Key: C# then G#
Chords used:
C# x46664
G# 466544
F# 244322
Bbm x13321
G#/C x365xx
Intro:
Piano/Acoustic Guitar: Same Intro to the song See The Light
C# G# x8
Guitar 2:
e|-11-----11-----11-----11-----11-------|
B|----9------9------9------9------9---9-|
G|------8------8------8------8------8---|
D|--------------------------------------| x8
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Distortion: C# G# F# x2
Verse 1:
C# G# F# Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
C# G# F# A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
C# G# F# The last one born and the first one to run
C# G# F# My town was blind from refinery sun
Refrain:
Bbm F# My generation is zero
Bbm F# G# I never made it as a working class hero
Guitar 2: Refrain
Bbm F# Bbm F# G#
e|---------|-6-----6h7p6---|---------|---------|------|
B|---------|---7---------7-|---------|---------|------|
G|-3-3-3-3-|-----6---------|-3-3-3-3-|---------|------|
D|-3-3-3-3-|---------------|-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
A|-1-1-1-1-|---------------|-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-|
E|---------|---------------|---------|-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-|
Chorus 1:
C# G# F#21st century breakdown
C#I once was lost
G# F#but never was found
C#I think I'm losing
G# F#what's left of my mind
C# G# F#to the 20th century deadline
Interlude: C# G# F# x2
Guitar 2:
C# G# F#
e|------4----4---|-4--6-|-4------|
B|----6----6---6-|------|----7-6-|
G|-6-------------|------|--------|
D|---------------|------|--------|
A|---------------|------|--------|
E|---------------|------|--------|
Verse 2:
C# G# F# I was made of poison and blood
C# G# F# Condemnation is what I understood
C# G# F# Video games to the tower's fall
C# G# F# Homeland Security could kill us all
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude: Beat Changes from slow to fast
G# x8
Guitar 2:
G#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-|
D|-6--------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Bridge:
G# C#We are the cries of the class of '13
G# C#Born in the year of humility
G# C#we are the desperate in the decline
G# C# x4Raised by the bastards of 1969
Guitar 2:
C#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4-----|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-6-|
G|-6--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Verse 3:
C#My name is 'No one'
F# G# C#your long lost son
C# G#Born on the 4th of July
C#Raised in the barnyards
F# G# C#of he roes and cons
C# G#Left me for dead or alive
Verse 4:
C#I Am A nation
F# G# C#A worker of pride
C# G#My debt to the status quo
C#The scars on my hands
F# G# C#And the means to an end
C# G#Is all that I have to show
Interlude: C# F# x4
Guitar 2:
C# F#
e|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---|---|
B|----6-6-6------6-6-6----------7-|-6-|
G|-6------------------------------|---|
D|--------------------------------|---| x4
A|--------------------------------|---|
E|--------------------------------|---|
Verse 5:
C#I swallowed my pride
F# G# C#And I choked on my faith
C#I've given my heart and my
G# C#soul I've broken my fingers
F# G# C#And lied through my teeth
C# G#The pillar of damage control
Verse 6:
C#I've been to the edge
F# G# C#And I've thrown the bouquet
C# G#Of flowers left over the grave
C#I sat in the waiting
F# G# C#room Wasting my time
C# G#And waiting for judgement day
Chorus 2:
F# G# C# F# G# C#I praise liberty the freedom to o bey
F# G# C#It's a song that strangles me
F# C# G#Well don't cross the line
F# F# C# G# x3
G#(hold) G#(hold) G#(hold) |G#(hold)
G#(hold) G#(hold) G#7(hold) G#7 |(hold)
Guitar 2:
G# G#7
e|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|----------4-4--------4-4--6-4---------------4-4--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|----5-5-5------5-5-5----------6-5-----5-5-5------5-5-5-|-------------|
D|-6---------------------------------6-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
Guitar Solo: C# G#/C Bbm G# F# A C#
Guitar 2:
C# G#/C Bbm G# F# A C#
e|-13---13-|-11--13--11-|----|-11-------|-9-----------|-----------|----------|
B|---------|------------|-14-|----13----|---11--------|-10--9-----|-9--------|
G|---------|------------|----|-------13-|------11--11-|--------11-|----10----|
D|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|-------11-|
A|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
E|---------|------------|----|----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
Outro:
C# G#/C BbmOh Dream America dream
G# F#I can't even sleep
A C#From the lights early dawn
C# G#/C BbmOh Scream America scream
G# F#Believe what you see
A(hold)
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