Green Day — Before The Lobotomy (ver 2) Chords
Greenday
Before The Lobotomy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F# then C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# — 244322
C#/F — 143xxx
E — 022100
B — x24442
Bm — x24432
C# — x46664
G# — 466544
A — x02220
E — 022100
C#9 — x46644
C#sus — x46674
Intro: Plucking
F# C#/F E B Bm
e|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
B|—————————2———————|———————2—4—2—————|———————2—4—2—————|—————————4———————|—————3—————3—————|
G|—————————————————|—————1———————1———|—————1———————1———|—————4—————4—————|—————————————4———|
D|———————4———4—————|—————————————————|—————————————————|———4———4—————4———|———4—————4—————4—|
A|———1—4———————4—1—|———4———————————4—|———4———————————4—|—2—————————————2—|—2—————2—————————|
E|—2———————————————|—1———————————————|—0———————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
x2 x2 x2
Verse 1:
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground
Interlude: beat switch from slow to fast
C#——F#—G# x6
Verse 2:
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulo——gy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
From the end of the century
Refrain 1:
F# C# G# F# C# G#
Well It's e——nough to make you sick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
To cast a stone and throw a brick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
And when the sky is falling down
F# C# G# F# C# G#
It burned your dreams into the ground
Verse 3:
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#(hold) C# F# G# F# G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
Refrain 2:
F# C# G#
Well i'm not stoned
F# C# G#
I'm just fucked up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I'm not cursed Cause i've been blessed
F# C# G# F# C# G#——
I'm not in love Cause i'm a mess
Chorus:
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
B F# D A
The brutality of reality
C# C# (Guitar solo)
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Guitar 2: Solo
C#
e|————————1——1h2—4——4h6—7——4——9———|
B|—2——2h4———————————————————————7—|
G|————————————————————————————————|
D|————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————————————————|
E|————————————————————————————————|
Outro:
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B D
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B D
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B D
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground