21st Century Breakdown Green Day
intro: D, A, G
notes: Yes this isn't the best formatting for this, but bear with me. I'm going to
change the was this is set up. Also, this is tuned a HALF STEP down, but the
chords you're going to play the chords as if it was standard tuning which is very
important on the last part of the song. Later on I will make these chords much better.
Thanks.
[D] Born into Nixon I was raised in hell[A] [G]
[D] A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled[A] [G]
[D] The last one born and the first one to run[A] [G]
[D] My town was blind from refinery sun[A] [G]
[Bm] My generation is zero[G]
[Bm] I never made it as a working [G]class hero[A]
[D]21st c[A]entury break[G]down
I [D]once was lost but never was [A]found[G]
I [D]think I'm losing what's left[A] of my mind[G]
To the 20th[D] century [A]deadline[G]
[D] I was made of poison and b[A]lood[G]
[D] Combination is what I unders[A]tood[G]
[D] From Mexico to the Berlin Wall[A] [G]
[D] Homeland security could kill us all[A] [G]
[Bm] My generation is zero[G]
[Bm] I never made it as a working [G]class hero[A]
[D]21st c[A]entury break[G]down
I [D]once was lost but never was [A]found[G]
I [D]think I'm losing what's left[A] of my mind[G]
To the 20th[D] century [A]deadline[G]
Part 2: A chord
[A]We are the cries of the class of '13[D]
[A]Born in the year of humility[D]
[A]We are the desperate in the decline[D]
[A]Raised by the bastards of 1969
[D]My name is 'No one' your long lost son[G] [A] [D]
Born on the 4th of July
[D]Raised in the barnyards of heroes and cons[G] [A] [D]
Left me for dead or alive
[D]There is a war that's inside my head[G] [A] [D]
That questions the results and lies
I'm break[D]ing my back till I'm better off dead[G] [A] [D]
We are not payed enough to survive
[D]I am an engine, a worker, a [G]pawn[A] [D]
My debt to the status quo
[D]The scars on my hands and a means to an end[G] [A] [D]
It's all that I have to show
[D]I'm taking a loan on my sa ni ty[G] [A] [D]
For the redemption of my soul
[D]WelI am exempt from this tra ge dy[G] [A] [D]
And the 21st century fall
I pr[G]aise liber t[A]y, t[D]he freedo[G]m to o bey[A] [D]
It's a so[G]ng that strangles me[A] [D]
Well don't c[G]ross the line[D] [A]
G, D, A (repeat x3)
Oh, dre[D]am, American dr[Db]eam[B]
I c[A]an't even sleep[G]
[A#] [D]
Oh, ble[D]ed, America b[Db]leed[B]
Belie[A]ve what you read[G]
[A#]
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