Greenday
Peacemaker
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
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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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/peacemaker_crd_ver_3.html ]
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
