
I am the atom bomb
G C
I am the chosen one
Bm
Toxin our reservoir
G a
And the return man to ape
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude)
Guitar Solo: Bm Em C D Bm x4
Guitar 2: Solo
Bm Em C D Bm
e|-7-7----7-7---|-7-7----7-7---|-8-8----8-8-|-10-10-|-7-7----7-7---|
B|-----7------7-|-----7------7-|-----8------|-------|-----7------7-|
G|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------| x3
A|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
Bm Em C D Bm
e|-7-7----7-7---|-7-7----7-7---|-8-8----8-8-|-10-10-|-7-7----7/8/9-|
B|-----7------7-|-----7------7-|-----8------|-------|-----7--------|
G|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: G F x4, G F G F Bm(hold)
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7.) Last Night On Earth
Key: a
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
a x02220
A2 x03220
A3 x04220
A7 x02020
D xx0232
Dm xx0231
F#m 244222
Intro: Piano
a A2 A3 A7 D Dm a
Verse 1:
a A2 A3
I text a postcard sent to you
A7
Did it go through?
D Dm a
Sending all my love to you
a A2
You are the moonlight
A3 A7
of my life every night
D Dm a
Giving all my love to you
Chorus 1:
D Dm a
My beating heart belong to you
D Dm a
I walk for miles 'til i found you
D Dm
I'm here to honor you
a A7 F#m E D
If I lose everything in the fire
Dm(hold)
I'm sending all my love to you
Guitar Solo: a A2 A3 A7 D Dm a
Guitar 2:
a A2 A3 A7
e|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1---1---1-|---2---2---2---2-|---3---3---3---3-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D Dm a
e|-2--2--2--2-|-1--1--1--1-|------------------------|
B|------------|------------|-3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-|
G|------------|------------|------------------------|
D|------------|------------|------------------------|
A|------------|------------|------------------------|
E|------------|------------|------------------------|
Verse 2:
a A2 A3
With every breath that I am worth
A7
Here on earth
D Dm a
I'm sending all my love to you
a A2 A3
So if you dare to second guess
A7 D
You can rest assured
Dm a
That all my love's for you
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: a A2 A3 A7 D Dm a x2
Guitar 2:
a A2 A3 A7 D
a
e|---|-0--0-|-1--1-|-2--2-|-3--5-|-2--5-|-1--5-|-0-|
B|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
G|-2-|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
D|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---| x2
A|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
E|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
Chorus 2:
D Dm a
My beating heart belong to you
D Dm a
I walk for miles til i found you
D Dm
I'm here to honor you
a A7 F#m E D
If I lose everything in the fire
Dm(hold)
Did I come and make it through
Outro: a A2 A3 A7 D Dm A(hold)
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Act II. Charlatans And Saints
8.) East Jesus Nowhere
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Em 022000
G 320033
C x32010
D xx0232
B x24442
a x02220
F 133211
E 022100
Intro: Em G Em D Em x8 D a
Verse 1:
Em D a
Raise your hands now to testify
Em D a
Your confessions will be crucified
Em D am
You're a sacrificial suicide
Em D a
Like a dog that's been sodomized
Em G Em D Em
[Stand up!] all the white boys
Em G Em D Em
[Sit down!] all the black girls
Em G Em D Em
You're the soldiers
Em G Em D Em Dm a
of the new world
Refrain 1:
B D a
Put your faith in a miracle
B D a
And it's non denominational
B D a
Join the choir we will be singing
B D
In the church of wishful thinking
Chorus 1:
E G
A fire burns today
a C B
Of blasphemy and genocide
E G
The sirens of decay
a C B
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
Guitar Solo: Em G Em D Em x4 D a
Guitar 2:
Em G Em D Em Em Em D Em
e|-0-|---|----|-3-|-7--10-|-8-|---|---|-5-|-4-|
B|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
G|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---| x2
A|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
Verse 2: Bass Lines
Em G B
Oh bless me lord for I have sinned
Em G B
It's been a lifetime since I last confessed
Em G B
I threw my crutches in "the river
Of a shadow of doubt"
Em G B pause D a
And I'll be dressed in my Sunday best
Refrain 2:
B D a
Say a prayer for the family
B D a
Drop a coin for humanity
B D a
Ain't this uniform so flattering?
