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21st Century Breakdown  Chords by Green Day

21st Century Breakdown chords by Green Day (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

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

C#5                       Ab5         F#5
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
C#5                           Ab5            F#5
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
C#5                        Ab5           F#5
The last one born, the first one to run
C#5                         Ab5      F#5
My town was blind from refinery sun
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Bbm5                F#5
My generation is zero
Bbm5                     F#5            Ab5
I never made it as a working class hero

C#5     Ab5       F#5
21st Century Breakdown
C#5                    Ab5     F#5
I once was lost but never was found
C#5                     Ab5            F#5
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
C#5            Ab5        F#5
To the 20th Century Deadline

 (C#5  Ab5  F#5)
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------9----9----9--11--9-------------------------------|
G|-----10---10---10----------11--10------------------------|
D|--11-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

C#5               Ab5         F#5
I was made of poison and blood
C#5                Ab5        F#5
Condemnation is what I understood
C#5                  Ab5       F#5
Videogames to the tower's fall
C#5                Ab5          F#5
Homeland Security could kill us all

Bbm5                F#5
My generation is zero
Bbm5                     F#5            Ab5
I never made it as a working class hero

C#5     Ab5        F#5
21st Century Breakdown
C#5                    Ab5     F#5
I once was lost but never was found
C#5                     Ab5            F#5
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
C#5            Ab5        F#5
To the 20th Century Deadline
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5--5---------5--5------7--5--------------|
D|--------7--7--7------7--7--7------7--7------8--7---------|
A|---8--8--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

C#5                F#5  C#5
We are the class of 13
C#5                        Ab5
Born in the era of humility
C#5                     F#5       C#5
We are the desperate in the decline
C#5                          Ab5
Raised by the Bastards of 1969
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------10-10------------10--10--------12--10---------|
G|---------11--11--11-------11--11--11--------11--11---------12--11-|
D|--12--12----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#5
My name is no one
F#5              C#5
The long lost son
                    Ab5
Born of the 4th of July

C#5                    F#5          C#5
Raised in an era of heroes and cons
                          Ab5
That left me for dead or alive

C#5
I am a nation
F#            C#5
A worker of pride
                       Ab5
My debt to the status quo

C#5
The scars on my hands
          F#5          C#5
And the means to an end
                       Ab5
Is all that I have to show
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------10-10------------10--10--------12--10---------|
G|---------11--11--11-------11--11--11--------11--11---------12--11-|
D|--12--12----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#5
I swallowed my pride
        F#5           C#5
And I choked on my faith
                            Ab5
I've given my heart and my soul

C#5
I've broken my fingers
     F#5              C#5
And lied through my teeth
                         Ab5
The pillar of damage control

C#5
I've been to the edge
            F#5           C#5
And I've thrown the bouquet
                           Ab5
Of flowers left over the grave

C#5
I sat in the waiting room
 F#5          C#5
Wasting my time
                           Ab5
And waiting for judgement day

F#5           C#5
I praise Liberty
F#5                C#5
The "Freedom to Obey"
F#5                          C#5
Is the song that strangles me
                  Ab5
Don't cross the line

(F#5  Ab5)
Solo:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9b11--9b11--9--9b11--9--7--7--9--6--------7--4----------|
D|---------------------------------------7--7--------5--5----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7b8--7--5--7--4--5--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Obs: Ele usa um pedal oitavador nesse solo (pra baixo).

C#5          Ab5      Bbm5
Dream, America dream,
Ab5              F#5
I can't even sleep
F#m5                     C#5
From the lights early dawn

C#5          Ab5       Bbm5
Scream, America scream
Ab5                 F#5        F#m5    C#5

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