Green Day
Jesus of Suburbia
American Idiot
Tuning: Half-step Down (Eb)
[Part I: Jesus of Suburabia]
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Chorus:
Main Riff:
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff
Bridge:
[Part II: City of the Damned]
Verse
Chorus:
Verse
Chorus
[Part III: I Don't Care]
Solo:
Chorus: (Same Chords as Solo)
Riff:
Bridge: (Same Chords as Riff)
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Chorus:
[Part IV: Dearly Beloved]
Intro:
Verse:
Main Riff: (Same Chords as Verse)
Verse
Main Riff
[Part V: Tales of Another Broken Home]
Intro:
Verse: (Same Chords as Intro)
Chorus:
Verse
Chorus
Intro
Solo: (Same Chords as Verse and Chorus)
Piano Bridge: (I don't know the chords to this; it doesn't matter anyways)
Main Riff: (Same Chords as Verse)
Outro:
Lyrics:
I'm the son of rage and love?The Jesus of suburbia?The bible of?None of
the above?On a steady diet of
Soda pop and Ritalin?No one ever died for my?Sins in Hell?As far as I
can tell?At least the ones I got away with
But there's nothing wrong with me?This is how I'm supposed to be?In a land
of make believe?They don't believe in me
Get my television fixed?Sitting on my crucifix?The living room?On my
private womb?While the Moms and Brads are away
At the center of the Earth?In a parking lot?Of the 7-11 where?I was
taught?The motto was just a lie
It said "Home is where your heart is"?But what a shame?Because everyone's
heart doesn't beat the same?It's beating out of time
City of the dead?At the end of another lost highway?Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned?Lost children with dirty faces today?No one really seems
to care
I read the graffiti?In the bathroom stall?Like the holy scriptures?Of
a shopping mall?And all it seems to confess
It didn't say much?But it only confirmed?That the center of the
Earth?Is the end of the world?And I could really care less
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't care
I DON'T CARE!!!!!!!
Everyone's so full of sh**
Born and raised by hypocrites
Hearts recycled but never saved
From the cradles to the graves
We are the kids of War & Peace
From Anaheim to the Middle East
We are the stories and disciples of
THE JESUS OF SUBURBIA
Land of make believe
And it don't believe in me
And I don't care
Dearly beloved
Are you listening?
I can't remember a word
That you were saying
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
The space that's in between
Insane and insecure
Oh therapy, can you please fill the void? Am I retarded, or am I just overjoyed?
Nobody's perfect yet I stand accused
For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse
To live
And not to breathe
Is to die
In tragedy
To run
To run away
To find
What you believe
And I
Leave behind
This hurricane of f**king lies
I lost
My faith to this
This town
That don't exist
So I run
I run away
To the lights
Of masochists
And I
Leave behind
This hurricane of f**king lies
And I
Walked this line
A million and one f**king times
BUT NOT THIS TIME!!
I don't feel any shame
I won't apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain
When you've been victimized
Tales from another broken
HOME!!!!!
YOU'RE LEAVING!!
GOT TO LIVE AT HOME!!