Greenday
Last Of The American Girls
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B x24442
F# 244322
E 022100
Em 022000
B7 x21202
Intro: B x2
[Verse 1]
B
She puts her makeup on
Like graffiti on the
E
walls of the heartland
B
She's got her little
book of conspiracies
F#
Right in her hand
B
She is paranoid like
Endangered species
E
headed into extinction
B
She is one of a kind
F#
She's the last of
B
the American girls
[Verse 2]
B
She wears her overcoat
For the coming of
E
the nuclear winter
B
She is riding her bike
Like a fugitive
F#
of critical mass
B
She's on a hunger strike
For the ones who won't
E
make it for dinner
B
She makes enough to survive
F#
For a holiday of working class
[Chorus 1]
B
She's a runaway of the
B7 E Em
establishment incorporated
B
She won't cooperate
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E
E
the American girls
Guitar 2: "girls..."
B E B E
e|-----2---|-4---2---|-----2---|-4---2-|
B|-4-4---4-|---4---4-|-4-4---4-|---4---|
G|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------| x2
A|---------|---------|---------|-------|
E|---------|---------|---------|-------|
[Verse 3]
She plays her
B
vinyl records
Singing songs on the
E
even of destruction
B
She's a sucker for
All the criminals
F#
breaking the laws
B
She will come in first
For the end of the
E
western civilization
B
She's an endless war
Like a hero for
F#
the lost cause
[Chorus 2]
B
Like a hurricane
B7
In the heart of
E Em
the devastation
B
She's a natural
disaster
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E
E
the American girls
[Guitar Solo] B E B F# x2
Guitar 2:
B E B F#
e|---------------|-------4h5p4---|---------------|--------------|
B|-------4h5p4---|---5---------5-|-------4h5p4---|--------------|
G|---4---------4-|-4---4---------|---4---------4-|-------6-4-3--|
D|-4---4---------|---------------|-4---4---------|---4----------| x2
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-4---4--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
x2 x2 x2 x2
[Chorus 3]
B
She puts her makeup on
B7
Like graffiti on the
E Em
walls of the heartland
B
She's got her little
B7
book of conspiracies
F#
Right in her hand
B
She will come in first
B7
For the end of the
E Em
western civilization
B
She's a natural
disaster
F#(hold)
She's the last of
B E B E B E
E
the American girls
B E B E B E B E B(hold)