B D
I never asked you a god damned thing
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: Em G Em D Em x4
Guitar 2:
Em G Em D Em Em Em D Em
e|-0-|---|----|-3-|-7--10-|-8-|---|---|-5-|-4-|
B|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
G|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---| x2
A|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
Bridge:
Em
Don't test me
Em
Second guess me
Em Em D a
Protest me
Refrain 3:
B D a
I want to know who's allowed to breed
B D a
All the dogs who never learn to read
B D a
Missionary politicians
B D
And the cops of a new religion
Guitar Solo:
Em G a C B Em G a C D
Em F Em x4
Guitar 2:
Em G a C B
e|-0-----0--2-|-3-----3----|-5-----5--7-|-8---|-7---|
B|----0-------|----3-----3-|----5-------|---8-|---7-|
G|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
D|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
A|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
E|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
Em G a
D
e|-12------12--14-|-10-----10----|-12------12--14-|-15-----|-14--|
B|-----12---------|-----8------8-|-----10---------|-----15-|-----|
G|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
D|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
A|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
E|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
Em F Em
e|-0--3-7--10-|-8--5-|-4-|
B|------------|------|---|
G|------------|------|---|
D|------------|------|---| x4
A|------------|------|---|
E|------------|------|---|
Chorus 2: Slow motion
E G
A fire burns today
a C B
Of blasphemy and genocide
E G
The sirens of decay
a C B
Will infiltrate the inside
Outro: Em G Em D Em x4 D a Em, Em(hold)
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9.) Peacemaker
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm x24432
F# 244322
Em 022000
a x02200
Intro:
Guitar: Bm x4
Bass: Bm F#
Verse 1:
Bm
Well, I’ve got a fever
a non believer
I’m in a state of grace
For I am the Caesar
F#
I’m gonna seize the day
Well call of the banshee hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
As God as my witness
Bm
The infidels are gonna pay
Bm
Well, call the assassin
The orgasm
A spasm of love and hate
For what will divide us?
F#
The righteous and the meek
Well call of the wild hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
Death to the girl at the
Bm
end of the serenade
Chorus:
F#
Vendetta sweet vendetta
Bm
This Beretta of the night
Em Bm
This fire and the desire
F#
well Shots ringing out on
Bm
a holy parasite
Verse 2:
Bm
Well I am a killjoy from Detroit
I drink from a well of rage
I feed off the weakness
F#
with all my love
Well Call up the captain hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
WellDeath to the lover that
Bm
you were dreaming of
Bm
Well This is a stand off
A Molotov cocktail
On the house
You thought I was a write off
F#
You better think again
Call the peacemaker hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey
I’m gonna send you back
Bm
to the place where it all began
(Repeat Chorus)
Breakdown:
Guitar 2:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-4--3--4-|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|
Guitar Solo: F# Bm Em Bm F# Bm
Guitar 2:
F# Bm
e|-6--4-6--4-6-4-------4-6--4-6--4-6-4------5-|-7--5-7--5-7-5------5-7--5-7--5-7-5------5-|
B|---------------7---7-----------------7--8---|---------------7--8-----------------7--8---|
G|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Em Bm F#
Bm
e|-7-----7--9-10-9-7-----|-7--5-7--5-7-5------|-6--4-6--4-6-4------|-7--7-----7--7-|
B|----10--------------10-|---------------7--7-|---------------7--7-|-------7-------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
Bridge:
Bm
Well now the caretaker’s the undertaker
Now I’m gonna go out and get the peacemaker
F#
This is the neo St. Valentines Massacre
Well call up the Gaza hey hey
hey hey hey hey hey
Bm
Death to the ones at the end of the serenade
Outro:
F# Bm
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
F# Bm
Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
F#(hold) Bm a Bm a Bm Bm(hold)
Well, death to the ones at the end of the sere nade
__________________________________________
10.) Last Of The American Girls
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
F# 244322
E 022100
Em 022000
B7 x21202
Intro: B x2
Verse 1:
B
She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the
E
walls of the heartland
B
She's got her little
book of conspiracies
F#
Right in her hand
B
She is paranoid like
Endangered species
E
headed into extinction
B
She is one of a kind
F#
She's the last of
B
the American girls
Verse 2:
B
She wears her overcoat
For the coming of
E
the nuclear winter
B
She is riding her bike
Like a fugitive
F#
of critical mass
B
She's on a hunger strike
For the ones who won't
E
make it for dinner
B
She makes enough to survive
F#
For a holiday of working class
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/21st_century_breakdown_crd_ver_7.html ]
Chorus 1:
B
She's a runaway of the
B7 E Em
establishment incorporated
B
She won't cooperate
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E B E
the American girls
Guitar 2: "girls..."
