Green Day é uma banda de Punk Rock dos Estados Unidos, formada em 1987 em East Bay, Califórnia. Amigos de infância, Billie Joe Armstrong (vocalista / guitarrista) e Mike Dirnt (baixo / vocal) formaram sua primeira banda, “Sweet Children”, em Rodeo, Califórnia, quando tinham 10 anos de idade. Eles inventaram uma forma de fazer música que influenciam até hoje uma legião de bandas jovens. Se conheceram quando estudavam, num colégio chamado Pinolle Valey High School.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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?