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21st Century Breakdown Album

Green Day

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Greenday
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Tracklist:
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
8.  East Jesus Nowhere
9.  Peacemaker
10. Last Of The American Girls
11. Murder City
12. Little Girl
13. Restless Heart Syndrome
14. Horseshoes And Handgrenades
15. The Static Age
16. 21 Guns
17. American Eulogy
18. See The Light
19. Lights Out

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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:
C#-- x4,
G#-F# x8


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


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


Verse 2:
C#              G#         F#
  I was made of poison and blood
C#               G#       F#
  Combination is what I understood
C#                   G#     F#
  From Mexico to the Berlin Wall
C#                        G#      F#
  Homeland security could kill us all


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)


Interlude: G#-- x4


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


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#
There is a war that's 
  F#   G# C#
inside my head
     C#
That questions the 
            G#
results and lies
    C#
I'm breaking my back 
         F#     G#  C#
till I'm better off dead
       C#
We are not payed 
             G#
enough to survive


Interlude: C#--F#- x4


Verse 5:
C#
I am an engine
  F#     G# C#
a worker a  pawn
   C#                 G#
My debt to the status quo
     C#
The scars on my hands 
      F#    G#    C#
and a means to an end
     C#                 G#
It's all that I have to show


Verse 6:
    C#                  F# G# C#
I'm taking a loan on my sa-ni-ty
        C#               G#
For the redemption of my soul
     C#                    F#  G# C#
well I am exempt from this tra-ge-dy
        C#           G#
And the 21st century fall


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#  F# C# G#
Well don't cross the line


F#-C#-G# x2, G#--G#--G#


Guitar Solo: C#--G#/C--Bbm--G#--F#--A--C#


Outro:
    C#      G#/C    Bbm
Oh, dream, American dream
  G#          F#
I can't even sleep
     a               C#
from rainstorms till dawn
    C#      G#/C   Bbm
Oh, bleed, America bleed
  G#             F#
Believe what you read
     a(hold)
from heroes and cons

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3.) Know Your Enemy

CHORUS
B           E      B
Do you know the enemy?
B             E       B
  Do you know your enemy?
      B          E      B       F#
Well, gotta know the enemy, Wah Ay                 x3


VERSE 
B           E      B
Violence is an energy
B          E      B
_  Against the enemy
     B           E      B       F#
Well violence is an energy, Wah Ay
B           E     B
Bringing on the fury
B         E       B
 _ The choir infantry
  B            E         B  F#
Revolt against the honor to obey, (Oh weh, oh weh)
B         E       B
Overthrow the effigy
B          E     B
_ The vast majority
     B            E           B     F#
Well burning down the foreman of control (Oh weh, oh weh)
B          E      B
Silence is the enemy
B          E         B
 _ Against your urgency
   B        E          B       F#
So rally up the demons of your soul, (Oh weh, oh weh)


CHORUS  x 2


BRIDGE

      E             B
The insurgency will rise
         E                B
When the bloods been sacrificed
         E              B
Don't be blinded by the lies
        F#                  B         F#
In your eyes
        F#                  B         F#
                                      Say!


SOLO (2 lots of Verse, then Bridge)

F#                  B         F#
F#                  B         F#
F#                  B         F#
F#                  B         F#


F#          B      F#  F#       B      F#
Violence is an energy (Oh Weh,  Oh Weh)
        F#      B     F#  F#       B      F#
Oh from here to eternity (Oh Weh,  Oh Weh)
F#          B      F#  F#       B      F#
Violence is an energy (Oh Weh,  Oh Weh)
F#         B      F#  
Silence is the enemy 
   F#
So gimme gimme revolution


B                  E         B
B                  E         B
B                  E         B
B                  E         B

CHORUS x 3
B         E       B
Overthrow the effigy
B          E     B
_ The vast majority
     B            E           B     F#
Well burning down the foreman of control (Oh weh, oh weh)
B          E      B
Silence is the enemy
B          E         B
 _ Against your urgency
   B        E          B       F#                   
So rally up the demons of your soul, (Oh weh, oh weh)    

B
END

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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


Intro: Plucking
F#--C#/F--E--B-Bm


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# F# G# F# G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C#                       C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulogy
C#                        C# F# G# F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C#                         C# F# G# 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# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C#                              C# F# G# F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C#                         C# F# G# F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#(hold)                          C# F# G# F# 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#      a  E
The brutality of reality
       C#                    Guitar solo
Is the freedom that keeps me from


Outro:
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

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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-Bm- x4


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro: G--F x4, G-F-G-F-Bm(hold)

