1981 Live chords by Green Day

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

Key: E


Chorus:
N.C.        E5                 G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
E5                             G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
E5                             G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
E5                             G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981

Verse :
B5                            E5
She's throwing punches to the beat
       F#5            B5
To the sound of cable TV
                         E5         F#5
And she'll never see the world the same
B5                            E5
She lives a whole world in my head
    F#5          B5
And I am losing them
                           E5        F#5
And all the changes are no doubt for ya


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


Chorus:
            E5                 G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                               G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                               G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                               G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981


Bridge:
E5
Crimes following the time
                B5
Part of our new lives
                     C5
God bless the end of time
C#5                 A5
Pain, violence and cocaine
                           F#5*
Sniffin' hate but not too late
         E5*
We’ll believe retrieval
     F#5*       A5
Get deeper in today


Chorus:
            E5                 G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                               G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                               G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981
                               G5 E5
She's gonna bang her head like 1981, let's go crazy!


Outro:
E5 G5 E5  (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