21st Century Breakdown Green Day
Greenday
21st Century Breakdown
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: C# then G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# - x46664
[G#] [-] [466544]
[F#]Bbm[-] - [244322]x13321
G#/C - x365xx
Intro:
Piano:
C#-- x4,
G#-F# x8
Verse 1:
[C#] Born into Nixon I was [G#]raised in [F#]hell
[C#] A welfare child where the [G#]teamsters [F#]dwelled
[C#] The last one born and the [G#]first one to [F#]run
[C#] My town was blind from re[G#]finery [F#]sun
Refrain:
[Bbm] My generation is [F#]zero
[Bbm] I never made it as a [F#]working class [G#]hero
Chorus 1:
[C#]21st [G#]century [F#]breakdown
I o[C#]nce was lost
but [G#]never [F#]was found
I [C#]think I'm losing
[G#]what's left of [F#]my mind
to the [C#]20th [G#]century [F#]deadline
Interlude: C#--G#-F#- x2
Verse 2:
[C#] I was made of [G#]poison and [F#]blood
[C#] Combination is [G#]what I un[F#]derstood
[C#] From Mexico to the [G#]Berlin [F#]Wall
[C#] Homeland security could [G#]kill us [F#]all
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude: G#-- x4
Bridge:
[G#]We are the cries of the class of '13[C#]
[G#]Born in the year of humility[C#]
[G#]we are the desperate in the decline[C#]
G# C#--- x4
Raised by the bastards of 1969
Verse 3
[C#]My name is 'No one'
your [F#]long [G#]lost [C#]son
[C#]Born on the 4th of Ju[G#]ly
[C#]Raised in the barnyards
of [F#]he-[G#]roes and [C#]cons
[C#]Left me for dead or a[G#]live
Verse 4:
[C#]There is a war that's
in[F#]side [G#]my [C#]head
That [C#]questions the
results and [G#]lies
I'm [C#]breaking my back
till I'm [F#]better [G#]off [C#]dead
We are [C#]not payed
enough to sur[G#]vive
Interlude: C#--F#- x4
Verse 5:
[C#]I am an engine
a [F#]worker [G#]a [C#]pawn
My [C#]debt to the status [G#]quo
The s[C#]cars on my hands
and a [F#]means [G#]to an [C#]end
It's [C#]all that I have to [G#]show
Verse 6:
I'm [C#]taking a loan on my [F#]sa-[G#]ni-[C#]ty
For the [C#]redemption of my [G#]soul
well [C#]I am exempt from this [F#]tra-[G#]ge-[C#]dy
And the [C#]21st century [G#]fall
Chorus 2:
I [F#]praise li[G#]ber[C#]ty the [F#]freedom to [G#]o--[C#]bey
It's a [F#]song that stran[G#]gles [C#]me
Well [F#]don't cross [C#]the [G#]line[F#] [C#] [G#]
F#-C#-G# x2, G#--G#--G# Guitar Solo: C#--G#/C--Bbm--G#--F#--A--C#
Outro:
Oh, [C#]dream, A[G#/C]merican [Bbm]dream
I [G#]can't even s[F#]leep
from [a]rainstorms till [C#]dawn
Oh, [C#]bleed, A[G#/C]merica [Bbm]bleed
Be[G#]lieve what you [F#]read
a(hold)
from heroes and cons
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