21st Century Breakdown chords & tabs

INTRO
D  A
D  A  G
D  Dsus4  D  A  G

VERSE 1
D                                       A              G
Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell.
D                       Dsus4   D       A                   G
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled.
D                                      A                  G
The last one born, the first one to run.
D                       Dsus4 D          A         G
My town was blind from refinery sun.

PRE-CHORUS
Bm                           G
My generation is zero.
Bm                                 G5                      A5
I never made it as a working class hero.

CHORUS
D5      A5            G5
21st century breakdown.
    D5                           A5       G5
I once was lost but never was found.
      D5                         A5                 G5
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
              D5    A5           G5
To the 20th century deadline.

D  A  G
D  Dsus4  D  A  G

VERSE 2
D                           A                  G
I was made of poison and blood.
D                   Dsus4 D  A           G
Condemnation is what I understood.
D                                 A            G
Videogames of the tower's fall.
D                Dsus4 D                A      G
Homeland security could kill us all.

PRE-CHORUS
Bm                           G
My generation is zero.
Bm                                G5                      A5
I never made it as a working class hero.

CHORUS
D5       A5           G5
21st century breakdown.
   D5                             A5       G5
I once was lost but never was found.
     D5                         A5                  G5
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
               D5   A5          G5   A
To the 20th century deadline.

BRIDGE 1
A
A5  x2

A                                                                D
We are the class of the class of 13'.
A                                             D
Born in the era of humility.
A                                                                   D
We are the desperate and in the decline.
A
Raised by the bastards of 1969.

BRIDGE 2
D5

VERSE 3
D5                                       G5    A5    D5
My name is 'no one' the long lost son.
                                      A5
Born on the 4th of July.
D5                             G5   A5        D5
Raised in a era of heroes and cons.
                                             A5
That left me for dead or alive.
D5                           G5  A5      D5
I am a nation, a worker of pride.
                                       A5
My debt to the status quo.
            D5                                           G5       A5   G5
The scars on my hands are the means to an end.
                                    A5
It's all that I have to show.

BRIDGE 3
D5 G5 x3
D5

VERSE 4
        D5                                        G5         A5      D5
I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith
                                                  A5
I've given my heart and my soul
          D5                                 G5           A5            D5
I've broken my fingers and lied throught my teeth
                                               A5
The pillar of damage control
         D5                                           G5        A5      D5
I've been to the edge and I've thrown the bouquet
                                              A5
Of flowers lept over the grave
    D5                                      G5       A5    D5
I sat in the waiting room waisting my time
                                                   A5
And waiting for judgement day

BRIDGE 4
G5             A5 D5
Praise, Liberty
          G5             A5 D5
The freedom to obey
              G5                        A5   D5
It's the song that strangles me
            G5                    A
Well, don't cross the line

G5  A  x4

BRIDGE 5
A x7

OUTRO
D   D/C#   B5   A5   G5   Bb5   D

         D5            D5/C#     B5         A5                G5
Oh dream, American dream, i can't even sleep
                  Bb5               D
From the light's early dawn
           D              D/C#      Bm           A                        G5
Oh scream, America scream, believe what you see
             Bb5    
From heroes and cons.


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day