B E B E
e|-----2---|-4---2---|-----2---|-4---2-|
B|-4-4---4-|---4---4-|-4-4---4-|---4---|
G|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------| x2
A|---------|---------|---------|-------|
E|---------|---------|---------|-------|
Verse 3:
She plays her
B
vinyl records
Singing songs on the
E
even of destruction
B
She's a sucker for
All the criminals
F#
breaking the laws
B
She will come in first
For the end of the
E
western civilization
B
She's an endless war
Like a hero for
F#
the lost cause
Chorus 2:
B
Like a hurricane
B7
In the heart of
E Em
the devastation
B
She's a natural
disaster
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E B E
the American girls
Guitar Solo: B E B F# x2
Guitar 2:
B E B F#
e|---------------|-------4h5p4---|---------------|--------------|
B|-------4h5p4---|---5---------5-|-------4h5p4---|--------------|
G|---4---------4-|-4---4---------|---4---------4-|-------6-4-3--|
D|-4---4---------|---------------|-4---4---------|---4----------| x2
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-4---4--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
x2 x2 x2 x2
Chorus 3:
B
She puts her makeup on
B7
Like graffiti on the
E Em
walls of the heartland
B
She's got her little
B7
book of conspiracies
F#
Right in her hand
B
She will come in first
B7
For the end of the
E Em
western civilization
B
She's a natural
disaster
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E B E
the American girls
B E B E B E B E B(hold)
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11.) Murder City
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
Ebm x68876
G#m 466444
E 022100
Em 022000
Eb x68886
Intro: Guitar Effects
e|-14-14--14-14--14-|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------| x4
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Chorus:
B
Desperate
Ebm
But no hopeless
G#m
I feel so useless
E Em
In the murder city
B
Desperate
Ebm
But no helpless
G#m
The clocks strikes midnight
E Em
In the murder city
Verse 1:
B Ebm
I'm wide awake
G#m
After the riot
E B
This demostration
F#
Of our anguish
B Ebm
This empty laugher
G#m
Has no reason
E
Like a bottle
B F#
Of your favorite poison
Refrain:
E
We are the last call
Em(hold)
But we're still pathetic
(Repeat Chorus)
Guitar Solo: B Eb G#m E Em x2
Guitar 2:
B Eb G#m
Em
e|-2--2--2-2-2-|-3--3--3-3-3--3--4--6-|-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4--4-4-4-|-3--3--3-3-3-|
B|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
x2 x2
Verse 2:
B Ebm
Christian's crying
G#m
In the bathroom
E B
And i just want to
F#
Bum a cigarette
B Ebm
We've come so far
G#m
We've been so wasted
E
It's written
B F#
All over our faces
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
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12.) Little Girl
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Fm 133111
C# x46664
Eb x68886
G# 466544
Bb/D x587xx
C/E 032xxx
F# 244322
B x24442
Bbm x13321
G 320033
C x32010
Bb x13331
Dm xx0231
Intro:
Piano:
Fm Eb Bb/D C/E
e|---------8-------|----------8-------|----------8-------|-6-|---|
B|-9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|---|-8-|
G|----10-----------|-----10-----------|-----10-----------|---|---|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|---|---|
A|-8---------------|------------------|------------------|-6-|-7-|
E|-----------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|---|---|
Fm Eb Bb/D Eb
e|---------8-------|----------8-------|----------8-------|-6-|
B|-9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|---|
G|----10-----------|-----10-----------|-----10-----------|---|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|---|
A|-8---------------|------------------|------------------|-6-|
E|-----------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|---|
C Bbm G# G Fm
e|---|----|---|---|---------------------------------|
B|---|----|---|---|---------------------------------|
G|---|----|---|---|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|
D|---|----|---|---|---------------------------------|
A|-3-|-1--|---|---|---------------------------------|
E|---|----|-4-|-3-|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
Verse 1:
Fm
Little girl little girl
C#
Why are you crying?
