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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:
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|------------------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-
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|--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-----|
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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:
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|----0---|
|---0-0--|
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|-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