21st Century Breakdown

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

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Tracklist:

Act I: Heroes and Cons
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

Act II: Charlatans and Saints
8.  East Jesus Nowhere
9.  Peacemaker
10. Last Of The American Girls
11. Murder City
12. Little Girl
13. Restless Heart Syndrome

Act III: Horseshoes and Handgrenades
14. Horseshoes And Handgrenades
15. The Static Age
16. 21 Guns
17. American Eulogy
    17.1. Mass Hysteria
    17.2. American Eulogy
18. See The Light

Bonus Track
19. Lights Out

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Act I. Heroes And Cons

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 Ab

Chords used:
C#     x46664
Ab     466544
F#     244322
Bbm    x13321
Ab/C   x365xx


Intro:

Piano/Acoustic Guitar: Same Intro to the song See The Light
C#  Ab   x8

Guitar 2:
e|-11-----11-----11-----11-----11-------|
B|----9------9------9------9------9---9-|
G|------8------8------8------8------8---|
D|--------------------------------------| x8
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Distortion: C#  Ab F# x2


Verse 1:
C#                      Ab        F#
  Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
C#                          Ab        F#
  A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
C#                          Ab           F#
  The last one born and the first one to run
C#                         Ab     F#
  My town was blind from refinery sun


Refrain:
Bbm                F#
  My generation is zero
Bbm                    F#            Ab
  I never made it as a working class hero


Guitar 2: Refrain
     Bbm          F#           Bbm        F#    Ab
e|---------|-6-----6h7p6---|---------|---------|------|
B|---------|---7---------7-|---------|---------|------|
G|-3-3-3-3-|-----6---------|-3-3-3-3-|---------|------|
D|-3-3-3-3-|---------------|-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
A|-1-1-1-1-|---------------|-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
E|---------|---------------|---------|-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-|


Chorus 1:
C#   Ab      F#
21st century breakdown
   C#
I once was lost
    Ab    F#
but never was found
  C#
I think I'm losing
Ab             F#
what's left of my mind
       C#   Ab      F#
to the 20th century deadline


Interlude: C#  Ab F#  x2

Guitar 2:
        C#          Ab      F#
e|------4----4---|-4--6-|-4------|
B|----6----6---6-|------|----7-6-|
G|-6-------------|------|--------|
D|---------------|------|--------|
A|---------------|------|--------|
E|---------------|------|--------|


Verse 2:
C#              Ab         F#
  I was made of poison and blood
C#                Ab       F#
  Condemnation is what I understood
C#                   Ab      F#
  Video games to the tower's fall
C#                        Ab      F#
  Homeland Security could kill us all


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)


Interlude: Beat Changes from slow to fast
Ab   x8

Guitar 2:
                Ab
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-|
D|-6--------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|


Bridge:
Ab                                  C#
We are the cries of the class of '13
Ab                          C#
Born in the year of humility
Ab                                 C#
we are the desperate in the decline
Ab                           C#    x4
Raised by the bastards of 1969


Guitar 2:
                  C#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-6-|
G|-6--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|


Verse 3:
C#
My name is 'No one'
     F#   Ab   C#
your long lost son
C#                   Ab
Born on the 4th of July
C#
Raised in the barnyards
   F# Ab       C#
of he roes and cons
C#                   Ab
Left me for dead or alive


Verse 4:
C#
I Am A nation
  F#     Ab C#
A worker of pride
   C#                 Ab
My debt to the status quo
     C#
The scars on my hands
        F#    Ab    C#
And the means to an end
   C#                 Ab
Is all that I have to show


Interlude: C#   F#  x4

Guitar 2:
                C#                 F#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---|---|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-|-6-|
G|-6------------------------------|---|
D|--------------------------------|---| x4
A|--------------------------------|---|
E|--------------------------------|---|


Verse 5:
   C#
I swallowed my pride
      F#     Ab    C#
And I choked on my faith
     C#
I've given my heart and my
Ab        C#
soul I've broken my fingers
    F#   Ab         C#
And lied through my teeth
    C#                  Ab
The pillar of damage control


