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Walking contradiction (As recorded by Green Day – Insomniac) Intro: A, D, G, A x 2 Verse: (A, D, G, A - throughout) Do as I say not as I do because the shit's so deep you can't run away I beg to differ and on the contrary I agree with every word that you say Talk is cheap and lies are expensive and my wallets fat and so is my head Hit and run and then I'll hit you again I'm a smart ass but I'm playing dumb Interlude: A, D, G, A x 2 Verse: (A, D, G, A - throughout) Standards set and broken all the time, control the chaos from behind a gun Call it as I see it even if I was born deaf, blind and dumb Losers winning big on the lottery, rehab rejects still sniffing glue Constant refutation with myself I'm victim of catch 22 Chorus: (D, G, A – throughout) I have no belief But I believe on the walking contradiction And, I ain't got no right Interlude: A, D, G, A x 2 Verse: (A, D, G, A - throughout) Do as I say not as I do because the shit's so deep you can't run away I beg to differ and on the contrary I agree with every word that you say Talk is cheap and lies are expensive and my wallets fat and so is my head Hit and run and then I'll hit you again I'm a smart ass but I'm playing dumb Chorus: (D, G, A – throughout) I have no belief But I believe on the walking contradiction And, I ain't got no right D, G, A x 3 I have no belief But I believe on the walking contradiction And, I ain't got no right *End on D Stuart and the ave. (As recorded by Green Day – Insomniac) Intro: D, Em, G, D D, Em, G, A Verse: (Chord progression same as intro) Standing on the corner of Stuart and the avenue Ripping up my transfer and a photograph of you You're a blur of my dead past and rotting existence I stand laughing on the corner of insignificance Chorus:
Your destBiny is Gdead, in the hanBds of bad luck G DBefore it mightEm have made someG sense but Dnow it's all fucked up
Interlude: D, Em, G, A Verse: (Chord progression same as intro and verse) Season change as well as minds and I'm a two faced clown You're mummy's little nightmare driving daddy's car around I'm a beat down and half brain dead, the long lost king of fools I may be dumb but I'm not stupid enough to stay with you Chorus:
Your destBiny is Gdead, in the hanBds of bad luck G DBefore it mightEm have made someG sense but Dnow it's all fucked up
Interlude: D, Em, G, A D, Em, G, D Chorus:
Your destBiny is Gdead, in the hanBds of bad luck G DBefore it mightEm have made someG sense but Dnow it's all fucked up it's all fuckAed up
*End on D No pride (As recorded by Green Day – Insomniac) Intro: G, D, A, D x 2 Verse: (Same chord progression as intro) I'm just a mutt and nowhere is my home Where dignity's a land mine in the school of lost hope I've panhandled for a life and I'm not afraid to beg Hand me down your lost and founds of second hand regret Bridge:
AYou better sBwallow yourC pride orD yoAu're gonna choke on it AYou bettBer digest yourC valueDs bAecause they turn to shit
Chorus:
AHonour's gonna kBnock you down beforCe your chanDce to stand up and fight EI know I'm noDt the one, I've gAot no pride
Verse: (Same chord progression as intro and verse) Sects of disconnect and traditions of lost faith No culture's worth a stream of piss or a bullet in my face To hell with unity, separation's gonna kill us all Torn to shreds and disjointed before the final fall Bridge:
AYou better sBwallow yourC pride orD yoAu're gonna choke on it AYou bettBer digest yourC valueDs bAecause they turn to shit
Chorus:
AHonour's gonna kBnock you down beforCe your chanDce to stand up and fight EI know I'm noDt the one, I've gAot no pride, like a rising tide, I got no pride
*End on A Westbound sign (As recorded by Green Day – Insomniac) Guitar tab Intro: |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------9-9-9-9-|-----------------9-9-9-9-| |--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-| |--9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-| |--7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------|-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---------| Verse: |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |---4---4---4---4-------------------------------------------------| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---6---6---6---6---2---2---2---2-| |---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---6---6---6---6---2---2---2---2-| |-------------------2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0-| Bridge: |-------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------- |--------------2--2--2--2--------------4--4--4--4-- |--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4-- |--4--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- |--2--2--2--2--------------0--0--0--0-------------- |-------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------- |--------------2--2--2--2-------------------------- |--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- |--4--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- |--2--2--2--2--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-| |--2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-| |------------2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-| Westbound sign (As recorded by Green Day – Insomniac) Lyrics and song progression Intro: Verse: Boxed up, all of her favourite things, sold the rest at a rainy yard sale Big plans and leaving friends and a westbound sign Weighed out, her choices on a scale, prevailing nothing made sense Just transportation and a blank decision… She's taking off Interlude: (Same as intro) Verse: No time and no copping out, she's burning daylight petrol Blacked out the rear-view mirror, heading westward on Strung out on confusion road and ten minute nervous breakdowns Xanex a beer for thought and she determined… She's taking off Interlude: (Same as intro) Bridge: Is it starvation or an escape from discontent Will she find her name in the California cement Punched out of the grind that punched her one too many times Is tragedy two-thousand miles away… She's taking off Interlude: (Same as intro) She (As recorded by Green Day – Dookie) Intro: G, D, C, G Verse: (Same as intro) She, she screams in silence, a sully riot penetrating through her mind Waiting for a sign to smash the silence with the brick of self-control Chorus:
