Know Your Enemy chords by
Green Day (Official Version)
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Key: B majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!

Chorus 1
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!

Verse 1
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Violence is an energy
E E 
 
B B 
 
Against the enemy
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, violence is an energy, wah hey!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Bringing on the fu ry
E E 
 
B B 
 
The choir infantry
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Revolt against the honor to obey
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Overthrow the effigy
E E 
 
B B 
 
The vast majority
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
While burning down the foreman of control
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Silence is an enemy
E E 
 
B B 
 
Against your urgency
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
So rally up the demons of your soul

Chorus 2
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!

Bridge 1

E

B

The insurgency will rise

E

B

When the blood's been sacrificed

E

B

Don't be blinded by the lies

F#

B

F#

In your eyes

Solo 1
Say!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Oh hey, oh hey!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Oh hey, oh hey!
E E 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F#

Verse 2
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, violence is an     energy
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
Oh, from here to e      ternity
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, violence is an     energy
F# F# 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, Silence is an     enemy
B/F# B/F# 
 
F# F# 
 
So gimme gimme     revolution

Interlude 1
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!

Chorus 3
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know the enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
Do you know your enemy?
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Overthrow the effigy
E E 
 
B B 
 
The vast majority
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
We're burning down the foreman of control
B B 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
Silence is an enemy
E E 
 
B B 
 
Against your urgency
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
So rally up the demons of your soul

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsB E F# B/F#

Chords

B
E
F#
B/F#

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

B: x-2-4-4-4-x
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
B/F#: 2-x-4-4-4-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Know Your Enemy by Green Day, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of B major. It suits players who want to learn Know Your Enemy the way Green Day intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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