I saw Billie Joe playing these chords in the official video of the song and in japan concert too..
before intro (at live concert): D A
intro: D, A, G
D A G
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
D A G
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
D A G
The last one born and the first one to run
D A G
My town was blind from refinery sun
Bm G
My generation is zero
Bm G A
I never made it as a working class hero
D A G
21st century breakdown
D A G
I once was lost but never was found
D A G
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
D A G
To the 20th century deadline
D A G
I was made of poison and blood
D A G
Condemnation is what I understood
D A G
Video games to the tower's fall
D A G
Homeland security could kill us all
Bm G
My generation is zero
Bm G A
I never made it as a working class hero
D A G
21st century breakdown
D A G
I once was lost but never was found
D A G
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
D A G
To the 20th century deadline
Part 2: "A" chord single strum
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B|---9--9-9--6--9--9-9-------------|---6--9--9-9---11-9-7-6-----------||
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A D
We are the cries of the class of '13
A D
Born in the year of humility
A D
We are the desperate in the decline
A
Raised by the bastards of 1969
D chord with instrumental
D G A D
My name is 'No one' I'm long lost son
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
Born on the 4th of July
D G A D
Raised in the era of heroes and cons
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
They left me for dead or alive
D G A D
I am a nation, a worker of pride
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
My debt to the status quo
D G A D
The scars on my hands, And the means to an end
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
Is all that I have to show
D G, listen song carefully for this part
D G A D
I swallowed my pride, And I choked on my faith
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
I've given my heart and my soul
D G A D
I've broken my fingers, And lied through my teeth
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
The pillar of damage control
D G A D
I've been to the edge, And I've thrown the bouquet
D muted 'D5' 12 up down strokes
Of flowers left over from the grave
D G A D
I sat in the waiting room, Wasting my time
D
And waiting for Judgment Day
G D DA G D DA
I praise liberty, the freedom to obey
G D DA
Is the song that strangles me
G '4' strums D
Well don't cross the line
G '4' strums D (repeat x3)
Chords used: D A G A G A#
Solo:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8b(10)--8b(10)r8--8b(10)r8-6~--8-6-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------6--11-9-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------9--9-11b(12)--11--9-11-9----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------9--|(not sure if right)
D Db B
Oh, dream, American dream
A G
I can't even sleep
A# D
From the light's early dawn
D Db B
Oh scream, America, scream
A G
Believe what you see
A#
From heroes and cons
Chord gitar Green Day - 21st century breakdown
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