DAre you locked up in a world tChat's been plannedG out for you' ADre you feeling like a social tool withoCut a usGe' SCcream at Gme, until Cmy ears blGeed I'm taCking hGeed just for yDou
Verse: She, she's figured out all her doubts were someone else's point of view Waking up this time, to smash the silence with the brick of self-control Chorus:
DAre you locked up in a world tChat's been plannedG out for you' ADre you feeling like a social tool withoCut a usGe' SCcream at Gme, until Cmy ears blGeed I'm taCking hGeed just for yDou
*End on G When i come around (As recorded by Green Day – Dookie) Intro: G, D, E, C (PC) x 2 Verse: (Same as intro) I heard you crying loud All the way across town You've been searching for that someone and it's me out on the prowl As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself Don't get lonely now Dry your whining eyes I'm just roaming for the moment sleazin' my back yard so don't get so uptight about ditching me Chorus: (A, C x 2) No time to search the world around 'Cause you know where I'll be found When I come around Verse: (Same as intro and previous verse) I heard it all before So don't knock down my door I'm a loser and a user so I don't need no accuser, to slag me down because I know I'm right So go do what you like Make sure you do it wise You may find out that your self doubt means nothing was ever there You can't go forcing something if it's just not right Chorus: (A, C x 2) No time to search the world around 'Cause you know where I'll be found When I come around Solo: |-3-----5-----3-----5-----3--3-3-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-----| |---3-----3-----3-----3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5b6-| |-----0-----0-----0-----0---00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| Chorus: (A, C x 2) No time to search the world around 'Cause you know where I'll be found When I come around Good riddance (time of your life) (As recorded by Green Day – Nimrod) Intro: |--------| |--------| |----0---| |---0-0--| |--------| |-3------| x 2 - Then: G, C, D x 2 (finger-picked) Verse: (Same as finger-picking progression in intro – G, C, D ) Another turning point, the fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go Bridge: (Em, D, C, G) So make the best of this test and don't ask why It's not a question but a lesson learned in time Chorus: (Em, G x 2 Em, D, G) Its something unpredictable But in the end it's right I hope you have the time of your life Interlude: G, C, D x 2 Verse: (Same as intro and previous verse) So take the photographs and still frames in your mind Hang on a shelf of good health and good times Bridge: (Em, D, C, G) Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial For what it was worth, it was worth all the while Chorus: (Em, G x 2 Em, D, G) Its something unpredictable But in the end it's right I hope you have the time of your life Interlude: G, C, D x 2 Em, D, C, G x 2 Chorus: (Em, G x 2 Em, D, G) Its something unpredictable But in the end it's right I hope you have the time of your life Castaway (As recorded by Green Day – Warning) Guitar tab Intro, verse and chorus: e-------------------------------------------------| b-------------------------------------------------| g------------------------------------------------o| d--xxxx-9-x-9-x-9--xx-6-6--xx-2-x-2-x-2--xx-9-9--o| a--xxxx-9-x-9-x-9--xx-6-6--xx-2-x-2-x-2--xx-9-9---| e--xxxx-7-x-7-x-7--xx-4-4--xx-0-x-0-x-0--xx-7-7---| Bridge: e---------------------------|-------------------------- b---------------------------|-------------------------- g---------------------------|-------------------------- d--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|--9-x-9-x-9-x-8-9--------- a--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|--9-x-9-x-9-x-8-9--------- e--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|--7-x-7-x-7-x-6-7--------- e---------------------------|--------------------------| b---------------------------|--------------------------| g---------------------------|--------------------------| d--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|--4~----------------------| a--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|--4~----------------------| e--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|--2~----------------------| Castaway (As recorded by Green Day – Warning) Lyrics Verse: I'm on a sentimental journey into sight and sound Of no return and no looking back or down A conscientious objector to the was that's in my mind Well leaving in the lurch and I'm taking back what's mine Bridge: I'm on a mission Into destination unknown An expedition Into desolation road Where I'm a Chorus: Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Lost and found Trouble bound castaway Verse: I'm riding on the night train and driving stolen cars Testing my nerves out on the Boulevard Spontaneous Combustion in the corners of my mind Well leaving in the lurch and I'm taking back what's mine Bridge: I'm on a mission Into destination unknown An expedition into desolation road where am I Chorus: Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Lost and found Trouble bound castaway Deadbeat holiday (As recorded by Green Day – Warning) Verse:
GWake up,D the house is onG fire and Cthe cat's caught in the dryer, phiGlosophy's aEm liar when yourC home is your headDstone. GIcon is tDhe last cGhance fCor hope when there's no such thing as heroes G E C D your faith lies in the ditch that you dug yourself in.