C
Inside your restless
C Bbm G# G Fm
soul your heart is dying
Little one, little one
C#
Your soul is purging
C C
Of love and razor blades
Bbm G# G Fm
Your blood is surging
Chorus 1:
Fm
Runaway
C# G# C# G#
From the river to the street
C G
And find yourself with
C Bbm G# G Fm
your face in the gutter
Fm C# G# C# G#
Your a stray for the salvation ar my
C
There is no place like home
C Bbm G# G Fm x2
When you got no place to go
Verse 2:
Fm
Little girl, little girl
C#
Your life is calling
C
The charlatans and
C Bbm G# G Fm
saints of your a bandon
Fm
Little one little one
C#
The sky is falling
C
The lifeboat of
C Bbm G# G Fm
deception is now sailing
Fm
In the wake all the way
C#
No rhyme or reason
C
Your bloodshot eyes
C Bbm
Will show your
G# G Fm
heart of treason
Fm
Little girl little girl
C#
You dirty liar
C
You're just a junkie
C Bbm G# G Fm
Preaching to the choir
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
C#
The traces of blood
G#
Always follow you home
C#
Like the Mascara tears
G#
From your getaway
C#
Your walking with blisters
G#
And running with shears
C
So unholy Sister of grace
Guitar Solo: Fm Eb Dm Bbm Eb C x4
Guitar 2:
Fm Eb Dm Bbm
Eb C
e|---------------|---------8------|------|---------|------|-------|
B|-----8-9--8----|-----8-9---8----|----8-|-9--8----|------|-----8-|
G|--10--------10-|--10---------10-|-10---|------10-|-8--8-|-------|
D|---------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-10----|
A|---------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|
E|---------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|
Fm Eb Dm Bbm
Eb C
e|------------------|---------8------|------|---------|------|-------|
B|--------8-9--8----|-----8-9---8----|----8-|-9--8----|------|-----8-|
G|-10--10--------10-|--10---------10-|-10---|------10-|-8--8-|-------|
D|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-10----| x2
A|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|
E|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|
Fm Eb Dm Bbm
Eb C Fm(Chorus)
e|------------------|---------8------|------|---------|-8--8-|-12--12-|-13-|
B|--------8-9--8----|-----8-9---8----|----8-|-9--8----|------|--------|----|
G|-10--10--------10-|--10---------10-|-10---|------10-|------|--------|----|
D|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|--------|----|
A|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|--------|----|
E|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|--------|----|
Chorus 2:
Fm
Runaway
C# G# C# G#
From the river to the street
C G
And find yourself with
C Bbm G# G Fm
your face in the gutter
Fm C# G# C# G#
Your a stray for the salvation ar my
C C Bbm G# G
There is no place like home
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13.) Restless Heart Syndrome
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords:
Gm 355333
C x32010
F 133211
C/E 032xxx
Eb x68886
D xx0232
G# 466544
Cm x35543
Bb x13331
F/A x032xx
Intro: Piano
Gm C F Bb
G# D
e|---------|---------|-----8---|---------|-----6---|---------|-2-|
B|-----3---|---------|-6-------|---------|-4-------|-----4---|-3-|
G|-3-------|-5---5---|---5---5-|-3---3---|---3---3-|-5-------|-2-|
D|---5---5-|---5---5-|-3-------|---3---3-|---------|---6---6-|-0-|
A|---------|-3-------|---------|-1-------|-6-------|---------|---|
E|-3-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-4-------|---|
Verse 1:
Gm F C/E Eb
I’ve got a really bad disease
Gm F C/E Eb
It's got me begging on my hands and knees
Gm F C/E Eb
So take me to emergency
Gm F C/E Eb
Cause something seems to be missing
Verse 2:
Gm F C/E Eb
Somebody take the pain away
Gm F C/E Eb
It's like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
Gm F C/E Eb
So send me to the pharmacy
Gm F C/E Eb
So I can lose my memory
Refrain 1:
Cm Bb F/A G#
I'm elated Medicated
Cm Bb
Lord knows I tried to
F/A G# D
find a way to run away
Verse 3:
Gm F C/E Eb
I think they found another cure
Gm F C/E Eb
For broken hearts and feeling insecure
Gm F C/E Eb
You'd be surprised what I endure
Gm F C/E Eb
What makes you feel so self assured?