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7.) Last Night On Earth

Key: a

Chords used:
a -    x02220
A2 -   x03220
A3 -   x04220
A7 -   x02020
D -    xx0232
Dm -   xx0231
Bm -   x24432
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


Interlude: A-A2-A3-A7-D-Dm-A--


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)


Interlude: A-A2-A3-A7-D-Dm-A-- x2


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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8.) East Jesus Nowhere

Key: G

Chords used:
Em - 022000
G -  320033
C -  x32010
D -  xx0232
B -  x24442
a -  x02220
F -  133211


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:
  Em           G
A fire burns today
   a             C   B
Of blasphemy and genocide
    Em          G
The sirens of decay
     a              C     B
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics


Interlude: Em-G-Em-D-Em-- x4 D-A


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)


Interlude: Em-G-Em-D-Em-- x4


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 x2, Em--F-Em x4


(Repeat Chorus in slow motion)


Outro: Em-G-Em-D-Em-- x4 D-A Em, Em(hold)

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9.) Peacemaker

Key: D

Chords used:
Bm - x24432
F# - 244322
Em - 022000
a -  x02200


Intro: 

Guitar: Bm-- x4

Bass: Bm--A--


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)


Interlude: F#--Bm--Em-Bm-F#-Bm


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

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10.) Last Of The American Girls

Key: B

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


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


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 
             E
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


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

Chords used:
B -   x24442
Ebm - x68876
G#m - 466444
E -   022100
Em -  022000


Intro: Guitar Effects


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--Ebm--G#m--E-Em- 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#

Chords used:
Fm -   133111
C# -   x46664
Cm -   x35543
Eb -   x68886
G# -   466544
Bb/D - x587xx
C/E -  032xxx
F# -   244322
B -    x24442


Intro: 

Piano: Fm--Eb--Bb/D--Eb-C/E x2

then 1 keys G#-G-F#-F

Fm-- x2


Verse 1:
Fm
Little girl little girl
            C#
Why are you crying?
  Cm
Inside your restless 
                   Fm
soul your heart is dying
Little one, little one
             C#
Your soul is purging
   Cm
Of love and razor blades
              Fm
Your blood is surging


Chorus:
    Fm
Runaway
         C#
From the river to the street
    Cm
And find yourself with 
                 Fm
your face in the gutter
        Fm           C#
Your a stray for the salvation army
      Cm
There is no place like home
         (hold)
When you got no place to go


Interlude: Fm-- x2


Verse 2:
       Fm
Little girl, little girl
             C#
Your life is calling
    Cm
The charlatans and 
                Fm
saints of your abandon
       Fm
Little one little one
           C#
The sky is falling
    Cm
The lifeboat of 
                 Fm
deception is now sailing
       Fm
In the wake all the way
            C#
No rhyme or reason
     Cm
Your bloodshot eyes
Will show your 
         Fm
heart of treason
       Fm
Little girl little girl
          C#
You dirty liar
       Cm
You're just a junkie
                 Fm
Preaching to the choir


(Repeat Chorus)


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
     Cm
So unholy Sister of grace


Guitar Solo: Fm--Eb--B-G#-Cm x4


(Repeat Chorus)

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13.) Restless Heart Syndrome

Key: Bb

Chords used:

Gm ======== 355333
Gm/F ====== 1x0333
Em7b5 ===== 0x2333
Ebmaj7 ==== x68886
Em7b13 ==== 0x2013
Cm ======== x35543
Cm/Bb ===== 6x5043 or 6x558x
Am7b5 ===== x05543
Abmaj7 ==== 4x5543
D7 ======== xx0212
D ========= xx0232
F ========= 133211


Intro:

  Gm       C         F        Bb
|------------------|-----5------------|
|-----0------------|-3----------------|
|-0--------2---2---|---2---2--0---0---|
|---2---2----2---2-|-0----------0---0-|
|----------0-------|------------------|
|-0----------------|----------3-------|

  Eb       Ab        D
|-----3------------|--------|
|-1------------1---|-4------|
|---0---0--2-------|-4------|
|------------3---3-|-4------|
|-3----------------|-2------|
|----------1-------|--------|

Verse 1:

Gm         Gm/F          Em7b5      Ebmaj7
I�ve got a really bad disease

Gm          Gm/F          Em7b13          Ebmaj7
It's got me begging on my hands and knees 

   Gm      Gm/F      Em7b5  Ebmaj7
So take me to       emergency 

Gm                Gm/F           Em7b13   Ebmaj7
'Cause something seems to be missing 



Gm       Gm/F            Em7b5      Ebmaj7
Somebody take the pain away 

Gm               Gm/F         Em7b13       Ebmaj7
  It's like an ulcer bleeding in my brain 

   Gm      Gm/F   Em7b5  Ebmaj7
So send me to the pharmacy 

Gm         Gm/F         Em7b13      Ebmaj7
  So I can lose my memory 



Pre-Chorus:

Cm       Cm/Bb
    I'm elated 

Am7b5    Abmaj7
    Medicated 

Cm             Cm/Bb           Am7b5  Abmaj7 
  Lord knows I tried to find a way           

         D7 (or D)
  to run away. 