Bridge:
BLast chancCe to piss itG allC awaGy, ENothingB but helCl to paDy when the lights are going down.
Chorus:
GDeadbeatD holiday,C celebrate yGour own decay, therCe's a vacaGnt sign thatC's hangingD high on a noose over your home GDeadbeatD holiday,C get on youGr knees and pray, therCe's a vacaGnt sign that'sC hanging high Dbut at least you're not alone.
Verse:
GChristmDas liGghts in thCe middle of August, grudges come back to haunt us, Gyour olEdest alliCes areD your long lost enemies. GGrounded Din a duGplex toC find that you're living on a landmine, GvacaEtion hotspCotsD is a cemetery drive.
Bridge:
BLast chancCe to piss itG allC awaGy, ENothingB but helCl to paDy when the lights are going down.
Chorus:
GDeadbeatD holiday,C celebrateG your own decay, therCe's a vacaGnt sign thatC's hangingD high on a noose over your home GDeadbeatD holiday,C get on youGr knees and pray, therCe's a vacaGnt sign that'sC hanging high Dbut at least you're not alone.
Hold on (As recorded by Green Day – Warning) Intro: G, C, G, C, G, C, D x 2 Verse: (G C G D x 3 C, D, G) As I stepped to the edge on the shadow of a doubt With my conscience beating Like the pulse of a drum that hammers on and on 'Til I reach the break of day Verse: (G C G D x 3 C, D, G) When the sun beats down on the halfway house Has my conscience beating The sound in my ear, the will to preserve as I Reach the Break of day Chorus: (Em G D G Em G C D) When you lost all hope and excuses And the Cheapskates and the losers Nothing's left to cling on to You gotta hold on Hold on to yourself - Play intro - Verse: (G C G D x 3 C, D, G) A cry of hope (hey) A plea for peace And my conscience beating It's not what I want for it's all that I need To reach the break of day Verse: (G C G D x 3 C, D, G) So I run to the edge on the shadow of a doubt With my conscience bleeding Here lies the truth the lost treasures of my youth As I hold on to the break of day Chorus: (Em G D G Em G C D) When you lost all hope and excuses And the Cheapskates and the losers Nothing's left to cling on to You gotta hold on Hold on to yourself Church on Sunday (As recorded by Green Day – Warning) Intro: A, D, E x 2 Verse: (Same as intro) Today is the first day of the rest of our lives Tomorrow is to late to pretend everything's all right now I'm not getting any younger as long as you don't get any older I'm not going to state that yesterday never was Bridge:
Bloodshot dead F#beat lack of Asleep making Eyour mascara bleed Tears on your F#face leaving Atraces of my Emistakes when i say
Chorus:
AIf i promise to go to Dchurch on ESunday AWill you go with me on DFriday Enight AIf you live with me DI'll die for Eyou and this Acompromise
Verse: (Same as intro and previous verse) I hereby solemnly swear to tell the whole truth And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear form you now Trust is a dirty word that comes from such a liar But respect is something I will earn if you have faith Bridge:
Bloodshot dead F#beat lack of Asleep making Eyour mascara bleed Tears on your F#face leaving Atraces of my Emistakes when i say
Chorus:
AIf i promise to go to Dchurch on ESunday AWill you go with me on DFriday Enight AIf you live with me DI'll die for Eyou and this Acompromise AnAd tEhisF coAmpromise and this compromise
Jackass (As recorded by Green Day – Warning) Intro: C C\B Am x 3 - D G F C x 4 Verse:
GTo know you is to hate you So loving you must be like suicDide C C\B Am C C\B Am I don't mind if you don't mind C C\B Am C C\B Am D I'm not the one that's going to die
Verse:
GI guess I just can't listen To this one sided conversation aDgain C C\B Am C C\B Am 'Cause I don't care if I don't care C C\B Am C C\B Am D No one ever said that life is fair
Chorus:
EEverybody loves a joke But Bno one likes a fool And you're Calways cracking the same old lines agGainF# EYou're well rehearsed on every verse And Bthat was stated clear CBut no one understands your vDerity
Verse:
GThe center of attention Got an honorable mention once againD C C\B Am C C\B Am Congratulations and salutaions C C\B Am C C\B Am D You're a figment of your own imagination
Chorus:
EEverybody loves a joke But Bno one likes a fool And you're Calways cracking the same old lines agGainF# EYou're well rehearsed on every verse And Bthat was stated clear CBut no one understands your vDerity
Solo: E----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--4--5-- x3 D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- A----------------------------- E----------------------------- E----------------------- B-----------------5----- G--7--7--7--7--7-----7-- D--0--0--0--0--0-------- A----------------------- E----------------------- Verse:
GTo know you is to bait you And you fell victim to your own denDial C C\B Am C C\B Am I don't mind if you don't mind C C\B Am C C\B Am If you're wasting all your time