Greenday
American Eulogy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
This song is divided into 2 parts
Just like they did to JESUS
OF SUBURBIA and HOMECOMING
I. Mass Hysteria
II. Modern World
Key: C then Ab then C# then D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G - 320003
F - 133211
Cm - x35543
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
F# - 244322
Ab/C - x365xx
Ebm - x68876
G - 320033
Bbm - x13321
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
A/C# - x476xx
F#m - 244222
[I. Mass Hysteria]
Intro:
Sing us the song of the century
That sings like American eulogy
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
Of forgotten hope and the class of 13
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me
Chorus:
hysteria
Mass hysteria
Mass hysteria
Mass hysteria
Guitar 2: Chorus
e|---|-----|-9-9-----9-9-----|
B|---|-----|-----9-9-----9-9-|
G|-5-|-6-6-|-----------------|
D|-x-|-x-x-|-----------------|
A|-3-|-4-4-|-----------------|
E|---|-----|-----------------|
Verse 1:
Red alert is the color of panic
Elevated to the point of static
Beating into the hearts of the fanatics
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
Idle thought leads to full-throttle screaming
And the welfare is asphyxiating
Mass confusion is all the new rage
And it's creating a feeding ground
For the bottom feeders of
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 2:
True sounds of maniacal laughter
And the deaf-mute is misleading the choir
The punchline is a natural disaster
And it's sung by the unemployed
Fight fire with a riot
The class war is hanging on a wire
Because the martyr
is a compulsive liar
When he said "It's just
a bunch of niggers
throwing gas into the"
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
There's a disturbance on the oceanside
They tapped into the reserve
The static response is so unclear now
Mayday, this is not a test!
As the neighborhood burns
America is falling
Vigilantes warning you
Calling Christian and Gloria
Guitar Solo:
Guitar 2:
F# Ab C# Ab F# Ab A D(Modern World Intro)
e|-9---8-----|-----8-|----|-11-|-9---8-----|---|----|-10-|
B|--------11-|-9-----|----|----|--------11-|-9-|-10-|----|
G|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
D|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
A|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
E|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
[II. Modern World]
Intro: x2
Chorus:
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
I don't want to live in the modern world
Verse 1: Mike Dirnt the bassist sings here instead of Billie
I'm the class of 13
In the era of dissent
A hostage of the soul
On a strike to pay the rent
The last of the rebels
Without a common ground
I'm gonna light a fire
Into the underground well
(Repeat Chorus)
Post Chorus:
I Am A nation
Without bureaucratic ties
Deny the allegation as
it's written a fucking lies
Guitar Solo: x3,
Guitar 2:
e|-5-|---|--5-|-5-3--2-|---|---|----|-10----|---|--10-12-|-10-|-12--10-|-14-|
B|---|---|----|--------|---|---|--8-|-----8-|-7-|--------|----|--------|----|
G|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
D|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
A|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
E|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
e|--14-12-|-10-|---|---|
B|--------|----|---|---|
G|--------|----|---|---|
D|--------|----|---|---|
A|--------|----|---|---|
E|--------|----|---|---|
Verse 2: Mike sings again
I want to take a ride
to the great divide
Beyond the "up to date"
And the neo-gentrified
The high definition for
the low resident
Where the value of your mind
Is not held in contempt
Verse 3: Still Mike Dirnt
I can hear the sound
of A beating heart
That bleeds beyond a system
That's falling apart
With money to burn
On a minimum wage
D(hold)
Cause I don't give a shit
About the modern age
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Mass hysteria
I don't want to live
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
I don't want to live
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
I don't want to live
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
(Repeat)