21St Century Breakdown - Green Day chords

Key: C Singer/Band: Green Day


Capo 1
Verse 1:
[C] Born into Nixon I [G]was raised [F]in hell
[C] A welfare child where [G]the [F]teamsters dwelled
[C] The last one
born and [G]the first one [F]to run
[C] My town was blind from [G]r[F]efinery sun
Refrain:
[Am] My generation [F]is zero
[Am] I never made it as [F]a working [G]class hero
Chorus 1:
[C][G]21st [F]century breakdown
I [C]once was lost
but [G][F]never was found
I [C]think I'm losing
[G]what's left [F]of my mind
to the [C][G]20th [F]century deadline
Verse 2:
[C] I was made [G]of poison [F]and blood
[C] Combination [G]is what I [F]understood
[C] From Mexico to [G]the [F]Berlin Wall
[C] Homeland security [G]could kill [F]us all
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Bridge:
[G]We are the cries of the class of [C]'13
[G]Born in the year of [C]humility
[G]we are the desperate in the [C]decline
[G]Raised by the bastards of [C]1969 [x4]
Verse 3:
[C]My name is 'No one'
your [F][G]long [C]lost son
[C]Born on the 4th of [G]July
[C]Raised in the barnyards
of [F][G]he-roes [C]and cons
[C]Left me for dead or [G]alive
Verse 4:
[C]There is a war that's
in[F]side[G] m[C]y head
That [C]questions the
results and [G]lies
I'm [C]breaking my back
till I'm [F][G]better [C]off dead
We are [C]not payed
enough to [G]survive
Verse 5:
[C]I am an engine
[F] [G] [C] [G#] [worker] [G#] [pawn]
My [C]debt to the [G]status quo
The [C]scars on my hands
and a [F][G]means to [C]an end
It's [C]all that I have [G]to show
Verse 6:
I'm [C]taking a loan on my[F] s[G]a-[C]ni-ty
For the [C]redemption of [G]my soul
well [C]I am exempt from this[F] tr[G]a-[C]ge-dy
And the [C]21st [G]century fall
Chorus 2:
I [F]praise l[G]ib[C]erty t[F]he freedom[G] t[C]o o--bey
It's a [F]song that [G]stra[C]ngles me
Well [F]don't [C]cross [G]the line
Outro:
Oh, [C]dream, [G/B][Am]American dream
I [G]can't even [F]sleep
from [G]rainstorms [C]till dawn
Oh, [C]bleed, [G/B][Am]America bleed
[G]Believe what [F]you read
from [G]heroes and cons
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