Greenday
Before The Lobotomy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F# then C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# - 244322
C#/F - 143xxx
E - 022100
B - x24442
Bm - x24432
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
A - x02220
E - 022100
C#9 - x46644
C#sus - x46674
Intro: Plucking
F# C#/F E B Bm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-------2-4-2-----|-------2-4-2-----|---------4-------|-----3-----3-----|
G|-----------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----4-----4-----|-------------4---|
D|-------4---4-----|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4-----4-----4-|
A|---1-4-------4-1-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|-2-------------2-|-2-----2---------|
E|-2---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
x2 x2 x2
Verse 1:
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground
Interlude: beat switch from slow to fast
C#--F#-G# x6
Verse 2:
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulo--gy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
From the end of the century
Refrain 1:
F# C# G# F# C# G#
Well It's e--nough to make you sick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
To cast a stone and throw a brick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
And when the sky is falling down
F# C# G# F# C# G#
It burned your dreams into the ground
Verse 3:
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#(hold) C# F# G# F# G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
Refrain 2:
F# C# G#
Well i'm not stoned
F# C# G#
I'm just fucked up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I'm not cursed Cause i've been blessed
F# C# G# F# C# G#--
I'm not in love Cause i'm a mess
Chorus:
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
B F# D A
The brutality of reality
C# C# (Guitar solo)
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Guitar 2: Solo
C#
e|--------1--1h2-4--4h6-7--4--9---|
B|-2--2h4-----------------------7-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Outro:
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B D
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B D
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B D
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground
Tabs