21st Century Breakdown chords by
Green Day

2009•Alternative•

Intro 1

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

Intro 2

C

G

F

Ooh

C

G

F

Verse 1

C

G

F

Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell

C

G

F

A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled

C

G

F

The last one born and the first one to run

C

G

F

My town was blind from refinery sun

Chorus 1

Am

F

My generation is ze ro

Am

F

G

I never made it as a working class hero

C

G

F

21st century breakdown

C

G

F

I once was lost but never was found

C

G

F

I think I'm losing what's left of my mind

C

G

F

To the 20th century deadline

Interlude 1

C

G

F

Ooh

C

G

F

Verse 2

C

G

F

I was made of poison and blood

C

G

F

Condemnation is what I understood

C

G

F

Video games of the Tower's fall

C

G

F

Homeland security could kill us all

Chorus 2

Am

F

My generation is ze ro

Am

F

G

I never made it as a working class hero

C

G

F

21st century breakdown

C

G

F

I once was lost but never was found

C

G

F

I think I'm losing what's left of my mind

C

G

F

To the 20th century deadline

Bridge 1

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

C

We are the class of the class of thirteen

G

C

Born in the era of humility

G

C

We are the desperate in the decline

G

Raised by the bastards of nineteen sixty-

Interlude 2

C

C

C

C

(nine)

C

C

C

C

Verse 3

C

F

G

C

My name is no one, the long lost son

G

Born on the fourth of July

C

F

G

C

Raised in the era of heroes and cons

G

That left me for dead or alive

C

F

G

C

I am a nation, a worker of pride (pride)

G

My debt to the status quo

C

The scars on my hands

F

G

C

and the means to an end

G

It's all that I have to show

Interlude 3

C

C

(Hey)

C

C

(Hey)

C

C

(Hey)

C

C

Verse 4

C

F

G

C

I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith

G

I've given my heart and my soul

C

I've broken my fingers

F

G

C

and lied through my teeth

G

The pillar of damage control

C

I've been to the edge

F

G

C

and I've thrown the bouquet (hey)

G

Of flowers left over the grave

C

F

G

C

I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time

G

And waiting for judgement day

Bridge 2

F

G

C

Praise liber ty

F

G

C

The freedom to o bey

F

G

C

It's the song that strangles me

F

G

F

G

Well, don't cross the line

F

G

F

G

G

G

G

Interlude 4

C

G

Am

G

F

Ab

C

Outro 1

C

G

Am

Oh, dream, America, dream

G

F

I can't even sleep

Ab

C

From the light's early dawn

C

G

Am

Oh, scream, America, scream

G

F

Believe what you see

Ab

From heroes and cons

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