Green Day - 21st century breakdown

^Am My generation is zero ^{F Am} I never made it as a working cla^Fss hero ^G

^C21st c^Gentury break^Fdown I ^Conce was lost but never was ^Gfound ^F I ^Cthink I'm losing what's left^G of my mind ^F To the 20th^C century ^Gdeadline ^F

^C Combination is what I unde^Grstood ^F C G F From Mexico to the Berlin Wall C G F Homeland security could kill us all

^Am My generation is zero ^{F Am} I never made it as a working cl^Fass hero ^G

^C21st c^Gentury break^Fdown I ^Conce was lost but never was ^Gfound ^F I ^Cthink I'm losing what's left^G of my mind ^F To the 20th^C century ^Gdeadline ^F

^GRaised by the bastards of 1969 C F G C My name is 'No one' your long lost son Born on the 4th of July C F G C Raised in the barnyards of heroes and cons Left me for dead or alive C F G C There is a war that's inside my head That questions the results and lies C F G C I'm breaking my back till I'm better off dead We are not payed enough to survive C F G G I am an engine, a worker, a pawn My debt to the status quo C F G C The scars on my hands and a means to an end It's all that I have to show C F G C I'm taking a loan on my sa ni ty For the redemption of my soul C F G C WelI am exempt from this tra ge dy And the 21st century fall F G C F G C I praise liber ty, the freedom to o bey C G C It's a song that strangles me F C G Well don't cross the line

Oh, dre^Cam, American dr^Cbeam ^A I c^Gan't even sleep^F G# C From rainstorms till dawn Oh, ble^Ced, America b^Cbleed ^A Belie^Gve what you read ^F G# From heroes and cons