Verse 6:
     C#
I've been to the edge
         F#     Ab     C#
And I've thrown the bouquet
   C#                    Ab
Of flowers left over the grave
  C#
I sat in the waiting
     F#      Ab C#
room Wasting my time
    C#                    Ab
And waiting for judgement day


Chorus 2:
  F#       Ab C#     F#         Ab C#
I praise liberty the freedom to o  bey
       F#             Ab   C#
It's a song that strangles me
     F#          C#  Ab
Well don't cross the line


F# F# C# Ab x3
Ab(hold)  Ab(hold)  Ab(hold)       |Ab(hold)
Ab(hold)  Ab(hold)  Ab7(hold)  Ab7 |(hold)

Guitar 2:
                            Ab                                Ab7
e|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---------------4-4--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-----5-5-5------5-5-5-|-------------|
D|-6---------------------------------6-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|


Guitar Solo: C#  Ab/C  Bbm  Ab  F#  A  C#

Guitar 2:
      C#        Ab/C     Bbm      Ab        F#            A          C#
e|-13---13-|-11--13--11-|----|-11-------|-9-----------|-----------|----------|
B|---------|------------|-14-|----13----|---11--------|-10--9-----|-9--------|
G|---------|------------|----|-------13-|------11--11-|--------11-|----10----|
D|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|-------11-|
A|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
E|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|


Outro:
   C#     Ab/C   Bbm
Oh Dream America dream
  Ab          F#
I can't even sleep
         A            C#
From the lights early dawn
    C#     Ab/C    Bbm
Oh Scream America scream
  Ab             F#
Believe what you see
     A(hold)
From heroes and cons?

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3.) Know Your Enemy

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B    x24442
E    022100
F#   244322
A    x02220


Intro: Drumbeats x4
B  E B  B  E B A x2


Chorus:
B           E     B
Do you know the enemy?
B           E       B
Do you know your enemy?
A    B
Well gotta know
E      B      F#
the enemy Wah Ay
(Repeat x3)


Verse 1:
B           E      B
Violence is an energy
B         E      B
  Against the enemy
A    B
Well violence is
   E   B      F#
an energy Wah Ay
B               E  B
Bringing on the fu ry
B         E       B
  The choir infantry
A B                E
Revolt against the honor
B   F#
to obey (Oh weh oh weh)
B             E   B
Overthrow the effigy
B          E     B
  The vast majority
A    B                E
Well burning down the foreman
B     F#
of control (Oh weh oh weh)
B          E      B
Silence is the enemy
B          E         B
  Against your urgency
A  B            E      B
So rally up the demons of
     F#
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)


(Repeat Chorus but only twice)


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


Guitar 2: Bridge:
Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B    x24442
E    022100
F#   244322
A    x02220


Intro: Drumbeats x4
B  E B  B  E B A x2


Chorus:
B           E     B
Do you know the enemy?
B           E       B
Do you know your enemy?
A    B
Well gotta know
E      B      F#
the enemy Wah Ay
(Repeat x3)


Verse 1:
B           E      B
Violence is an energy
B         E      B
  Against the enemy
A    B
Well violence is
   E   B      F#
an energy Wah Ay
B               E  B
Bringing on the fu ry
B         E       B
  The choir infantry
A B                E
Revolt against the honor
B   F#
to obey (Oh weh oh weh)
B             E   B
Overthrow the effigy
B          E     B
  The vast majority
A    B                E
Well burning down the foreman
B     F#
of control (Oh weh oh weh)
B          E      B
Silence is the enemy
B          E         B
  Against your urgency
A  B            E      B
So rally up the demons of
     F#
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)


(Repeat Chorus but only twice)


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


Guitar 2: Bridge:
            E                      B
e|----------------------|-------------11-------|
B|-------12-------12----|-------12----------12-|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-14-14----14-14----14-|-13-13----13----13----| x3
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

    F#     B       F#       B    F#
e|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
B|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
G|------|-4-4-|----------|-4-4-|-----|
D|-4--4-|-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-|-4-4-|-4-4-|
A|-4--4-|-2-2-|-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-|-4-4-|
E|-2--2-|-----|-2-2--2-2-|-----|-2-2-|


Guitar Solo:
B  E B  B  E B A B  E B  F       | x2
E  B   x3 F#  B F#  F#  B F# E   | x2


