American Eulogy

Green Day

21st Century Breakdown (2009)

Chords

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# Ab
hysteria
        Cm  C# Ab
Mass hysteria
        Cm  C# Ab
Mass hysteria
        Cm  C# Ab
Mass hysteria




Verse 1:
C#                 Ab
  Red alert is the color of panic
C#         F#
  Elevated to the point of static
C#                 Ab
  Beating into the hearts of the fanatics
        F#                      Ab
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
C#                      Ab
  Idle thought leads to full-throttle screaming
C#                   F#
  And the welfare is asphyxiating
C#                  Ab
  Mass confusion is all the new rage
         F#
And it's creating a feeding ground
Ab
For the bottom feeders of


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 2:
C#               Ab
  True sounds of maniacal laughter
C#                     F#
  And the deaf-mute is misleading the choir
C#                   Ab
  The punchline is a natural disaster
         F#              Ab
And it's sung by the unemployed
C#           Ab
  Fight fire with a riot
C#                 F#
  The class war is hanging on a wire
C#
  Because the martyr 
   Ab
is a compulsive liar
        F#
When he said "It's just
a bunch of niggers
Ab
throwing gas into the"


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
C#                           Ab/C
There's a disturbance on the oceanside
     Bbm               Ab
They tapped into the reserve
F#                    Ebm     Ab
  The static response is so unclear now
C#                Ab/C
  Mayday, this is not a test!
Bbm                 Ab
As the neighborhood burns
F#           Ebm    Ab
  America is falling
G Ab
    Vigilantes warning you
G Ab
    Calling Christian and Gloria


Guitar Solo: F#--G#--C#-G#-C#-F#--G#--A




[II. Modern World]


Intro: D--A-G--A-G-A x2


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


(Repeat Chorus)


Post Chorus:
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 Solo: D--A--G--A-- x3, D--A--G--A-D

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-|--------|----|--------|----|
G|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
D|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
A|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
E|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|

     A      G    A   D
e|--14-12-|-10-|---|---|
B|--------|----|---|---|
G|--------|----|---|---|
D|--------|----|---|---|
A|--------|----|---|---|
E|--------|----|---|---|


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


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
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
(Repeat)