21st Century Breakdown Green Day
Tuning: Half Step
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.
intro: D, A, G
[D] Born into Nixon I was [A]raised in h[G]ell
[D] A welfare child where the te[A]amsters [G]dwelled
[D] The last one born and the fi[A]rst one to r[G]un
[D] My town was blind from ref[A]inery s[G]un
[Bm] My generation is [G]zero
[Bm] I never made it as a [G]working class [A]hero
[D]21st c[A]entury [G]breakdown
I [D]once was lost but [A]never [G]was found
I [D]think I'm losing [A]what's left of [G]my mind
To the [D]20th [A]century [G]deadline
[D] I was made of [A]poison and [G]blood
[D] Combination is w[A]hat I unde[G]rstood
[D] From Mexico to the B[A]erlin [G]Wall
[D] Homeland security could k[A]ill us a[G]ll
[Bm] My generation is [G]zero
[Bm] I never made it as a [G]working class [A]hero
[D]21st c[A]entury [G]breakdown
I [D]once was lost but [A]never [G]was found
I [D]think I'm losing [A]what's left of [G]my mind
To the [D]20th [A]century [G]deadline
Part 2: Amaj 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 l[G]ong l[A]ost s[D]on
Born on the 4th of July
[D]Raised in the barnyards of h[G]eroes[A] and [D]cons
Left me for dead or alive
[D]There is a war that's ins[G]ide [A]my h[D]ead
That questions the results and lies
I'm break[D]ing my back till I'm b[G]etter[A] off d[D]ead
We are not payed enough to survive
Chord changes from D to G. Listen for change in song
[D]I am an engine, a [G]worker[A], a [D]pawn
My debt to the status quo
[D]The scars on my hands and a mea[G]ns [A]to an [D]end
It's all that I have to show
[D]I'm taking a loan on my [G]sa [A]ni [D]ty
For the redemption of my soul
[D]Well I am exempt from this [G]tra [A]ge [D]dy
And the 21st century fall
I pr[G]aise lib[A]er [D]ty, the [G]freedom to [A]o [D]bey
It's a so[G]ng that stran[A]gles [D]me
Well d[G]on't cross [D]the [A]line
G, D, A (repeat x3)
Oh, [D]dream, A[Db]merican [B]dream
I c[A]an't even sl[G]eep
[A#] [D]
Oh, [D]bleed, A[Db]merica [B]bleed
Be[A]lieve what you [G]read
[A#]
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