Guitar 2: Solo
      B          E             B              E    A
e|----------|----------|-----------------|-11-------|-----|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|--------12----12-|-------12-|-----|
G|----------|-11-------|-11-11-----11----|----11----|-----|
D|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
A|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
E|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
                                                         |
    B          E         B               F#            | x2
e|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|-12----|-14-14----14-14----14----|
G|----------|-11-------|----11-|-------11-------11----11-|
D|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
A|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
E|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|

             E                    B
e|----------------------|-------------------|
B|-------12----------12-|-----------12------|
G|----------------------|------11------11---|
D|-14-14----14-14-13----|-9--9----9-------9-| x3
A|----------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|

   F#  B  F# B  F# E x2(Guitar 1 Only)
e|----|
B|-13-|
G|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|----|


Verse 2:
     F#          B      F#
Well Violence is an energy
F#    B   F# B
  (Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E  F#           B   F#
Oh from here to eternity
F#    B   F# B
  (Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E    F#          B      F#
Well Violence is an energy
F#    B   F# B
  (Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F#          B    F#
  Silence is the enemy
   F#          B   F#
So gimme gimme revolution


Interlude:
B  E B  B  E B A x2


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
B         E     B
Overthrow the effigy
B          E   B
  The vast majority
A    B            E
Well burning down the
    B         F#
foreman of control

(Oh weh oh weh)
B          E      B
Silence is the enemy
B         E         B
  Against your urgency
A  B        E     B
So rally up the demons of
     F#                  B(hold)
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)

    F#     B       F#       B    F#
e|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
B|------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
G|------|-4-4-|----------|-4-4-|-----|
D|-4--4-|-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-|-4-4-|-4-4-|
A|-4--4-|-2-2-|-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-|-4-4-|
E|-2--2-|-----|-2-2--2-2-|-----|-2-2-|


Guitar Solo:
B  E B  B  E B A B  E B  F       | x2
E  B   x3 F#  B F#  F#  B F# E   | x2


Guitar 2: Solo
      B          E             B              E    A
e|----------|----------|-----------------|-11-------|-----|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|--------12----12-|-------12-|-----|
G|----------|-11-------|-11-11-----11----|----11----|-----|
D|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
A|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
E|----------|----------|-----------------|----------|-----|
                                                         |
      B          E         B               F#            | x2
e|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-|----12-12-|-12----|-14-14-------14----14----|
G|----------|-11-------|----11-|-------11-11----11----11-|
D|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
A|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|
E|----------|----------|-------|-------------------------|

             E                    B
e|----------------------|-------------------|
B|-------12----------12-|-----------12------|
G|----------------------|------11------11---|
D|-14-14----14-14-13----|-9--9----9-------9-| x3
A|----------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|

   F#  B  F# B  F# E x2(Guitar 1 Only)
e|----|
B|-13-|
G|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|----|


Verse 2:
     F#          B      F#
Well Violence is an energy
F#    B   F# B
  (Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E  F#           B   F#
Oh from here to eternity
F#    B   F# B
  (Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E    F#          B      F#
Well Violence is an energy
F#    B   F# B
  (Oh Weh Oh Weh)
E F#          B    F#
  Silence is the enemy
   F#          B   F#
So gimme gimme revolution


Interlude:
B  E B  B  E B A x2


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
B         E     B
Overthrow the effigy
B          E   B
  The vast majority
A    B            E
Well burning down the
    B         F#
foreman of control

(Oh weh oh weh)
B          E      B
Silence is the enemy
B         E         B
  Against your urgency
A  B        E     B
So rally up the demons of
     F#                  B(hold)
your soul (Oh weh oh weh)

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4.) Viva La Gloria

Key: E

Chords used:
E      022100
Abm    466444
A      x02220
Am     x02210
B      x24442
C#m    x46654
B/D#   x698xx


Intro: Piano
E  Abm  A  E


Verse 1:
E        Abm
  Hey Gloria
         A                    E
Are you standing close to the edge?
E                Abm
  Lookout to the setting sun
A                   B
  The brink of your vision
E         Abm
  Eternal youth is
  A                 E
A landscpe from the lie
E                   Abm
  The cracks of my skin can prove
A                   B
  As the years will testify


