This is pretty accurate this is how i play it. i have an accoustic guitar so i dont know how it sounds with electric but have fun trying this...hope you like it
Standard Tuning
No capo
The F and B(flat)'s are power chords
F(2) is you lift the first finger off of the F power chords so you only have one finger on the 5th string 3rd fret
for the chorus it starts with two consecutive beets on the words with rests inbetween (listen to the song to fully understand) and then when you get to the first C you strum regularly/your chosen chord progression
the bridge does the same consecutive beat thing as the chorus in the beginning and when you get to the C or F you strum regularly/your chosen chord progression
Intro - Dm B(flat) F C
Verse:
Dm B(flat) F C
Do you know what's worth fighting for?
Dm B(flat) F C
When it's not worth dying for?
Dm B(flat) F C
Does it take your breath away?
B(flat) C
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Dm B(flat) F C
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
Dm B(flat) F C
And you look for a place to hide?
Dm B(flat) F C
Did someone break your heart inside?
B(flat) <(play the B(flat) once and let it ring and then play) C
You're in ruins
Chorus:
F F F(2) F(2) Dm Dm
One, twenty-one guns
C B(flat)
Lay down your arms
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/21_guns_crd_ver_8.html ]
F C
Give up the fight
F F F(2) F(2) Dm Dm
One, twenty-one guns
C B(flat) F C
Throw up your arms into the sky,
C B(flat) F C
You and I
Verse:
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And you're thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul.
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
Chorus:
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I
Bridge:
Dm Dm B(flat)X2 F C
Did you try to live on your own?
Dm Dm B(flat)X2 F A
When you burned down the house and home?
Dm Dm B(flat)X2 F A
Did you stand too close to the fire?
B(flat) C Dm B(flat) F C
Like a liar looking for forgiveness... from a stone
. . . . . .
Part of Verse:
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something side this heart has died
You're in ruins...
Chorus (ending so some stuff repeats...pay attention to the words and what chords went with what words:
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I..................