Verse 2:

Gm             Gm/F          Em7b5      Ebmaj7
  I think they found another cure 

Gm              Gm/F            Em7b13 Ebmaj7
  For broken hearts and feeling insecure 

      Gm    Gm/F        Em7b5  Ebmaj7
You'd be surprised what I endure 

Gm                 Gm/F        Em7b13     Ebmaj7
  What makes you feel so self-assured? 



Gm           Gm/F            Em7b5  Ebmaj7
   I need to find a place to hide
 
Gm              Gm/F            Em7b13      Ebmaj7
   You never know what could be waiting outside 

    Gm    Gm/F     Em7b5       Ebmaj7
The accidents that you could find 

Gm                  Gm/F     Em7b13  Ebmaj7
  It's like some kind of suicide 


Pre-Chorus:

Cm         Cm/Bb  Am7b5      Abmaj7
   So what ails you is what impales you 

Cm             Cm/Bb          Am7b5 Abmaj7         D7 (or D)
   I feel like I've been crucified      to be satisfied 


Chorus:

Gm             Gm/F
  I'm a victim     of my symptom 

Em7b5        Cm           F       D
     I am my own worst enemy 

Gm               Gm/F
  You're a victim    of your symptom 

Em7b5             Cm           F     
     You are your own worst enemy 

D
Know your enemy 


Solo:

Gm   Gm/F   Em7b5   Ebmaj7
Gm   Gm/F   Em7b13  Ebmaj7  
Gm   Gm/F   Em7b5   Ebmaj7
Gm   Gm/F   Em7b13  Ebmaj7  

Or you can play the �real� solo instead of chords

 played fast (tremolo picking) 
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5--8-5-7---8-5----|-8-5-7---8-10---8-7-8---7-3--|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|

(bend gradually while picking fast to hit the right note) 
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-5--8-5-7---8-5----|-8-5-7---8-10-11b12-----|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|


Pre-Chorus:

Gm
    I'm elated 

Gm/F
    Medicated 

Em7b5        Cm            F     D
     I am my own worst enemy 

Gm
    So what ails you 

Gm/F
    Is what impales you 

Em7b5             Cm            F     D
     You are your own worst enemy 



Chorus :

Gm               Gm/F
  You're a victim    of the system 

Em7b5             Cm            F     D
     You are your own worst enemy 

Gm               Gm/F
  You're a victim    of the system 

Em7b5             Cm            F     D
     You are your own worst enemy


Outro:

Part 1:
  Gm
||-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|
||---------9-9-9-9-|---------9-9-9-9--|
||---------x-x-x-x-|---------x-x-x-x--|
||-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7--|
||-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0----------|


  Eb
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|| 
|----------5-5-5-5-|-----5-------5/4---||   
|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-----|| 
|-3-3-3-3----------|-3-3-3---3-3-3/2---||
|------------------|-------------------||

Repeat Part 1 another time...

Part 2:
  Gm
||-----------------|------------------|
||---------8-8-8-8-|---------8-8-8-8--|
||---------9-9-9-9-|---------9-9-9-9--|
||---------x-x-x-x-|---------x-x-x-x--|
||-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7--|
||-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0----------|

  Eb
|------------------|-------------------||
|----------5-5-5-5-|-----5-------5/4---||
|----------5-5-5-5-|-----5-------5/4---||    
|-x-x-x-x�-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-5---x-x-5/4---||
|-3-3-3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3-------||
|------------------|-------------------||

Repeat Part 2 another time...

 Gm
|----------------|-0----|
|----------------|-0----|
|----------------|-0----|
|-2---2---2---2--|-2----|
|-2---2---2---2--|-2----|
|-0---0---0---0--|-0----|


STANDARD VERSION :

IF YOU�RE NOT USING A CAPO, THERE IS THE �STANDARD� 
TRANSCRIPTION...