Verse 4:
Gm F C/E Eb
I need to find a place to hide
Gm F
You never know what
C/E Eb
could be waiting outside
Gm F C/E Eb
The accidents that you could find
Gm F C/E Eb
It's like some kind of suicide
Refrain 1:
Cm Bb
So what ails you
F/A G#
is what impales you
Cm Bb
I feel like I've been
F/A G# D
crucified to be satisfied
Chorus 1:
Gm F
I'm a victim of my symptom
C/E Cm F D
I am my own worst enemy
Gm F
You're a victim of your symptom
C/E Cm
You are your own
F D(hold)
worst enemy Know your enemy
Guitar Solo: Gm F C/E Eb x4
Guitar 2: with effects pedal
Gm F C/E Eb
F C/E Eb
e|-3-3-6-3-|-5-5-6-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-6-3-|-5-5-6-8-|--6-5-6-|--5-----|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|----6-6-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
Gm F C/E Eb
F C/E Eb
e|-----6---|-5-5-6-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-6-3-|-5-5-6-8-|--8~-|-11~-|
B|-6-6---6-|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
Chorus 2:
Gm(hold) F(hold)
I'm elated Medicated
C/E Cm F D
I am my own worst enemy
Gm(hold)
So what ails you
F(hold)
Is what impales you
C/E Cm
You are your own
F D
worst enemy
Chorus 3:
Gm F
You're a victim of the seizure
C/E Cm F D
I am my own worst enemy
Gm F
You're a victim of the seizure
C/E Cm
You are your own
F D
worst enemy
Outro: Gm Gm Eb Eb Dm x4, Gm Gm Gm Gm(hold)
_________________________________________
Act III. Horseshoes And Handgrenades
14.) Horseshoes And Handgrenades
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
D xx0232
E 022100
a x02220
F# 244322
G#m 466444
G 320033
Intro: B D E a F | x6
B a G#m |G
Verse 1:
B D E
I'm not fucking around
a F# B D E a F#
I think I'm coming out
B D E
All the deciever and cheaters
a
I've think we've got
F# B D E a
a bleeder right now
F# B D E a
Want you to slap me around
F# B D E a F#
Want you to knock me out
B D E
Well, you missed me kissed me
a F# B D E a F#
Now you better kick me down
Chorus:
E
Maybe you're the runner up
a B
But the first one
a
to lose the race
E
Almost only really counts in
F#
Horsehoes and hand grenades
Verse 2:
B D E a
I'm gonna burn it all down
F# B D E a F#
I'm gonna rip it out
B D E
Well, everything that you employ
a F#
Was meant for me to destroy
B D E a
To the ground now
F# B D E a
So don't you fuck me around
F# B D E a F#
Because I'll shoot you down
B D
I'm gonna drink, fight and
E a
fuck And pushing my
F# B D E a F#
luck All the time now
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
B a B a
Demolition self destruction
B a
What to annihilate
B a
The age old contradiction
Interlude: B D E a F# x4, B a G#m G x2
Verse 3:
B a
Demolition self destruction
G#m
What to annihilate
G
The old age old contradiciton
B a
Demolition self destruction
G#m
What to annihilate
G
The old age
Interlude: B D E a F# x2
Outro:
B D E a
I'm not fucking around
F# B D E a F#
I think I'm coming out
B D E
All the hate and the time
a
destruct the paranoid
F# B D E a F#
save us right now
B D E
I'm not fucking around
B E B D E
G L O R I a
B E B D E
G L O R I a
B E B D E
G L O R I a
B E B a(hold)
G L O R I a
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15.) The Static Age
Key: B then C then D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
E 022100
F# 244322
C x32010
F 133211
G 320033
D xx0232
a x02220
Bb x13331
G# 466544
Bb x13331
C# x46664
Intro: B E F# x2
Verse 1:
B E
Can you hear the sound of the static noise?
F#
Blasting out in stereo
B E
Cater to the class and the paranoid
F#
Music to my nervous system
B E
Advertising love and religion
F#
Murder on the airwaves
B E
Slogans on the brink of corruption
F# E F# E
Vision of blasphemy war and peace
F#
oh Screaming at you
Chorus 1:
B E F#
I can't see a thing in the video
B E F#
I can't hear a sound on the radio
B E F# B F#
In stereo in the static age
Interlude: B E F# x2
Verse 2:
B E
Billboard on the rise in the dawn's landscape
F#
Working your insanity
B E
Tragic a'la madness and concrete
F#
Coca cola execution
B
Conscience on a cross and
E
You're hearts on a vice
F#
Squeezing out your state of mind
B E
Are what you own that you cannot buy?
F# E F# E
What a fucking tragedy, strategy
F#
oh Screaming at you
Chorus 2:
B E F#
I can't see a thing in the video
B E F#
I can't hear a sound on the radio
B E F# B F#
In stereo in the static age
B E F#
I can't see a thing in the video
B E F#
I can't hear a sound on the radio
B E F# B
In stereo in the static age
Bridge:
E
Hey, hey it's the static age
B
This is how the West was won
E F# G
Hey, hey it's the static age millennium
Guitar Solo: Modultate from B to C
C F G x4, G# a Bb B C C# C# C#
Guitar 2:
C F G C F G
e|-----------|----|-------|------|----------|----|
B|-----------|----|-------|------|----------|----|
G|-5--9-7--9-|-10-|-7--10-|-9--5-|-10--9-10-|-12-|
D|-x--x-x--x-|--x-|-x---x-|-x--x-|--x--x--x-|--x-| x2
A|-3--7-5--7-|--8-|-5---8-|-7--3-|--8--7--8-|-10-|
E|-----------|----|-------|------|----------|----|
G# a Bb B C C#
e|-----|----|----|---|---|--------|
B|-----|----|----|---|---|--------|
G|-----|-2--|-3--|-4-|-5-|-6--6-6-|
D|-6---|-2--|-x--|-x-|-x-|-x--x-x-|
A|-6---|-0--|-1--|-2-|-3-|-4--4-4-|
E|-4---|----|----|---|---|--------|
Verse 3: modulate from C to D
D
All I want to know
G
It's a god damned thing
a
Not what's in the medicine
D
All I want to do is
G
I want to breath
a
Batteries are not included
D G
What's the latest way that a man can die
a
Screaming hallelujah?
