Greenday - Last Of The American Girls

Last Of The American Girls
Album: 21st Century Breakdown

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
E - 022100
Em - 022000
B7 - x21202


Intro: B-- x2


Verse 1:
B
She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the
E
walls of the heartland
B
She's got her little
book of conspiracies
F#
Right in her hand
B
She is paranoid like
Endangered species
E
headed into extinction
B
She is one of a kind
F#
She's the last of
B
the American girls


Verse 2:
B
She wears her overcoat
For the coming of
E
the nuclear winter
B
She is riding her bike
Like a fugitive
F#
of critical mass
B
She's on a hunger strike
For the ones who won't
E
make it for dinner
B
She makes enough to survive
F#
For a holiday of working class


Chorus 1:
B
She's a runaway of the
B7 E Em
establishment incorporated
B
She won't cooperate
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E B E
the American girls


Guitar 2: "girls..."
B E B E
e|-----2---|-4---2---|-----2---|-4---2-|
B|-4-4---4-|---4---4-|-4-4---4-|---4---|
G|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------| x2
A|---------|---------|---------|-------|
E|---------|---------|---------|-------|


Verse 3:
She plays her
B
vinyl records
Singing songs on the
E
even of destruction
B
She's a sucker for
All the criminals
E
breaking the laws
B
She will come in first
For the end of the
E
western civilization
B
She's an endless war
Like a hero for
F#
the lost cause


Chorus 2:
B
Like a hurricane
B7
In the heart of
E Em
the devastation
B
She's a natural
disaster
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E B E
the American girls


Guitar Solo: B--E--B--F#-- x2

Guitar 2:
B E B F#
e|---------------|-------4h5p4---|---------------|--------------|
B|-------4h5p4---|---5---------5-|-------4h5p4---|--------------|
G|---4---------4-|-4---4---------|---4---------4-|-------6-4-3--|
D|-4---4---------|---------------|-4---4---------|---4----------| x2
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-4---4--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
x2 x2 x2 x2


Chorus 3:
B
She puts her makeup on
B7
Like graffiti on the
E Em
walls of the heartland
B
She's got her little
B7
book of conspiracies
F#
Right in her hand
B
She will come in first
B7
For the end of the
E Em
western civilization
B
She's a natural
disaster
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E B E
the American girls


B-E-B-E-B-E-B-E-B(hold)