1981 Live chords by Green Day

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Performance @ Festival d'été de Québec, July 16, 2023

Key: E MajorE


Chorus:
N.C.    E5E5         G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
E5E5               G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
E5E5               G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
E5E5               G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

Verse :
B5B5              E5E5
She's throwing punches to the beat
    F#5F#5      B5B5
To the sound of cable TV
             E5E5     F#5F#5
And she'll never see the world the same
B5B5              E5E5
She lives a whole world in my head
  F#5F#5     B5B5
And I am losing them
              E5E5    F#5F#5
And all the changes are no doubt for ya


Pre-Chorus:
D#5D#5           G#5G#5
Coffee and cyanide for lovers in the state
D#5D#5
If this is not a choice
     F#5*
You gotta want to leavе the craze


Chorus:
      E5E5         G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

Bridge:
E5E5
Crimes following the time
        B5B5
Part of our new lives
           C5C5
God bless the end of time
C#5C#5         A5A5
Pain, violence and cocaine
              F#5*
Sniffin' hate but not too late
     E5*
We’ll believe retrieval
   F#5*    A5A5
Get deeper in today


Chorus:
      E5E5         G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                G5G5 E5E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981, let's go crazy!


Outro:
E5E5 G5G5 E5E5 (x2)


Chords Instructions:
E5:  x799xx
G5:  355xxx
B5:  799xxx or 244xxx
F#5: x|9|11|11|x|x
D#5: x688xx
G#5: 466xxx
F#5*: 244xxx
C5:  x355xx
C#5: x466xx
A5:  577xxx or x022xx
E5*: 022xxx

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