Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the band's career, they have been a trio with drummer Tré Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1991). Guitarist Jason White, who has been a touring member since 1999, was an official member from 2012 to 2016.
Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California.
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WARNING
Intro ADGD x4
Verse w/intro This is a public service announcement This is only a test Emergency evacuation protest May impair your ability to operate machinery Can't quite tell, just what it means to me Keep out of reach of children Don't talk to strangers Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker
Chorus w/intro Warning: Live without warning Warning: Live without warning
Bridge A
Verse w/intro Better homes and safety-sealed communities? Did you remember to pay the utility? Caution: police line: you better not cross Is it the Cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything? Or shut up and be the victim of authority
Chorus w/intro Warning: Live without warning Warning: Live without warning x2
Bridge A
A Better homes and safety-sealed communities? A Did you remember to pay the utility? w/intro Caution: police line: you better not cross Is it the Cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything? Or shut up and be the victim of authority
Chorus w/intro Warning: Live without warning Warning: Live without warning x2
Verse w/intro This was a public service announcement This was only a test
BLOOD SEX AND BOOZE (power chords)
Intro E
Verse E Waiting in a room All dressed up and bound and gagged C To a chair It's so unfair E I won't dare move, for the pain C She puts me through is what I need E So make it bleed
Chorus C# I'm in distress, oh mistress E I confess so do it one more time These handcuffs are too tight C# You know I will obey, so please Don't make me beg AB For blood, sex and booze you give me E Some say I'm disturbed DC# But it's what I deserve, another lesson ABE To be learned...from a girl called kill
Verse w/verse My head is in the gutter Thank you sir, strike up another mandolin Of discipline Throw me to the dogs Let them eat my flesh down To the wood It feels so good
Chorus
Bridge ECGCGCGCG x2
Chorus
Bridge
EDC#CB
CHURCH ON SUNDAY
ADE x2
Verse w/intro Today is the first day of the rest Of our lives Tomorrow is too late to pretend Everything's alright 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 F#mA Bloodshot deadbeat and a lack of sleep E Making your mascara bleed F#m Tears down your face AE Leaving traces of my mistakes
Chorus ADE If I promise to go to church on Sunday ADE Will you go with me on Friday night? ADE If you live with me, I'll die for you AE And this compromise
ADE
Verse w/intro I hereby solemnly to tell The whole truth And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you "Trust" is a dirty word that comes Only from such a liar But "respect" is something I will earn.. If you have faith
Bridge
Chorus x2
Solo w/intro
Chorus x2
AE And this compromise FA And this compromise
FASHION VICTIM
Intro A
Verse AC#mF#m He's a victim of his own time DC#mE In his "vintage suit" and tie AC#mF# He's casualty dressed to the teeth DC#mE In the latest genocide
w/verse The new seasons come and go At the dog and pony show Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names And follow the dress codes A WHAT'S IN A NAME?...HEY!
w/verse She's a scented magazine Looking sharp and living clean Living well and dressed to kill But she looks like hell to me
w/verse So when you're dancing through your wardrobe Do the anorex a go-go Cloaked with style For paedophiles as the credit card explodes
Chorus BmA You auctioned off your life GF#m For the "most" expensive price E Going once... Going twice... AGF#mEAGF#mE Now it's gone
w/verse (Youth Crew)
w/chorus You auctioned off your life For the "most" expensive price Going once... Going twice... Now it's gone
AGF#E x2 A
EA What's in a name, hey? EA What's in a name, hey? EAEAEA What's in a name?
CASTAWAY
Intro BG#mEB
Verse BF# I'm on a sentimental journey EB Into sight and sound F#EB Of no return and no looking back or down F# A conscientious objector to the EB War that's my mind F# Leaving in the lurch and I'm EB Taking back what's mine
Bridge E I'm on a mission BBbBBbB Into destination unknown E An expedition F# Onto desolation road Where I'm a...
Chorus w/intro Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own EF Lost and found, trouble bound w/intro Castaway
w/verse I'm riding on the night train and Driving stolen cars Testing my nerves out of the blvd. Spontaneous combustion in the Corners of my mind Leaving in the lurch And I'm taking back what's mine
w/bridge I'm on a mission Into destination unknown An expedition Onto desolation road Where I'm a...
w/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 w/intro Castaway
F# for solo bit
Bass only
Verse (no guitar)
Bridge
Chorus
MISERY
Capo 1
Intro Am
Verse Am Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A. E She had a compound fracture in the "trunk" Am It started when she run away DF Thumbs out on the interstate EAm She hitched a ride to misery
w/verse "Mr. Whirly" had a catastrophic incident He fell into the city by the bay He liquidated his estate Now he sleeps upon the Haight Panhandling misery
Chorus E He's gonna get high Am When he's low EAm The fire burns from better days E And she screams why Am I said I don't know DFE The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Am Of misery
w/verse Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam He ran the drug cartel in "tinseltown" They found him in a Cadillac Bludgeoned with a baseball bat in the name Of misery
w/verse Gina hit the road to New York City Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked She stopped in Vegas to elope With Virginia and the dope And kissed the bride eternally
w/chorus And they're gonna get high When they're low The fire burns from better days And he screams why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery
Bridge DmEAm Hell hounds on your trail now once again..boy DmEAm It's groping on your leg until it sleeps DmEAm The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow FE Because it's not what you make, it's what you leave
w/verse
w/chorus And we're gonna get high When I'm low The fire burns from better days And she screams why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery
DEADBEAT HOLIDAY
Verse GDG Wake up, The house is on fire CG And the cat's caught in the dryer Em Philosophy's a liar when CD Your home is your headstone
w/verse "Icon" is the last chance for hope When there's no such thing as heroes Your faith lies in the ditch that You dug yourself in
Bridge BmCGCG Last chance to piss it all away EmBm Nothing but hell to pay CD When the lights are going down
Chorus GBmCG Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay CG There's a vacant sign that's hanging high FD On a noose over your home
w/chorus Deadbeat Holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone
w/verse Christmas lights in the middle of August Grudges come back to haunt us Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies Grounded in a duplex to find that You're living on a landmine Vacation hotspots is a cemetery drive
w/bridge Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay When the lights are going down
w/chorus Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay There's a vacant sign that's hanging high On a noose over your home
w/chorus Deadbeat Holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone
Solo D
w/bridge Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay when all you Want to do is...not to....give up......