D G
Singing out "The Dawn's Early Light"
a G a G
The silent of the rotten, forgotten
a
Oh Screaming at you
Chorus 3:
D G a
I can't see a thing in the video
D G a
I can't hear a sound on the radio
D G a D a
In stereo in the static age
D G a
I can't see a thing in the video
D G a
I can't hear a sound on the radio
D G a D a
In stereo in the static age
D G a
I can't see a thing in the video
D G a
I can't hear a sound on the radio
D G a D a
In stereo in the static age
Outro:
Bb C D(hold)
The static age
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16.) 21 Guns
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Dm xx0231
Bb x13331
F 133211
C x32010
a x02220
C/E 032xxx
Intro:
Dm Bb F C
e|-1-|---|-5-|-0-|
B|---|-3-|---|---|
G|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|---|---| x2
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Verse 1:
Dm Bb F C
Do you know what's worth fighting for
Dm Bb F C
When it's not worth dying for?
Dm Bb F C
Does it take you breath away
Bb C
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Dm Bb F C
Does the pain weight out the pride?
Dm Bb F C
And you look for a place to hide?
Dm Bb F C
Does someone break your heart inside?
Bb C
You're in ruins
Chorus 1:
F C/E Dm
One, 21 guns
C Bb
Lay down your arms
F C
Give up the fight
F C/E Dm
One, 21 guns
C
Throw up your
Bb F C
arms into the sky
Bb F C
You and I
Guitar 2: after "give up the fight" and "into the sky"
e|-0-1-3------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 2:
Dm Bb F C
When you're at the end of the road
Dm Bb F C
And you lost all sense of control
Dm Bb F C
And your thoughts have taken their toll
Bb C
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Dm Bb F C
Your faith walks on broken glass
Dm Bb F C
And the hangover doesn't pass
Dm Bb F C
Nothing's ever built to last
Bb C
You're in ruins
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Dm Bb F C
Did you try to live on your own
Dm Bb F a
When you burned down the house and home?
Dm Bb F a
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Bb C
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
Guitar Solo:
F C/E Dm C Bb F C x2 Bb F a
Guitar 2:
F C/E Dm C F C
e|------------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|------------|
B|------10----|-8--10----|---------|---------|--------|--------|----------8-|
G|---------10-|-------10-|--7-10-7-|-9--10-7-|----7---|--------|-9---9-10---|
D|---10-------|----------|---------|---------|--8---8-|-10-7---|------------|
A|-8----------|----------|---------|---------|--------|------8-|------------|
E|------------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|------------|
F C/E Dm C F C
e|------------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|----------8-|
B|------10----|-8--10----|---------|---------|--------|--------|------------|
G|---------10-|-------10-|--7-10-7-|-9--10-7-|----7---|--------|-9---9-10---|
D|---10-------|----------|---------|---------|--8---8-|-10-7---|------------|
A|-8----------|----------|---------|---------|--------|------8-|------------|
E|------------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|------------|
Bb F a
e|---------|---------|------------|
B|---------|---------|------------|
G|---7-----|---------|-9--9--9--9-|
D|-----8---|-10-7----|------------|
A|-------8-|------8--|------------|
E|-6-------|---------|------------|
Interlude:
Dm Bb F C
e|-1-|---|-5-|-0-|
B|---|-3-|---|---|
G|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|---|---| x2
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Verse 3:
Dm Bb F C
When it's time to live and let die
Dm Bb F C
And you can't get another try
Dm Bb F C
Something inside this heart has died
Bb(hold)
You're in ruins
Chorus 2:
F C/E Dm
One, 21 guns
C Bb
Lay down your arms
F C
Give up the fight
F C/E Dm
One, 21 guns
C
Throw up your
Bb F C
arms into the sky
F C/E Dm
One, 21 guns
C Bb
Lay down your arms
F C
Give up the fight
F C/E Dm
One, 21 guns
C
Throw up your
Bb F C
arms into the sky
Bb F C(hold)
You and I
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17.) American Eulogy
Key: C then G# then C# then D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C x32010
G 320003
F 133211
Cm x35543
C# x46664
G# 466544
F# 244322
G#/C x365xx
Ebm x68876
G 320033
Bbm x13321
D xx0232
a x02220
Bm x24432
A/C# x476xx
F#m 244222
17.1 Mass Hysteria
Intro:
C F C
Sing us the song of the century
C G
That sings like American eulogy
C F C
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
C G
Of forgotten hope and the class of 13