Refrain 1:
C#m                    Abm
  Say your prayers and light a fire
A                       E  B/D#
  Were going to start a war
C#m              Abm
  Your slogans a gun for hire
A              B(hold)
  It's what we waited for


Verse 2:
E        Abm
  Hey Gloria
        A                E
This is what were on the edge
E                  Abm
  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               Abm
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                     Abm
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                 Abm           C#m
  She smashed her knuckles into winter
A            E               B
  As autumns wind fades into black
E            Abm              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                     Abm
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               Abm
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
Ab      466544
A       x02220
E       022100
C#9     x46644
C#sus   x46674


Intro: Plucking
         F#                C#/F               E      
       B                Bm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-------2-4-2-----|-------2-4-2-----|---------4-------|-----3-----3-----|
G|-----------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----4-----4-----|-------------4---|
D|-------4---4-----|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4-----4-----4-|
A|---1-4-------4-1-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|-2-------------2-|-2-----2---------|
E|-2---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         x2                x2                 x2


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# Ab x6


Verse 2:
C#     C#9      C#sus C# C# F# Ab 
Ab C#
Life before the lobotomy
C#        C#9      C#sus C# C# F# 
F# Ab C#
Christian sang the eulo  gy
C#      C#9    C#sus    C# C# F# 
F# Ab C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C#       C#9    C#sus    C# C# F# 
F# Ab C#
From the end of the century


Refrain 1:
     F#   C# Ab       F#   C#  Ab
Well It's e  nough to make you sick
   F#   C# Ab       F#    C# Ab
To cast a stone and throw a  brick
    F#   C#   Ab    F# C#   Ab
And when the sky is falling down
   F#     C#   Ab       F# C#  Ab
It burned your dreams into the ground


Verse 3:
C#          C#9       C#sus          C#  C# 
Ab F# Ab C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C#     C#9    C#sus      C#     C# F# 
F# Ab C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C#   C#9    C#sus       C# C# F# 
F# Ab C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#(hold)                          C# F# Ab 
Ab C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes


Refrain 2:
     F#  C#   Ab
Well i'm not stoned
    F#   C#     Ab
I'm just fucked up
  F#  C# Ab     F#     C#   Ab
I got so high I can't stand up
F#  C#  Ab           F#   C#   Ab
I'm not cursed Cause i've been blessed
    F#  C# Ab         F#  C# Ab  
I'm not in love Cause i'm a  mess


Chorus:
     C#  Ab
Like refugees
      C#          Ab
We're lost to refugees
     C#  Ab
Like refugees
      C#          Ab
We're lost to refugees
       B   F#      D  A
The brutality of reality
       C#                        C# (Guitar solo)
Is the freedom that keeps me from

Guitar 2: Solo
                 C#
e|--------1--1h2-4--4h6-7--4--9---|
B|-2--2h4-----------------------7-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|


Outro:
F#
Dreaming
           C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B                    D
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B                   D
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B               D
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  D Bm  x4

Guitar 2: Solo
        Bm             Em            C          D    Bm
e|-7-7----7-7---|-7-7----7-7---|-8-8----8-8-|-10-10-|-7-7----7-7---|
B|-----7------7-|-----7------7-|-----8------|-------|-----7------7-|
G|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------| x3
A|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|

        Bm             Em            C          D   Bm
e|-7-7----7-7---|-7-7----7-7---|-8-8----8-8-|-10-10-|-7-7----7/8/9-|
B|-----7------7-|-----7------7-|-----8------|-------|-----7--------|
G|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|------------|-------|--------------|


(Repeat Chorus)


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

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7.) Last Night On Earth

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
A      x02220
A2     x03220
A3     x04220
A7     x02020
D      xx0232
Dm     xx0231
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


Guitar Solo: A A2 A3 A7 D Dm A  

Guitar 2:
          A                A2                A3             A7
e|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1---1---1-|---2---2---2---2-|---3---3---3---3-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

        D           Dm                 A
e|-2--2--2--2-|-1--1--1--1-|------------------------|
B|------------|------------|-3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-|
G|------------|------------|------------------------|
D|------------|------------|------------------------|
A|------------|------------|------------------------|
E|------------|------------|------------------------|


