Greenday - Jesus of Suburbia

Jesus of Suburbia
Album: American idiot Album

PART I:

Verse 1:

C#

(no chords)
I'm the son of rage and love

Bb

(no chords)
The Jesus of suburbia

F#
The bible of none-of-the-above

Ab
On a steady diet of...



C#

(no chords)
Soda pop and Ritalin

Bb

(no chords)
No one ever died for my sins

F#
In hell, far as I can tell

Ab
At least the ones I got away with



Chorus 1:

F# Ab
And there's nothing wrong with me

F# Ab
This is how I'm supposed to be

F# Ab
In a land of make-believe

(no chords)
I don't believe in me


C# Ab F# (repeat 2x)


Verse 2:

C#

(no chords)
Get my television fix

Bb

(no chords)
Sitting on my crucifix

F#
A living room on my private womb

Ab
While the moms and brads are away


C#

(no chords)
So fall in love and fall in debt

Bb

(no chords)
To alcohol and cigarettes

F#
And Mary-Jane, to keep me insane

Ab
Doing someone else's cocaine


Chorus 1:

F# Ab
And there's nothing wrong with me

F# Ab
This is how I'm supposed to be

F# Ab
In a land of make-believe

(no chords)
I don't believe in me


C# Ab F# (repeat 2x)


Bridge 1:

C# Bb F# Ab

C# F Bb Ab F#

Ab


PART II:


Verse 3:

(soft) C# Ab
At the center of the Earth in the parking lot

Bb Ab
Of the Seven-Eleven where I was taught

F# Ab
The motto was just a lie

(soft) C# Ab
It says home is where your heart is, but what a shame

Bb Ab
Cuz' everyone's heart doesn't beat the same

F# Ab
It's beating out of time



Chorus 2:

Bb Ab
City of the dead

C# F#
At the end of another lost highway

Bb Ab F#
Signs misleading to nowhere

Bb Ab
City of the damned

C# F#
Lost children with dirty faces today

Bb Ab F#
No one really seems to care



Verse 4:

(soft) C# Ab
I read the graffiti on the bathroom stall

Bb Ab
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall

F# Ab
And so it seemed to confess

(soft) C# Ab
It didn't say much but it only confirmed

Bb Ab
That the center of the Earth is the end of the world

F# Ab
And I can really care less.



Chorus 2:

Bb Ab
City of the dead

C# F#
At the end of another lost highway

Bb Ab F#
Signs misleading to nowhere

Bb Ab
City of the damned

C# F#
Lost children with dirty faces today

Bb Ab F#
No one really seems to care


PART III:


Solo:


Ab C# Ab F# Eb C# G F# Eb C# Eb Ab
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------6--------7--7--7--6--------------9--
G-----------6--6--6--------------8--6--------------8--6--8--8-----
D--6--6--6-----------6--6--6--------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------


Chorus 3:


Ab C# \
I don't care if you don't |
|
Ab Eb | Repeat this part
I don't care if you don't | 4 times
|
F# C# Ab |
I don't care if you don't care |
/



Bb Ab
I don't care...


Bridge 2:

C# A Ab (repeat 4x)


Verse 5:

(no chords) A Ab
Everyone's so full of shit

(no chords) A Ab
Born and raised by hypocrites

(no chords) A Ab
Hearts recycled but never saved

(no chords) A Ab
From the cradle, to the grave

(no chords) A Ab
We are the kids of War and Peace

(no chords) A Ab
From Anaheim to the Middle East

(no chords) A Ab
We are the stories and disciples of

(no chords) A Ab
The Jesus of Suburbia



Pre-Chorus 3:

F# Ab C# Ab
Land of make-believe

F# Ab C# Ab
And it don't believe in me.

F# Ab C# Ab
Land of make-believe

F# Ab C# Ab
And I don't believe.



Chorus 3:

F# Ab C#
And I don't care.

F# Ab C#
I don't care.

F# Ab C#
I don't care.

F# Ab C#
I don't care.

F# Ab C#
I don't care.


C# Ab


PART IV:


Verse 6:

Ab C
Dearly beloved are you listening

C# Ab Eb
I can't remember a word that you were saying

Ab C
Are we demented or am I disturbed

C# Ab Eb
The space that's in between insane and insecure


Ab C C# Ab Eb


Ab C
Oh therapy can you please fill the void

C# Ab Eb
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed

Ab C
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused

C# Ab Eb
For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse (sigh)


Ab C C# Ab Eb


PART V:


Verse 7:
(kinda hard to express the rhythm here; just repeat the little verse
intro)


Ab (root only) F# C# (repeat 4x)


Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
To live and not to breathe

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
is to die in tragedy

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
To run, to run away

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
To find what you believe


Chorus 4:
(again, kinda hard to express rhythm; each chord is strummed only once and
on the beat)


C# Ab C# Ab C# Ab
And I

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
leave behind

C# Ab C# Ab C# Ab
This hurricane

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
of fucking lies


Verse 8:

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
I lost my faith to this

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
This town, that don't exist

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
So I run, I run away

Ab F# C# Ab F# C#
The light of masochist



Chorus 4:

C# Ab C# Ab C# Ab
And I

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
leave behind

C# Ab C# Ab C# Ab
This hurricane

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
of fucking lies

C# Ab C# Ab C# Ab
And I

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
walked this line

C# Ab C# Ab C# Ab
On million and one

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
fucking times


But not this time


Solo 2:

Ab(oct) F# C# (repeat 2x, then the part below)


E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G--6--8--6--10--6--8--6--5--3--6--3--5-- (repeat 2x)
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------


E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----7p6-----9p6-----7p6-----9p6-----9p8-----11p8-----9p8-----11p8--
G--6-------6-------6-------6-------8-------8--------8-------8--------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------



PART VI:


Verse 9:

(no chords, just piano)
I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain when you've been victimized
Tales from another broken...home


Outro:

Ab F# C#
You're leaving

Ab F# C#
You're leaving

Ab F# C#
You're leaving

Ab F# C#
You're leaving home.

Ab(oct) F# C# (repeat 2x)

Ab