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Dilemma by Green Day

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Tuning: Drop F tuning (DADGBe)

🎸 Verse 1:

F             Cm
Welcome to my problems
Bm              B
It's not an invitation
F            Cm
This is my dilemma
Bm             B  Fn
And it's my obsession


🎸 Chorus: 

F5       B5     C5             B5
I was sober now I'm drunk again
F5         B5      C5           B5
I'm in trouble and in love again
F5                   B5              F5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5                   B5
I don't want to be a dead man walking

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------| X2
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|
A|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|

🎸 Verse 2:
(palm muted)

F             Cm
Welcome to my nightmare
Bm                 B
Where dreams Go to disappear
F             Cm
Sit around in rehab
Bm             B   B6
Feeling like a lab rat

F                Cm
Strange days are here again
Bm               B
And it's getting weirder
F                Cm
Here's to all my problems
Bm             B         B6
I just want to drink the poison


🎸 Chorus: 

F5       B5     C5             B5
I was sober now I'm drunk again
F5         B5      C5           B5
I'm in trouble and in love again
F5                   B5              F5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5                   B5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5       B5     C5             B5
I was sober now I'm drunk again
F5         B5      C5           B5
I'm in trouble and in love again
F5                   B5              F5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5                   B5
I don't want to be a dead man walking

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------| X2
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|
A|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|

    F
Oh, why
                     Fm
When I fall asleep tonight on the wing and prayer
    B
Oh, why
                             B  Baug
For despair and obsession on you
B6 B7
You, yeah

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7--|
A|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7--|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7--|

🎸 Solo: 

F - Fm - B - B - Baug - B6 - Baug - B - Baug - B6 - B7

F5 F5 (two strums then hold)


[Chorus}
                                B5
I was sober now I'm drunk again
F5         B5      C5           B5
I'm in trouble and in love again
F5                   B5              F5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5                   B5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5       B5     C5             B5
I was sober now I'm drunk again
F5         B5      C5           B5
I'm in trouble and in love again
F5                   B5              F5
I don't want to be a dead man walking
F5                   B5
I don't want to be a dead man walking

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|
A|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-0-X--|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-X----|
A|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-X----|
D|--0-0-X--0-0-0-5-4-0-0-X--0-0-0-9-7-0-X----|

Dilemma Chords Info

Published: December 10, 2023

Last Updated: January 7, 2026

Chords: F, Cm, Bm, B, F5, B5, C5, G, D, A, B6, Fm, Baug, B7