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)


Guitar Solo: A A2 A3 A7 D Dm A   x2

Guitar 2:
        A      A2     A3     A7     D      
A
e|---|-0--0-|-1--1-|-2--2-|-3--5-|-2--5-|-1--5-|-0-|
B|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
G|-2-|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
D|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---| x2
A|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|
E|---|------|------|------|------|------|------|---|


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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Act II. Charlatans And Saints

8.) East Jesus Nowhere

Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Em   022000
G    320033
C    x32010
D    xx0232
B    x24442
A    x02220
F    133211
E    022100


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 1:
  E            G
A fire burns today
   A             C   B
Of blasphemy and genocide
    E           G
The sirens of decay
     A              C     B
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics


Guitar Solo: Em G Em D Em   x4 D A

Guitar 2:
  Em   G   Em   D    Em    Em   Em   D  Em
e|-0-|---|----|-3-|-7--10-|-8-|---|---|-5-|-4-|
B|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
G|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---| x2
A|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|


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 1)


Guitar Solo: Em G Em D Em   x4

Guitar 2:
  Em   G   Em   D    Em    Em   Em   D  Em
e|-0-|---|----|-3-|-7--10-|-8-|---|---|-5-|-4-|
B|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
G|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---| x2
A|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|----|---|-------|---|---|---|---|---|


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 Em  G  A  C D 
Em  F Em x4

Guitar 2:
       Em           G            A         C   B
e|-0-----0--2-|-3-----3----|-5-----5--7-|-8---|-7---|
B|----0-------|----3-----3-|----5-------|---8-|---7-|
G|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
D|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
A|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|
E|------------|------------|------------|-----|-----|

         Em              G                A            
   D
e|-12------12--14-|-10-----10----|-12------12--14-|-15-----|-14--|
B|-----12---------|-----8------8-|-----10---------|-----15-|-----|
G|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
D|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
A|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|
E|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----|

      Em          F    Em
e|-0--3-7--10-|-8--5-|-4-|
B|------------|------|---|
G|------------|------|---|
D|------------|------|---| x4
A|------------|------|---|
E|------------|------|---|


Chorus 2: Slow motion
  E            G
A fire burns today
   A             C   B
Of blasphemy and genocide
    E           G
The sirens of decay
     A              C B
Will infiltrate the inside


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

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9.) Peacemaker

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bm   x24432
F#   244322
Em   022000
A    x02200


Intro:

Guitar: Bm   x4

Bass: Bm  F#  


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)


Breakdown:

Guitar 2:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-4--3--4-|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|


Guitar Solo: F#  Bm  Em Bm F# Bm

Guitar 2:
                    F#                                            Bm
e|-6--4-6--4-6-4-------4-6--4-6--4-6-4------5-|-7--5-7--5-7-5------5-7--5-7--5-7-5------5-|
B|---------------7---7-----------------7--8---|---------------7--8-----------------7--8---|
G|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

            Em                     Bm                   F#    
         Bm
e|-7-----7--9-10-9-7-----|-7--5-7--5-7-5------|-6--4-6--4-6-4------|-7--7-----7--7-|
B|----10--------------10-|---------------7--7-|---------------7--7-|-------7-------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|


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

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

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


Guitar 2: "girls..."
      B         E         B        E
e|-----2---|-4---2---|-----2---|-4---2-|
B|-4-4---4-|---4---4-|-4-4---4-|---4---|
G|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------| x2
A|---------|---------|---------|-------|
E|---------|---------|---------|-------|


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
             F#
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

Guitar 2:
         B               E               B            F#
e|---------------|-------4h5p4---|---------------|--------------|
B|-------4h5p4---|---5---------5-|-------4h5p4---|--------------|
G|---4---------4-|-4---4---------|---4---------4-|-------6-4-3--|
D|-4---4---------|---------------|-4---4---------|---4----------| x2
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-4---4--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
         x2             x2               x2           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

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B     x24442
Ebm   x68876
Abm   466444
E     022100
Em    022000
Eb    x68886


Intro: Guitar Effects
e|-14-14--14-14--14-|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------| x4
A|------------------|
E|------------------|


