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Before The Lobotomy by Green Day

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Credit to stjimmy34 for Intro/Outro chords

Note: All chords (except those in Intro/Outro) are power chords.

Intro

F#
Dreaming
          F
I am only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
D
Where my family's from

F#
Singing
                F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain has washed away
D
All these scattered dreams

F#
Dying
             F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
D
Drenched in gasoline

F#
Laughter
                 F
There is no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
         D
Now live in the underground


Bridge

G# x12


Verse

 C#
Life before the lobotomy
 C#
Christian sang the eulogy
 C#
Sign my love a lost memory
 C#
From the end of the century


Chorus

      G#
Well, it's enough to make you sick
    G#
To cast a stone and throw a brick
 G#
When the sky is falling down
    C#
It burned your dreams into the ground


Verse

 C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
 C#
We are normal and self-controlled
 C#
Remember to learn to forget
 C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes


Chorus

     G#
Well I'm not stoned
     G#
I'm just fucked up
   G#
I got so high I can't stand up
G#
I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
    G#
I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess


Middle 8

     G#
Like refugees
       G#
We're lost like refugees
     G#
Like refugees
       G#
We're lost like refugees
       A
The brutality of reality
        C#
Is the freedom that keeps me from


Outro

F#
Dreaming
            F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
 D
Where my family's from

F#
Singing
                F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain has washed away
D
All these scattered dreams

F#
Dying
             F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
D
Drenched in gasoline

F#
Laughter
                 F
There is no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
         Bm