F C F C
Tell me a story into that goodnight
F G C
Sing us a song for me
Chorus:
Cm C# G#
hysteria
Cm C# G#
Mass hysteria
Cm C# G#
Mass hysteria
Cm C# G#
Mass hysteria
Guitar 2: Chorus
Cm C# G#
e|---|-----|-9-9-----9-9-----|
B|---|-----|-----9-9-----9-9-|
G|-5-|-6-6-|-----------------|
D|-x-|-x-x-|-----------------|
A|-3-|-4-4-|-----------------|
E|---|-----|-----------------|
Verse 1:
C# G#
Red alert is the color of panic
C# F#
Elevated to the point of static
C# G#
Beating into the hearts of the fanatics
F# G#
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
C# G#
Idle thought leads to full throttle screaming
C# F#
And the welfare is asphyxiating
C# G#
Mass confusion is all the new rage
F#
And it's creating a feeding ground
G#
For the bottom feeders of
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 2:
C# G#
True sounds of maniacal laughter
C# F#
And the deaf mute is misleading the choir
C# G#
The punchline is a natural disaster
F# G#
And it's sung by the unemployed
C# G#
Fight fire with a riot
C# F#
The class war is hanging on a wire
C#
Because the martyr
G#
is a compulsive liar
F#
When he said "It's just
a bunch of niggers
G#
throwing gas into the"
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
C# G#/C
There's a disturbance on the oceanside
Bbm G#
They tapped into the reserve
F# Ebm G#
The static response is so unclear now
C# G#/C
Mayday, this is not a test!
Bbm G#
As the neighborhood burns
F# Ebm G#
America is falling
G G#
Vigilantes warning you
G G#
Calling Christian and Gloria
Guitar Solo: F# G# C# G# C# F# G# a
Guitar 2:
F# G# C# G# F# a D(Modern World Intro)
e|-9---8-----|-----8-|----|-11-|-9---8-----|---|----|-10-|
B|--------11-|-9-----|----|----|--------11-|-9-|-10-|----|
G|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
D|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
A|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
E|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
17.2 Modern World
Intro: D a G a G a x2
Chorus:
D a G a
I don't want to live in the modern world
D a G a
I don't want to live in the modern world
D a G a
I don't want to live in the modern world
D a G a
I don't want to live in the modern world
Verse 1: Mike Dirnt the bassist sings here instead of Billie
D a
I'm the class of 13
G D
In the era of dissent
D a
A hostage of the soul
G a
On a strike to pay the rent
D a
The last of the rebels
G D
Without a common ground
D a
I'm gonna light a fire
G a D
Into the underground well
(Repeat Chorus)
Post Chorus:
Bm F#m
I am a nation
G D A/C#
Without bureaucratic ties
Bm F#m G
Deny the allegation as
a
it's written a fucking lies
Guitar Solo: D a G a x3, D a G a D
Guitar 2:
D a G a D a a D a G a D
e|-5-|---|--5-|-5-3--2-|---|---|----|-10----|---|--10-12-|-10-|-12--10-|-14-|
B|---|---|----|--------|---|---|--8-|-----8-|-7-|--------|----|--------|----|
G|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
D|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
A|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
E|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
a G a D
e|--14-12-|-10-|---|-----|
B|--------|----|---|-----|
G|--------|----|---|-----|
D|--------|----|---|-----|
A|--------|----|---|-----|
E|--------|----|---|-----|
Verse 2: Mike sings again
D a
I want to take a ride
G D
to the great divide
D a
Beyond the "up to date"
G a
And the neo gentrified
D a
The high definition for
G D
the low resident
D a
Where the value of your mind
G a D
Is not held in contempt
Verse 3: Still Mike Dirnt
D a
I can hear the sound
G D
of A beating heart
D a
That bleeds beyond a system
G a
That's falling apart
D a
With money to burn
G D
On a minimum wage
D(hold)
Cause I don't give a shit
About the modern age
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Mass hysteria
D a
I don't want to live
G a
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
D a
I don't want to live
G a
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
D a
I don't want to live
G a
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
(Repeat)
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18.) See The Light
Key: G# then C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# x46664
G# 466544
F# 244322
Eb x68886
Intro: C# G# x4
Guitar 2:
e|-11-----11-----11-----11-----11-------|
B|----9------9------9------9------9---9-|
G|------8------8------8------8------8---|
D|--------------------------------------| x8
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
C# G#
Well I crossed the river