Chorus:
B
Desperate
       Ebm
But no hopeless
Abm
  I feel so useless
       E      Em
In the murder city
B
Desperate
       Ebm
But no helpless
Abm
  The clocks strikes midnight
       E      Em
In the murder city


Verse 1:
B           Ebm
  I'm wide awake
          Abm
After the riot
E           B
  This demostration
       F#
Of our anguish
B            Ebm
  This empty laugher
       Abm
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  Eb  Abm  E Em  x2

Guitar 2:
        B                 Eb                Abm            
         Em
e|-2--2--2-2-2-|-3--3--3-3-3--3--4--6-|-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4--4-4-4-|-3--3--3-3-3-|
B|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
       x2                                    x2


Verse 2:
B             Ebm
  Christian's crying
       Abm
In the bathroom
E            B
  And i just want to
      F#
Bum a cigarette
B               Ebm
  We've come so far
              Abm
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: Ab

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Fm     133111
C#     x46664
Eb     x68886
Ab     466544
Bb/D   x587xx
C/E    032xxx
F#     244322
B      x24442
Bbm    x13321
G      320033
C      x32010
Bb     x13331
Dm     xx0231


Intro:

Piano:
         Fm                 Eb                Bb/D        C/E
e|---------8-------|----------8-------|----------8-------|-6-|---|
B|-9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|---|-8-|
G|----10-----------|-----10-----------|-----10-----------|---|---|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|---|---|
A|-8---------------|------------------|------------------|-6-|-7-|
E|-----------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|---|---|

         Fm                 Eb                Bb/D        Eb
e|---------8-------|----------8-------|----------8-------|-6-|
B|-9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|--9-----9----11-9-|---|
G|----10-----------|-----10-----------|-----10-----------|---|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|---|
A|-8---------------|------------------|------------------|-6-|
E|-----------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|---|

   C   Bbm  Ab  G                 Fm
e|---|----|---|---|---------------------------------|
B|---|----|---|---|---------------------------------|
G|---|----|---|---|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|
D|---|----|---|---|---------------------------------|
A|-3-|-1--|---|---|---------------------------------|
E|---|----|-4-|-3-|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|


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


Chorus 1:
    Fm
Runaway
         C#    Ab      C#   Ab
From the river to the street
    C        G
And find yourself with
C    Bbm  Ab G   Fm
your face in the gutter
        Fm           C#        Ab C# Ab
Your a stray for the salvation ar my
      C
There is no place like home
         C   Bbm Ab    G  Fm   x2
When you got no  place to go


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


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
    C#
The traces of blood
       Ab
Always follow you home
         C#
Like the Mascara tears
          Ab
From your getaway
     C#
Your walking with blisters
    Ab
And running with shears
     C
So unholy Sister of grace


Guitar Solo: Fm  Eb  Dm Bbm Eb C x4

Guitar 2:
        Fm               Eb          Dm      Bbm     
Eb      C
e|---------------|---------8------|------|---------|------|-------|
B|-----8-9--8----|-----8-9---8----|----8-|-9--8----|------|-----8-|
G|--10--------10-|--10---------10-|-10---|------10-|-8--8-|-------|
D|---------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-10----|
A|---------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|
E|---------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|

         Fm                 Eb          Dm      Bbm  
   Eb      C
e|------------------|---------8------|------|---------|------|-------|
B|--------8-9--8----|-----8-9---8----|----8-|-9--8----|------|-----8-|
G|-10--10--------10-|--10---------10-|-10---|------10-|-8--8-|-------|
D|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-10----| x2
A|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|
E|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|-------|

         Fm                 Eb          Dm      Bbm  
   Eb      C      Fm(Chorus)
e|------------------|---------8------|------|---------|-8--8-|-12--12-|-13-|
B|--------8-9--8----|-----8-9---8----|----8-|-9--8----|------|--------|----|
G|-10--10--------10-|--10---------10-|-10---|------10-|------|--------|----|
D|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|--------|----|
A|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|--------|----|
E|------------------|----------------|------|---------|------|--------|----|


Chorus 2:
    Fm
Runaway
         C#    Ab      C#   Ab
From the river to the street
    C        G
And find yourself with
C    Bbm  Ab