21st century breakdown
E|-------4---4---4--6--4-------|
B|-----6---6---6----------7--6-|
G|---6-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
(C#) (F#)
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
(C#) (F#)
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
(C#) (F#)
The last one born, the first one to run
(C#) (F#)
My town was blind from refinery sun
(Bm) (F#)
My generation is zero
(Bm) (F#) (A)
I never made it as a working class hero
(C#) (F#)
21st Century Breakdown
(C#) (F#)
I once was lost but never was found
(C#) (F#)
I think I am losing what\'s left of my mind
(C#) (F#)
To the 20th Century Deadline
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------9----9----9--11--9-------------------------------|
G|-----10---10---10----------11--10------------------------|
D|--11-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|x2
(C#) (F#)
I was made of poison and blood
(C#) (F#)
Condemnation is what I understood
(C#) (F#)
Videogames to the tower\'s fall
(C#) (F#)
Homeland Security could kill us all
(Bm) (F#)
My generation is zero
(Bm) (F#) (A)
I never made it as a working class hero
(C#) (F#)
21st Century Breakdown
(C#) (F#)
I once was lost but never was found
(C#) (Ab) (F#)
I think I (Am) losing what\'s left of my mind
(C#) (F#)
To the 20th Century Deadline
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------4--4---------4--4------6--4--------------|
D|--------6--6--6------6--6--6------6--6------7--6---------|
A|---7--7--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|x4
(C#) (F#)
We are the class of 13
(A)
Born in the era of humility
(F#)
We are the desperate in the decline
(A)
Raised by the Bastards of 1969
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------9--9------------9--9--------11--9-------------|
G|---------10--10--10------10--10--10------10--10-------11--10------|
D|--11--11----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|x4
(C#)
My name is no one
(F#) (C#)
The long lost son
(A)
Born of the 4th of July
(C#) (F#) (C#)
Raised in an era of heroes and cons
(A)
That left me for dead or alive
(C#)
I am a nation
(F#) (C#)
A worker of pride
(A)
My debt to the status quo
(C#)
The scars on my hands
(F#) (C#)
And the means to an end
(A)
Is all that I have to show
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------9--9------------9--9--------11--9-------------|
G|---------10--10--10------10--10--10------10--10-------11--10------|
D|--11--11----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|x4
(C#)
I swallowed my pride
(F#) (C#)
And I choked on my faith
(A)
I\'ve given my heart and my soul
(C#)
I\'ve broken my fingers
(F#) (C#)
And lied through my teeth
(A)
The pillar of damage control
(C#)
I\'ve been to the edge
(F#) (C#)
And I\'ve thrown the bouquet
(Ab)
Of flowers left over the grave
(C#)
I sat in the waiting room
(F#) (C#)
Wasting my time
(A)
And waiting for judgment day
(F#) (C#)
I praise Liberty
(F#) (C#)
The \"Freedom to Obey\"
(F#) (C#)
Is the song that strangles me
(A)
Don\'t cross the line
[ (F#5) (Ab5) ]
Solo:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8b--8--8b--8------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------11--11---13-10-6---10--8--6--10-4-8-6-4-6-4-3|
A|----------------------------------8----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(C#) (A) (Bm)
Dream, America dream,
(A) (F#)
I can\'t even sleep
(F#m) (C#)
From the lights early dawn
(C#) (A) (Bm)
Scream, America scream
(A) (F#) (F#m) (C#)
Believe what you see from heroes and cons?