Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb (repeat 4x)
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Don't want a nation that under the new media.
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab
The subliminal mindfuck America.
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Now everybody do the propaganda.
(no chords) Ab Db Gb Db Ab
And sing along in the age of paranoia.
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
One nation controlled by the media.
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Information nation of hysteria.
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Ab Db Gb Db Ab
Db
Bb
Gb
The bible of none-of-the-above
Ab
On a steady diet of...
Db
Bb
Gb
In hell, far as I can tell
Ab
At least the ones I got away with
Gb Ab
And there's nothing wrong with me
Gb Ab
This is how I'm supposed to be
Gb Ab
In a land of make-believe
Db Ab Gb (repeat 2x)
Db
Bb
Gb
A living room on my private womb
Ab
While the moms and brads are away
Db
Bb
Gb
And Mary-Jane, to keep me insane
Ab
Doing someone else's cocaine
Gb Ab
And there's nothing wrong with me
Gb Ab
This is how I'm supposed to be
Gb Ab
In a land of make-believe
Db Ab Gb (repeat 2x)
Db Bb Gb Ab
Db F Bb Ab Gb
Ab
(soft) Db Ab
At the center of the Earth in the parking lot
Bb Ab
Of the Seven-Eleven where I was taught
Gb Ab
The motto was just a lie
(soft) Db Ab
It says home is where your heart is, but what a shame
Bb Ab
Cuz' everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
Gb Ab
It's beating out of time
Bb Ab
City of the dead
Db Gb
At the end of another lost highway
Bb Ab Gb
Signs misleading to nowhere
Bb Ab
City of the damned
Db Gb
Lost children with dirty faces today
Bb Ab Gb
No one really seems to care
(soft) Db Ab
I read the graffiti on the bathroom stall
Bb Ab
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
Gb Ab
And so it seemed to confess
(soft) Db Ab
It didn't say much but it only confirmed
Bb Ab
That the center of the Earth is the end of the world
Gb Ab
And I can really care less.
Bb Ab
City of the dead
Db Gb
At the end of another lost highway
Bb Ab Gb
Signs misleading to nowhere
Bb Ab
City of the damned
Db Gb
Lost children with dirty faces today
Bb Ab Gb
No one really seems to care
Ab Db Ab Gb Eb Db G Gb Eb Db Eb Ab
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------6--------7--7--7--6--------------9--|
Ab Db
I don't care if you don't |
|
|Gb Db Ab |
I don't care if you don't care |
/
Bb Ab
I don't care...
Db A Ab (repeat 4x)
(no chords) A Ab
Everyone's so full of shit
(no chords) A Ab
Born and raised by hypocrites
(no chords) A Ab
Hearts recycled but never saved
(no chords) A Ab
From the cradle, to the grave
(no chords) A Ab
We are the kids of War and Peace
(no chords) A Ab
From Anaheim to the Middle East
(no chords) A Ab
We are the stories and disciples of
(no chords) A Ab
The Jesus of Suburbia
Gb Ab Db Ab
Land of make-believe
Gb Ab Db Ab
And it don't believe in me.
Gb Ab Db Ab
Land of make-believe
Gb Ab Db Ab
And I don't believe.
Gb Ab Db
And I don't care.
Gb Ab Db
I don't care.
Gb Ab Db
I don't care.
Gb Ab Db
I don't care.
Gb Ab Db
I don't care.
Db Ab
Ab C
Dearly beloved are you listening
Db Ab Eb
I can't remember a word that you were saying
Ab C
Are we demented or am I disturbed
Db Ab Eb
The space that's in between insane and insecure
Ab C Db Ab Eb
Ab C
Oh therapy can you please fill the void
Db Ab Eb
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
Ab C
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
Db Ab Eb
For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse (sigh)
Ab C Db Ab Eb
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
To live and not to breathe
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
is to die in tragedy
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
To run, to run away
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
To find what you believe
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
And I
Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
leave behind
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
This hurricane
Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
of fucking lies
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
I lost my faith to this
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
This town, that don't exist
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
So I run, I run away
Ab Gb Db Ab Gb Db
The light of masochist
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
And I
Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
leave behind
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
This hurricane
Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
of fucking lies
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
And I
Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
walked this line
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
On million and one
Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab
fucking times
Ab Gb Db
You're leaving
Ab Gb Db
You're leaving
Ab Gb Db
You're leaving
Ab Gb Db
You're leaving home.
