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