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: 
CFC Sing us the song of the century
CG That sings like American eulogy
CFC The dawn of my love and conspiracy
CG Of forgotten hope and the class of 13
FCFC Tell me a story into that goodnight
FGC Sing us a song for me
 Chorus: 
CmC# G# hysteria
CmC# G# Mass hysteria
CmC# G# Mass hysteria
CmC# G# Mass hysteria
 Guitar 2: Chorus 
CmC#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
BbmG# They tapped into the reserve
F#EbmG# The static response is so unclear now
C#G#/C Mayday, this is not a test!
BbmG# As the neighborhood burns
F#EbmG# America is falling
G G# Vigilantes warning you
G G# Calling Christian and Gloria
 Guitar 2: 
F#G#C#G#F#G#AD(Modern World Intro) e|-9---8-----|-----8-|----|-11-|-9---8-----|---|----|-10-|
B|--------11-|-9-----|----|----|--------11-|-9-|-10-|----| Chorus: 
DAGA I don't want to live in the modern world
DAGA I don't want to live in the modern world
DAGA I don't want to live in the modern world
DAGA I don't want to live in the modern world
 Verse 1: Mike Dirnt the bassist sings here instead of Billie 
DA I'm the class of 13
GD In the era of dissent
DA A hostage of the soul
GA On a strike to pay the rent
DA The last of the rebels
GD Without a common ground
DA I'm gonna light a fire
GAD Into the underground well
BmF#m I Am A nation 
GDA/C# Without bureaucratic ties
BmF#mG Deny the allegation as
A it's written a fucking lies
 Guitar 2: 
DAGADAGADAGAD e|-5-|---|--5-|-5-3--2-|---|---|----|-10----|---|--10-12-|-10-|-12--10-|-14-|
B|---|---|----|--------|---|---|--8-|-----8-|-7-|--------|----|--------|----| 
AGAD e|--14-12-|-10-|---|---|
B|--------|----|---|---| Verse 2: Mike sings again 
DA I want to take a ride
GD to the great divide
DA Beyond the "up to date"
GA And the neo-gentrified
DA The high definition for
GD the low resident
DA Where the value of your mind
GAD Is not held in contempt
 Verse 3: Still Mike Dirnt 
DA I can hear the sound
GD of A beating heart
DA That bleeds beyond a system
GA That's falling apart
DA With money to burn
GD On a minimum wage
D(hold) Cause I don't give a shit
About the modern age Mass hysteria 
DA I don't want to live
GA in the modern world
Mass hysteria 
DA I don't want to live
GA in the modern world
Mass hysteria 
DA I don't want to live
GA in the modern world
Mass hysteria