Green Day
Longview
Dookie
1994 Reprise Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x6886
C# - x46664
Bb - x13331
G# - 466544
Intro:
Bass: Eb--C#-- x4
Verse 1: Bass
Eb C#
I sit around and watch
Eb
the tube but nothing is
C# Eb C#
on I change the channel's
Eb C#
for an hour or two
Eb C#
Twiddle my thumbs
Eb
just for a bit
C#
I'm sick of all the
Eb
same old shit In
C#
the house with unlocked
Eb C# <--guitar enters
doors and i'm fucking lazy
chorus 1:
Bb G#
Bite my lip and
Eb Bb
close my eyes
G#
Take me away
Eb
to paradise
Bb
I'm so damn
G# Eb
bored I'm going
Bb
blind and I
G#--
smell like shit
Psot Chorus: Bass
Eb--C#-- x2
Verse 2: Bass
Eb C#
Peel me off this Velcro
Eb C#
seat And get me moving
Eb C#
I sure as hell can't
Eb C#
do it by myself
Eb C#
I'm feeling like
Eb
a dog in heat
C#
Barred indoors from
Eb
the summer street
C#
I've locked the doors
Eb
to my own cell and
C# <-- guitar enters
i've lost the key
(repeat chorus 1)
bridge:
Eb C#
I've got no motivation
Eb C#
Where is my motivation?
Eb C#
No time for motivation
Eb C# Bb G# Eb Bb G# Eb
Smoking my inspiration
Bb G# Eb Bb G#
Interlude: Eb--C#-- x2
Verse 3: Bass
Eb C#
I sit around and
Eb
watch the phone
Eb
But no one is calling
Eb C#
Call me pathetic call
Eb C#
me what you will
Eb C#
My mother says
Eb
to get a job
C#
But she don't like
Eb
the one she's got
Eb
When masturbation's
Eb
lost its fun you're
C# <--guitar enters
fucking lonely
chorus 2:
Bb G#
Bite my lip and
Eb Bb
close my eyes
G#
Take me away
Eb
to paradise
Bb
I'm so damn
G# Eb
bored I'm going
Bb G#
blind And loneliness
Eb
has to suffice
Bb G#
Bite my lip and
Eb Bb
close my eyes
Slowly slipping
G# Eb
away to paradise
Bb G#
Some say "Quit
Eb Bb
or I'll go blind"
G#
but it's just a myth
Outro: Eb--C#-- x12
Tabs