This is my favorite song on American Idiot and it is definitely among the TOP 10 my favorite Green Day songs.
INTRO
Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having fun
E* Eb E*
E5 G#5 C#m A5
VERSE 1
E5 A5 Where have all the bastards gone? F#5 A5 E Esus4 E The underbelly stacks up ten high G#5 C#m The dummy failed the crash test G#5 C#m Collecting unemployment checks A5* F#5 B5* A5 E** B5* Like a flunkie along for the ride VERSE 2
E5 A5 Where have all the riots gone F#5 A5 E Esus4 E As the city's motto gets pulverized? G#5 C#m What's in love is now in debt G#5 C#m On your birth certificate A5 F#5 B5* A5 E** B5* So strike the fucking match to light this fuse
A5 E** B5* x2
B5* E**
PRE-CHORUS 1 A5* E** The town bishop is an extortionist A5* E** And he don't even know that you exist B5 E** Standing still when it's do or die B5 E** B5 E** B5 You better run for your fucking life CHORUS
E5* B5 A5* It's not over 'til you're underground E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late E5* B5 This city's burnin' A5* C5 It's not my burden E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late F#5 A5* There is nothing left to analyze BRIDGE E* Where will all the martyrs go Eb When the virus cures itself? E* Eb B And where will we all go Eb E* Eb B When it's too late?
E5 G#5 C#m A5*
SOLO E5 G#5 C#m A5*
E** PRE-CHORUS 2
B5 E** You're not the Jesus of Suburbia B5 E** The St. Jimmy is a figment of A5* E** Your father's rage and your mother's love B5 E** B5 E** B5 Made me the idiot America CHORUS
E5* B5 A5* It's not over 'til you're underground E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late E5* B5 This city's burnin' A5* C5 It's not my burden E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late OUTRO
E5* G#5 Well, she said I can't take this place C#m A5* I'm leaving it behind E5* G#5 Well, she said I can't take this town C#m A5* I'm leaving you tonight
E5 x4
Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day
INTRO
Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having fun
E* Eb E*
E5 G#5 C#m A5
VERSE 1
E5 A5 Where have all the bastards gone? F#5 A5 E Esus4 E The underbelly stacks up ten high G#5 C#m The dummy failed the crash test G#5 C#m Collecting unemployment checks A5* F#5 B5* A5 E** B5* Like a flunkie along for the ride VERSE 2
E5 A5 Where have all the riots gone F#5 A5 E Esus4 E As the city's motto gets pulverized? G#5 C#m What's in love is now in debt G#5 C#m On your birth certificate A5 F#5 B5* A5 E** B5* So strike the fucking match to light this fuse
A5 E** B5* x2
B5* E**
PRE-CHORUS 1 A5* E** The town bishop is an extortionist A5* E** And he don't even know that you exist B5 E** Standing still when it's do or die B5 E** B5 E** B5 You better run for your fucking life CHORUS
E5* B5 A5* It's not over 'til you're underground E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late E5* B5 This city's burnin' A5* C5 It's not my burden E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late F#5 A5* There is nothing left to analyze BRIDGE E* Where will all the martyrs go Eb When the virus cures itself? E* Eb B And where will we all go Eb E* Eb B When it's too late?
E5 G#5 C#m A5*
SOLO E5 G#5 C#m A5*
E** PRE-CHORUS 2
B5 E** You're not the Jesus of Suburbia B5 E** The St. Jimmy is a figment of A5* E** Your father's rage and your mother's love B5 E** B5 E** B5 Made me the idiot America CHORUS
E5* B5 A5* It's not over 'til you're underground E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late E5* B5 This city's burnin' A5* C5 It's not my burden E5* B5 A5* It's not over before it's too late OUTRO
E5* G#5 Well, she said I can't take this place C#m A5* I'm leaving it behind E5* G#5 Well, she said I can't take this town C#m A5* I'm leaving you tonight
E5 x4
Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day