Before the Lobotomy Green Day
Greenday
Before The Lobotomy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F# then C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
[F#]C#/[-]F - [244322]143xxx
E - 022100
B - x24442
Bm - x24432
C# - x46664
[G#]A -[-] [466544]x02220
E - 022100
Intro: Plucking
F#--C#/F--E--B-Bm
Verse 1:
[F#]Dreaming
I was only [C#/F]dreaming
[E]Of another place and time
[B]Where's my family is [Bm]from
[F#]Singing
I can hear them [C#/F]singing
[E]When the rain had washed away
[B]All these scattered [Bm]dreams
[F#]Dying
Everyone's re[C#/F]minded
[E]Hearts are washed in misery
[B]Drenched in gaso[Bm]line
[F#]Laughter
There's no more [C#/F]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#]Life before the lobotomy[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
[C#]Christian sang the eulogy[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
[C#]Sign my love a lost memory[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
[C#]From the end of the century[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
Refrain 1:
Well [F#]It's [C#]e--[G#]nough to [F#]make [C#]you [G#]sick
To [F#]cast [C#]a s[G#]tone and [F#]throw [C#]a [G#]brick
And [F#]when [C#]the s[G#]ky is [F#]fal[C#]ling [G#]down
It [F#]burned [C#]your [G#]dreams in[F#]to [C#]the [G#]ground
Verse 3:
[C#]Christian's lesson is what he's been sold[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
[C#]We are normal and selfcontrolled[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
[C#]Remember to learn to forget[C#] [F#] [G#] [F#] [G#] [C#]
C#(hold) C# F# G# F# G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
Refrain 2:
Well [F#]i'm [C#]not s[G#]toned
I'm [F#]just [C#]fucked [G#]up
I [F#]got [C#]so [G#]high I [F#]can't s[C#]tand [G#]up
[F#]I'm [C#]not [G#]cursed 'Cause [F#]i've [C#]been [G#]blessed
I'm [F#]not [C#]in [G#]love 'Cause [F#]i'm [C#]a [G#--]mess
Chorus:
Like [C#]refu[G#]gees
We're [C#]lost to refu[G#]gees
Like [C#]refu[G#]gees
We're [C#]lost to refu[G#]gees
The bru[B]tali[F#]ty of re[A]ali[E]ty
C# Guitar solo
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Outro:
[F#]Dreaming
I was only [C#/F]dreaming
[E]Of another place and time
[B]Where's my family is [Bm]from
[F#]Singing
I can hear them [C#/F]singing
[E]When the rain had washed away
[B]All these scattered [Bm]dreams
[F#]Dying
Everyone's re[C#/F]minded
[E]Hearts are washed in misery
[B]Drenched in gaso[Bm]line
[F#]Laughter
There's no more [C#/F]laughter
[E]Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground
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