Green Day es una banda estadounidense de punk rock, originaria de Berkeley, California. Formada en 1989, fueron uno de los impulsores de la segunda oleada del punk en los '90, cuando grabaron en 1994 Dookie, su tercer disco, con el que consiguieron un gran éxito, renovado diez años más tarde con American Idiot.
Green Day ha vendido millones de álbumes alrededor del mundo, convirtiéndose en una de las bandas de pop punk más influyentes. Está formada por Billie Joe Armstrong (voz y guitarra)
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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: BbmF# My generation is zero BbmF#G# I never made it as a working class hero
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
Verse 2: C#G#F# I was made of poison and blood C#G#F# Combination is what I understood C#G#F# From Mexico to the Berlin Wall C#G#F# Homeland security could kill us all
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#--- x4 Raised by the bastards of 1969
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# There is a war that's F#G#C# inside my head C# That questions the G# results and lies C# I'm breaking my back F#G#C# till I'm better off dead C# We are not payed G# enough to survive
Verse 5: C# I am an engine F#G#C# A worker A pawn C#G# My debt to the status quo C# The scars on my hands F#G#C# and a means to an end C#G# It's all that I have to show
Verse 6: C#F#G#C# I'm taking a loan on my sa-ni-ty C#G# For the redemption of my soul C#F#G#C# well I am exempt from this tra-ge-dy C#G# And the 21st century fall
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
Outro: C#G#/CBbm Oh, dream, American dream G#F# I can't even sleep AC# from rainstorms till dawn C#G#/CBbm Oh, bleed, America bleed G#F# Believe what you read A(hold) from heroes and cons
B. Album Version
Intro:
Piano/Acoustic Guitar: Same Intro to the song See The Light C#--G#-- x8
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: BbmF# My generation is zero BbmF#G# I never made it as a working class hero
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
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
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#--- x4 Raised by the bastards of 1969
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 AmA 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
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
Outro: C#G#/CBbm Oh Dream America dream G#F# I can't even sleep AC# From the lights early dawn C#G#/CBbm Oh Scream America scream G#F# Believe what you see A(hold) From heroes and cons?