Chorus
HOLD ON
Intro GCGCGCD
Verse GC As I stepped to the edge GD Beyond the shadow of a doubt GCGD With my conscience beating GC Like the pulse of a drum GD That hammers on and on CDG Until I reach the break of the day
w/verse As the sun beats down The halfway house Has my conscience beating The sound in my ear The will to persevere As I reach the break of the day
Chorus EmG When you lost all hope and excuses DG And the cheapskates & losers EmG Nothing's left to cling onto CD play intro You got to hold on yourself
w/verse A cry of hope 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 the Day
w/verse So I run to the edge Beyond the shadows 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 the day
w/chorus When you lost all hope and excuses And the cheapskates & losers Nothing's left to cling onto You got to hold on yourself
Solo w/verse
w/chorus When you lost all hope and excuses And the cheapskates & losers Nothing's left to cling onto You got to hold on yourself
JACKASS
Intro CEmAmCDAmCEmAmD
GFC x4
Verse G To know you is to hate you D So loving you must be like suicide CAmCAm I don't mind if you don't mind CAmD I'm not the one that's going to die
w/verse I guess I just can't listen To this one sided conversation again `cause I don't care if I don't care No one ever said that life is fair
Chorus Em Everybody loves a joke Bm But no one likes a fool CGG/F# And you're always cracking the same old lines again Em You're well rehearsed on every verse Bm And that was stated clear CD But no one understands your verity
w/verse The centre of attention Got an honourable mention once again Congratulations and salutations You're a figment of your own imagination
w/chorus Everybody loves a joke But no one likes a fool And you're always cracking the same old lines again You're well rehearsed on every verse And that was stated clear But no one understands your verity
Solo GFC x4 DCG x3 D
w/verse To know you is to bait you And you fell victim to your own denial I don't mind if you don't mind CC/BAmE If you're wasting all your time
WAITING (Eb tuning)
Verse AD I've been waiting for a long time BmD For this moment to come A I'm destined DBmD For anything...at all
w/verse Downtown lights will be shining On me like a diamond Ring out under the midnight hour No one can touch me now And I can't turn my back It's too late ready or not at all
Chorus F#F#/F I'm so much closer than EB I have ever known... DADA Wake up
w/verse Dawning of a new era Calling...don't let it catch you falling Ready or not at all So close enough to taste it Almost...I can embrace this Feeling....on the tip of my tongue
w/chorus I'm so much closer than I have ever known... Wake up Better thank your lucky stars....
Solo w/verse
Chorus
Verse chords. No vox.
w/verse I've been waiting for a long time For this moment to come I'm destined for anything at all
w/verse Dumbstruck Colour me stupid Good luck You're gonna need it Where I'm going if I get there... At all....
Chorus (dist) CFGF I wanna be the minority CFGF I don't need your authority CFGF Down with the moral majority CFGF Cause I wanna be the minority
Verse (Acoustic, Open chords) CGFC I pledge allegiance to the underworld GFG One nation under dog there of which I stand alone CGFG A face in the crowd, unsung against the mold CFGC Without a doubt, singled out, the only way I know
Chorus
Bridge (dist, power chords) AEFC Stepped out of the line AEFG Like a sheep runs from the herd AEFC Marching out of time AFG To my own beat now B The only way I know
w/verse One light, one mind flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts For crying out loud, she screamed unto me A free for all, fuck em all, you are your own sight
Chorus
Bridge
Play first two lines of verse. No vox.
w/verse One light, one mind flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts For crying out loud, she screamed unto me A free for all, fuck em all, you are your own sight
Chorus
w/chorus The minority x4
Play intro
MACY`S DAY PARADE
Intro B
Verse B Today's the Macys Day Parade G#m The night of the living dead is on its way EF#B With a credit report for a duty call
w/verse It's a lifetime guarantee Stuffed in a coffin "10% more free" Red light special at the mausoleum
Bridge E Give me something that I need F# Satisfaction guaranteed to you E What's the consolation prize? F#B Economy sized dreams of hope
w/verse When I was a kid I thought I wanted all the things that I haven't got Oh, I learned the hardest way
w/verse Then I realized what it took To tell the difference between Thieves and crooks When all along it was me and you
E Give me something that I need F# Satisfaction guaranteed
Chorus B Because I'm thinking about F#G#m A brand new hope F#E The one I've never known F# `cause now I know B It's all that I wanted
Instrumental w/verse
w/bridge What's the consolation prize? Economy sized dreams of hope Give me something that I need Satisfaction guaranteed
w/chorus Because I'm thinking about A brand new hope The one I've never known And where it goes
w/chorus And I'm thinking about The only road The one I've never known And where it goes
w/chorus Because I'm thinking about A brand new hope The one I've never known `cause now I know It's all that I wanted
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