Greenday - 21st Century Breakdown

21st Century Breakdown
Album: 21st Century Breakdown

Key: C# then Ab

Chords used:
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
F# - 244322
Bbm - x13321
Ab/C - x365xx


Intro:

Piano/Acoustic Guitar: Same Intro to the song See The Light
C#--G#-- x8

Guitar 2:
e|-11-----11-----11-----11-----11-------|
B|----9------9------9------9------9---9-|
G|------8------8------8------8------8---|
D|--------------------------------------| x8
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Distortion: C#--G#-F# x2


Verse 1:
C# Ab F#
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
C# Ab F#
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
C# Ab F#
The last one born and the first one to run
C# Ab F#
My town was blind from refinery sun


Refrain:
Bbm F#
My generation is zero
Bbm F# Ab
I never made it as a working class hero


Guitar 2: Refrain
Bbm F# Bbm F# Ab
e|---------|-6-----6h7p6---|---------|---------|------|
B|---------|---7---------7-|---------|---------|------|
G|-3-3-3-3-|-----6---------|-3-3-3-3-|---------|------|
D|-3-3-3-3-|---------------|-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
A|-1-1-1-1-|---------------|-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
E|---------|---------------|---------|-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-|


Chorus 1:
C# Ab F#
21st century breakdown
C#
I once was lost
Ab F#
but never was found
C#
I think I'm losing
Ab F#
what's left of my mind
C# Ab F#
to the 20th century deadline


Interlude: C#--G#-F#- x2

Guitar 2:
C# Ab F#
e|------4----4---|-4--6-|-4------|
B|----6----6---6-|------|----7-6-|
G|-6-------------|------|--------|
D|---------------|------|--------|
A|---------------|------|--------|
E|---------------|------|--------|


Verse 2:
C# Ab F#
I was made of poison and blood
C# Ab F#
Condemnation is what I understood
C# Ab F#
Video games to the tower's fall
C# Ab F#
Homeland Security could kill us all


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)


Interlude: Beat Changes from slow to fast
G#-- x8

Guitar 2:
Ab
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-|
D|-6--------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|


Bridge:
Ab C#
We are the cries of the class of '13
Ab C#
Born in the year of humility
Ab C#
we are the desperate in the decline
G# C#--- x4
Raised by the bastards of 1969


Guitar 2:
C#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-6-|
G|-6--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|


Verse 3:
C#
My name is 'No one'
F# Ab C#
your long lost son
C# Ab
Born on the 4th of July
C#
Raised in the barnyards
F# Ab C#
of he-roes and cons
C# Ab
Left me for dead or alive


Verse 4:
C#
I Am A nation
F# Ab C#
A worker of pride
C# Ab
My debt to the status quo
C#
The scars on my hands
F# Ab C#
And the means to an end
C# Ab
Is all that I have to show


Interlude: C#---F#- x4

Guitar 2:
C# F#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---|---|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-|-6-|
G|-6------------------------------|---|
D|--------------------------------|---| x4
A|--------------------------------|---|
E|--------------------------------|---|


Verse 5:
C#
I swallowed my pride
F# Ab C#
And I choked on my faith
C#
I've given my heart and my
Ab C#
soul I've broken my fingers
F# Ab C#
And lied through my teeth
C# Ab
The pillar of damage control


Verse 6:
C#
I've been to the edge
F# Ab C#
And I've thrown the bouquet
C# Ab
Of flowers left over the grave
C#
I sat in the waiting
F# Ab C#
room Wasting my time
C# Ab
And waiting for judgement day


Chorus 2:
F# Ab C# F# Ab C#
I praise liberty the freedom to o--bey
F# Ab C#
It's a song that strangles me
F# C# Ab
Well don't cross the line


F#-F#-C#-Ab x3
G#(hold)--G#(hold)--G#(hold)-------|G#(hold)
G#(hold)--G#(hold)--G#7(hold)--G#7-|(hold)

Guitar 2:
Ab Ab7
e|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---------------4-4--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-----5-5-5------5-5-5-|-------------|
D|-6---------------------------------6-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|


Guitar Solo: C#--G#/C--Bbm--G#--F#--A--C#

Guitar 2:
C# Ab/C Bbm Ab
F# A C#
e|-13---13-|-11--13--11-|----|-11-------|-9-----------|-----------|----------|
B|---------|------------|-14-|----13----|---11--------|-10--9-----|-9--------|
G|---------|------------|----|-------13-|------11--11-|--------11-|----10----|
D|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|-------11-|
A|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
E|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|


Outro:
C# Ab/C Bbm
Oh Dream America dream
Ab F#
I can't even sleep
A C#
From the lights early dawn
C# Ab/C Bbm
Oh Scream America scream
Ab F#
Believe what you see
A(hold)
From heroes and cons?