Ab(oct) Gb Db (repeat 2x)
Ab
Fm Db Ab Eb
e-------------------------------------------|
B--9---9---x-------------13--13--x----------|
F Db Ab Eb (repeat 2x)
Say hey, cha...
F Db Ab Eb
Hear the sound of the falling rain
F Db Ab C F
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
F Db Ab Eb C
The shame the ones who died without a name
F Db Ab Eb
Hear the dogs howling out of key
F Db Ab C F
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery"
F Db Ab Eb C
I plead, the company that lost the war today
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Fm Db Ab Eb
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--9---9---x-------------13--13--x----------|
F Db Ab Eb
Hear the drum pounding out of time
F Db Ab C F
Another protester has crossed the line
F Db Ab Eb C
To find the money's on the other side
F Db Ab Eb
Can I get another amen? Amen!
F Db Ab C F
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men
F Db Ab Eb C
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Ab Db Bb Eb C
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Ab Eb C F
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Ab Db Bb Eb C
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Ab Eb C F
Eb C Fm
Bb (slide up to) C
Just cause
Bb (slide up to) C
Just cause
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab Eb
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
[ch]F(2)[/ch] Db Ab C
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
F Db Ab Eb (repeat 3x)
F Db Eb C Fm
(Delay pedal) Fm Ab Eb Bb
Fm Ab
I walk a lonely road
Eb Bb
The only one that I have ever known
Fm Ab
Don't know were it goes
Eb Bb
But it's home to me and I walk alone
Fm Ab Eb Bb
E--3/4--6/86--3--4--|
B--------------------|
Fm Ab
I walk this empty street
Eb Bb
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Fm Ab
Were the city sleeps
Eb Bb
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
Fm Ab Eb Bb Fm Ab Eb Bb
E|--3/4--6/86--3--4---------3/4--6/86--3--4--|
B|---------------------------------------------|
Db Ab Bb F
My shadows the only one that walks beside me
Db Ab Bb F
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Db Ab Bb F
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Db Ab C
'Till then I'll walk alone
Fm Ab Eb Bb (repeat 2x)
Ah..ah..
Fm Ab
I'm walking down the line
Eb Bb
That divides me somewhere in my mind
Fm Ab Eb
On the border line of the edge
Bb
And where I walk alone
Fm Ab Eb Bb
E|--3/4--6/86--3--4--|
B|--------------------|
Fm Ab
Read between the lines
Eb Bb
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Fm Ab Eb Bb
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
Fm Ab Eb Bb Fm Ab Eb Bb
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|--3/4--6/86--3--4---------3/4--6/86--3--4--|
Db Ab Bb F
My shadows the only one that walks beside me
Db Ab Bb F
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Db Ab Bb F
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Db Ab C
'Till then I'll walk alone
Fm Ab Eb Bb (repeat 2x)
Ah..ah..
Fm Ab
I walk this empty street
Eb Bb
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Fm Ab
Were the city sleeps
Eb Bb
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
Db Ab Bb F
My shadows the only one that walks beside me
Db Ab Bb F
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Db Ab Bb F
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Db Ab C
'Till then I'll walk alone
F Db Eb D Ab E
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
F Db Eb D Ab E
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
(repeat 2x) A D
E|------------------------------------------------------2--------------------2-----------|
B|-----------2---------------------2-----------------3-----3-----3--------3-----3-----3--|
A
Starry nights, city lights
D
Coming down over me
A
Skyscrapers and stargazers
D
In my head
A D
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting unknown
F# E [ch]D(2)[/ch]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------10-----------------------9--9--97--7-----------7--------------------7-----------|
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...