Intro:

  Gm       C         F           Bb
|------------------|-------8------------|
|-----3------------|--------------------|
|-3--------5---5---|-10-----------------|
|---5---5----5---5-|----10---10-8---8---|
|----------3-------|--8-----------8---8-|
|-3----------------|------------6-------|

  Eb       Ab        D
|-----6------------|--------|
|--------------4---|-7------|
|-8-----8--5-------|-7------|
|---8--------6---6-|-7------|
|-6----------------|-5------|
|----------4-------|--------|


Solo:

Played fast (tremolo picking) 
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|8--11-8-10--11-8-|-11-8-10--11-13--11-10-11--10-6--|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|

(bend gradually while picking fast to hit the right note) 
|------------------|------------------------|
|-8--11-8-10--11-8-|-11-8-10--11-13-14b15---|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|


Outro:

Part 1:
  Gm
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------12-12-12-12-|---------12-12-12-12--|
|----------x--x--x--x-|----------x�-x--x--x--|
|-x-x-x-x-10-10-10-10-|-x-x-x-x-10-10-10-10--|
|-3-3-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-3--------------|

  Eb
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|----------8-8-8-8-|-----8-------8/7---|    
|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-----|
|-6-6-6-6----------|-6-6-6---6-6-6/5---|
|------------------|-------------------|

Repeat Part 1 another time

Part 2:
  Gm
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------11-11-11-11-|---------11-11-11-11--|
|---------12-12-12-12-|---------12-12-12-12--|
|----------x--x--x--x-|----------x�-x--x--x--|
|-x-x-x-x-10-10-10-10-|-x-x-x-x-10-10-10-10--|
|-3-3-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-3--------------|


  Eb
|------------------|-------------------|
|----------8-8-8-8-|-----8-------8/7---|
|----------8-8-8-8-|-----8-------8/7---|    
|-x-x-x-x--8-8-8-8-|-x-x-8---x-x-8/7---|
|-6-6-6-6----------|-6-6-----6-6-------|
|------------------|-------------------|

Repeat Part 2 another time...

 Gm
|----------------|-3----|
|----------------|-3----|
|----------------|-3----|
|-5---5---5---5--|-5----|
|-5---5---5---5--|-5----|
|-3---3---3---3--|-3----|

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14.) Horseshoes And Handgrenades

Key: B

Chords used:
B -  x24442
E -  022100
a -  x02220
F# - 244322
G# - 466544
G -  320033


Intro: B-E-a-F# x6
B--A--G#--G


Verse 1:
                 B    E
I'm not fucking around
a             F#        B E a F#
  I think I'm coming out
          B          E
All the deciever and cheaters
     a
I've think we've got 
  F#            B  E a
a bleeder right now
             F#      B    E a
Want you to slap me around
            F#          B E a F#
Want you to knock me out
          B         E
Well, you missed me kissed me
a              F#      B   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   E a
I'm gonna burn it all down
          F#        B E a F#
I'm gonna rip it out
           B                E
Well, everything that you employ
              a        F#
Was meant for me to destroy
       B         E a
To the ground now
             F#       B    E a
So don't you fuck me around
             F#            B E a F#
Because I'll shoot you down
          B
I'm gonna drink, fight and
E        a
fuck And pushing my 
F#           B       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-E-A-F# x4, B--A--G#--G x2


Verse 3:
B           a
  Demolition self-destruction
G#
  What to annihilate
    G
The old age-old contradiciton
B           a
  Demolition self-destruction
G#
  What to annihilate
    G
The old age


Interlude: B-E-a-F# x2


Outro:
                 B    E a
I'm not fucking around
            F#        B E a F#
I think I'm coming out
        B            E
All the hate and the time
             a
destruct the paranoid
F#            B  E a F#
save us right now
                 B    E
I'm not fucking around
B       E    B E 
  G-L-O-R-I-a
B       E    B E 
  G-L-O-R-I-a
B       E    B 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

Chords used:
B -  x24442
E -  022100
F# - 244322
C -  x32010
F -  133211
G -  320033
D -  xx0232
a -  x02220
Bb - x13331


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


Interlude: Modultate from B to C
C--F-G x4, ---


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

Chords used:
Dm -  xx0231
Bb -  x13331
F -   133211
C -   x32010
a -   x02220
C/E - 032xxx


Intro: Dm-Bb-F-C- x2


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


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--
Dm-Bb-F-C- x2


Verse 2:
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

This song is divided into 2 parts
Just like they did to JESUS 
OF SUBURBIA and HOMECOMING
I. Mass Hysteria
II. Modern World

Key: C then G# then C# then D

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


[I. 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


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               F#
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


[II. 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


(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- x4


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#

Chords used:
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
F# - 244322
Eb - x68886


Intro: C#--G#-- x4


Verse 1:
  C#          G#
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


Interlude: C#--G#-- x2


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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19.) Lights Out

Key: G#

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, Bbm--G#-F#--Fm--Eb--
C#-G#--C#-G#--c#-G#--C#-G#--

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#--

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