C# G#
Fell into the sea
C# G#
Where the non believers
C# G#
Go beyond belief
C# G#
Then I scratched the surface
C# G#
In the mouth of Hell
C# G#
Running out of service
C# G#
In the blood I fell
Chorus:
C# F# C# G# C# G#
Well I, I just want to see the light
C# F# C# G# C# G#
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
C# F# C# G# C# G#
Well I, I just want to see the light
C# F# C# Eb
And I need to know what's worth the fight
Verse 2:
C# G#
I've been wasted
C# G#
Pills and alcohol
C# G#
I've been chasing
C# G#
Down the pool halls
C# G#
Then I drank the water
C# G#
From a hurricane
C# G#
And I set a fire
C# G#
Just to see the flame
(Repeat Chorus)
Guitar Solo: C# F# C# G# C# G# x3
C# F# C# Eb
Guitar 2:
C# F# C# G#
e|---------------|--------|--------|------8-----8---8---8---11---11---|
B|-6--4------4-6-|-7--7-7-|-6--6-6-|-9--9---9-9---9---9---9----9----9-|
G|------6--6-----|--------|--------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------|--------|--------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------|--------|--------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------|--------|--------|----------------------------------|
C# F# C#
e|-13--11--------11-13-|-14--14-14-|-13--13-13-|
B|--------14--14-------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
D|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
A|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
E|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
G#
e|-----------------------------------16----------|
B|-16--16-------16-------16----16----------16----|
G|--------13-13----13-13----13----13----13----13-|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
C# F# C# G#
e|---------------|------|------|------8-----8---8---8---11---11---|
B|-6--4------4-6-|-7--7-|-6--6-|-9--9---9-9---9---9---9----9----9-|
G|------6--6-----|------|------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------|------|------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------|------|------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------|------|------|----------------------------------|
C# F# C#
e|-13--11--------11-13-|-14--14-14-|-13--13-13-|
B|--------14--14-------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
D|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
A|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
E|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
Eb
e|-11--11-----11-----11---11---11---11---|
B|--------9-9----9-9----9----9----9----9-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Interlude: C# G# x2
Guitar 2:
C# G# C# G#
e|---|-11----|-11-----|-11--9-|-8-|
B|-9-|-----9-|------9-|-------|---|
G|---|-------|--------|-------|---|
D|---|-------|--------|-------|---|
A|---|-------|--------|-------|---|
E|---|-------|--------|-------|---|
Verse 3:
C# G#
I crossed the desert
C# G#
Reaching higher ground
C# G#
Then I pound the pavement
C# G#
To take the liars down
C# G#
But it's gone forever
C# G#
But never too late
C# G#
Where the ever after
C# G#
It's the hands of fate
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: C# G# x12
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Bonus Track:
19.) Lights Out
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# 466544
F# 244322
Fm 133111
Bbm x13321
Eb x68886
C# x46664
Intro:
Drum Solo
Verse 1:
G#
Lights out
F#
here comes the night
G#
as the darkness falls
F#
over the light
G#
lights out
F#
there goes the day
G#
and this fear that
F#
comes won't go away
Chorus 1:
Bbm G#
and i'm losing track of time
F# Fm
in the corners of my mind
Eb
and im living out my
private suicide (lights out)
Interlude: G# Cm F# C# G#
Verse 2:
C# G#
lights out
F#
i lost myself
G#
in the space between
F#
heaven and hell
C# G#
lights out
F#
finding my way
G#
did i waste my time
F#
losing the way?
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: G# F# x2
Interlude: Bbm G# F# Fm Eb |
C# G# C# G# C# G# C# G# |
Guitar 2:
G# F#
e|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|----------------6-|
D|-6-----6-----6-----|-4-----4-----4----|
A|----6-----6-----6--|----4-----4-------|
E|-------------------|------------------|
Bass Solo: G# F# x2
Verse 3:
G#
lights out here
F#
comes the night
G#
as the darkness
falls over the
F# G#
light lights out
F#
i lost myself
G#
in the space between
F#
heaven and hell
Chorus 2:
Bbm G#
well i'm losing track of time
F# Fm
in the corners of my mind
Eb
and im living out my
private suicide (lights out)
Outro: G# Cm F# C# G#