A
Forget me nots, second thoughts
D
Live in isolation
A D
Heads or tails and fairytales in my mind
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown
F# E D
The rage and love, the story of my life
F# E D
The Jesus of suburbia is a lie
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...unknown
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...unknown
A D
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway
A D
Up on the boulevard like a zip code on parade
A D
Light on the silhouette
A D
He's insubordinate
A D E D
Coming at you on account of wonder
A D E A (repeat 2x)
A D E A
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
A D E A
Suicide commando that your momma talked about
A D E A
King of the forty thieves and I'm here to represent
A D E A
That needle in the vein of the establishment
D A
I'm the patron saint of the denial
D E [ch]A(2)[/ch]
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
A D E A
A D E [ch]A(2)[/ch]
A D E A
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag to sell
A D E A
I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allen Poe
A D E A
Raised in the city in the hail of lights
A D E A
But ain't it worth it that we've been victimized
D A
I'm the patron saint of the denial
D E [ch]A(2)[/ch]
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
A D A D E (repeat 4x)
A E C D# (repeat 4x)
A D E [ch]A(2)[/ch]
[ch]A(2)[/ch] D [ch]E(2)[/ch]
A D
My name is St. Jimmy I'm a son of a gun
G D A
I am the one that's runaway out of town now
A D
A teenage assassin executing some fun
G D A
In the cult of the life of crime
A D
I really hate to say it but I told you so
G D A
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down old boy
A D
Welcome to the club and give me some blood
G D A
And the resident leader at the lost and found
A D [ch]E(2)[/ch] A
It's comedy and tragedy
A D
It's St. Jimmy
[ch]E(2)[/ch] A
And that's my nameeeeeee.
A
... and don't wear it out!
A F#m Bm E
A F#m
Take away the sensation inside
Bm E
Bittersweet migraine in my head
A F#m
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind
Bm E
I can't take this feeling anymore
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation's overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
A Gbm Bm E
A F#m
Out of body and out of mind
Bm E
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
A F#m
I get the funny feeling, that's alright
Bm E
Jimmy says it's better than air,
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation's overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
A
So give me Novocain
A
Oh Novocain ...
F# A
E|-----------------------------------------9-----------|
B|--------7-7h8-8-9-9--9-8-7---10----10------10----10--|
Bm E
E|------------10----10-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------12----12----12------9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation's overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me Jimmy that I won't feel a thing
A F#m Bm E A...
G
She's a rebel
G
She's a saint
G D
She's assault of the earth
C
And she's dangerous
G
She's a rebel
G
Vigilante
G D
Missing link on the brink
C
Of destruction
G C G C
From Chicago to Toronto
G C
She's the one that they
D C
Call 'ol whatsername
G C G C
She's the symbol of resistance
G C
And she's holding on my
D C
Heart like a hand grenade
G C G C G C D C
G C
Is she dreaming
G C
What I'm thinking
G C D
Is she the mother of all bombs
C
Gonna detonate
G C
Is she trouble
G C
Like I'm trouble
G C D
Make it a double twist of fate
C
Or a melody that
E B
She sings of revolution
C G
The dawning of our lives
E B [ch]C(2)[/ch]
She brings this liberation
[ch]G(2)[/ch] D
That I just can't define
B A C
Well nothing comes to mind
G C G C G C D C
E----------------------------------------------------------|
B--8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-7-7-8-7-10-8--|
E B
She sings of revolution
C G
The dawning of our lives
E B [ch]C(2)[/ch]
She brings this liberation
[ch]G(2)[/ch] D
That I just can't define
B A C
Well nothing comes to mind
G
She's a rebel
G
She's a saint
G D
She's assault of the earth
C
And she's dangerous
G
She's a rebel
G
Vigilante
G D
Missing link on the brink
C
Of destruction
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a saint
G C D
She's assault of the earth
C
And she's dangerous
G C
She's a rebel
G C
Vigilante
G C D
Missing link on the brink
C
Of destruction
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
D C
And she's dangerous
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
D C
And she's dangerous
G
A D A D
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
A D A
She's an Extraordinary girl
A D A
in an ordinary world
G A
And she can't seem to get away
A D A D A G A
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# D E D
She's all alone again
[ch]F#(2)[/ch] D E D
Wiping the tears from her eyes
D E
Some days she feels like dying
D Dm
She gets so sick of crying
A D A D
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
A D A
She sees the mirror of herself
A D A
And image she wants to sell
G A
To anyone willing to buy
A D A D A G A
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# D E D
She's all alone again
[ch]F#(2)[/ch] E D E D
Wiping the tears from her eyes
D E
Some days she feels like dying
D Dm
She gets so sick of crying
A D A D A G A
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A D A D A G A
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# D E D
She's all alone again
[ch]F#(2)[/ch] E D E D
Wiping the tears from her eyes
D E
Some days she feels like dying
D E
Some days it's not worth trying
D E
Now that they've pulled the fun in
D Dm
She gets so sick of crying
A D A D
E|----------------------------------------------------| |
B|----------------------------------------------------| |
A
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E(har) D#(har) E(har)
E G# C#
