Greenday - Letterbomb

Letterbomb
Album: American idiot Album

Intro:

Nobody likes you...
Everyone left you...
They're all out without you...
Having fun...


E(har) Eb(har) E(har)

E Ab C# A


Verse 1:

E A
Where have all the bastards gone?

F# A E
The underbelly's accidental high

Ab C#
The dummy failed the crash test

Ab C#
Collecting unemployment checks

A F# B E B
You're fucking only along for the ride

E A
Where have all the riots gone?

F# A E
As your city's model gets pulverized

Ab C#
What's in love is now in debt

Ab C#
On your birth certificate

A F# B E B
So strike the fucking match to light this fuse


B E B (repeat 3x)




Pre-Chorus:

A E A
The television's an obstructionist

A E
And you don't even know that you exist

B A B
Stand still wish to die

B A B
You better run for your fucking life




Chorus:

E (2 fr.) B A
It's not over 'till you're underground

E (2 fr.) B A
It's not hope before it's too late

E (2 fr.) B
It's cities burnin'

A C
It's not my burden

E (2 fr.) B A
It's not hope before it's too late

F# A (no chords)
There's nothing left to analyze




Solo:

(Taken and slightly changed from "Letterbomb" tab by reizig [reizig@hotmail.com])


E(har)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-9999999999999999-9999999999999999-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-7777777777777777-7777777777777777-|
E|-----------------------------------|



Guitar 1:
E(har)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999999999999999--8888888888888888-999888-4x666-888-9998889999-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7777777777777777--6666666666666666-777666-2x444-666-7776667777-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|Guitar 2: |
| |
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-----9---9------9-----9---9------9-----9---9-----10-----10---10-9--|
G|--9-9---9-9---9----8-8---8-8---8----9-9---9-9---9---9-9----9-9----9-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Where will all the martyrs go when the virus cures itself?
And where will we all go when it's too late?



E Ab C# A
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------6-------------------|
D|--2---------------6---------------6---------7---------|
A|--2---------------6---------------4---------7---------|
E|--0---------------4-------------------------5---------|



Guitar 1:

E5 Ab E(har)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------(9999888844448888-9999888844444444)---|
D|--2---------------6---------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx----|
A|--2---------------6---------------------7777666622226666-7777666622222222----|
E|--0---------------4----------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|Guitar 2: |
| |
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9---9---9---9---9--8-8-8-8-9-8-8-8-6-4--------------------------------------|
D|---9---9---9---9-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And don't look back



Pre-Chorus:

B A B
You're not the Jesus of Suburbia

B A
The St. Jimmy's opinion of

A E B
Your father's rage and your mother's love

B E
That's made the idiot America



Chorus:

E (2 fr.) B A
It's not over 'till you're underground

E (2 fr.) B A
It's not hope before it's too late

E (2 fr.) B
It's cities burnin'

A C
It's not my burden

E (2 fr.) B A
It's not hope before it's too late



Outro:
E (2 fr.) Ab
She said I can't take this place

C# A
I'm leaving it behind

E (2 fr.) Ab
Well she said I can't take this town

C# A
I'm leaving you tonight


(Again, taken from reizig [reizig@hotmail.com]):


Guitar 1:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2------22-------2--------22------2------22--------2-------|
A|--2------22-------2--------22------2------22--------2-------|
E|--0------00-------0--------00------0------00--------0-------|

Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|(9999999999999999-9999999999999999-9999999999999999-9)------|
D|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-------|
A|-7777777777777777-7777777777777777-7777777777777777-7-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|