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21st Century Breakdown
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Tunings:
Well this depends. I think most people would use standard, but I use it in Half-
Step Down tuning (a semitone lower than standard) Because you can do the normal
chords instead of power chords.
I'll tab Half-Step-Down.
(In the fast palm mute bit in the interlude, do downstrokes. That's how to do it.)
This song is really long to tab out.
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Intro:
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Piano transcribed to guitar:
Eb||-2-------------------------||
Bb||-3-2~----------------------||
Gb||-2-2~----------------------||
Db||-0-2~----------------------||
Ab||---0~----------------------||
Eb||---------------------------||
Repeat that a couple of times, and then it gets into the epic song.
x2
Eb||-----22-3-2---|-------------||
Bb||-3-3-33-3-3-x-|-2-2-x-3-333-||
Gb||-2-2-22-2-2-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Db||-0-0-00-0-0-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Ab||--------------|-0-0-x-2-222-||
Eb||--------------|-------3-333-||
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Verse:
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Born into nixon I was rasied in hell,
Eb||-----22-3-2---|-------------||
Bb||-3-3-33-3-3-x-|-2-2-x-3-333-||
Gb||-2-2-22-2-2-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Db||-0-0-00-0-0-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Ab||--------------|-0-0-x-2-222-||
Eb||--------------|-------3-333-||
A welfare child where the teamsters dwell,
Eb||-----22-3-2---|-------------||
Bb||-3-3-33-3-3-x-|-2-2-x-3-333-||
Gb||-2-2-22-2-2-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Db||-0-0-00-0-0-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Ab||--------------|-0-0-x-2-222-||
Eb||--------------|-------3-333-||
The last one born and the first one to run,
Eb||-----22-3-2---|-------------||
Bb||-3-3-33-3-3-x-|-2-2-x-3-333-||
Gb||-2-2-22-2-2-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Db||-0-0-00-0-0-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Ab||--------------|-0-0-x-2-222-||
Eb||--------------|-------3-333-||
My town was blind from the reinfery sun.
Eb||-----22-3-2---|-------------||
Bb||-3-3-33-3-3-x-|-2-2-x-3-333-||
Gb||-2-2-22-2-2-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Db||-0-0-00-0-0-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Ab||--------------|-0-0-x-2-222-||
Eb||--------------|-------3-333-||
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Pre Chorus
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My generation is zero,
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Guitar One:
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Eb||------------------------------------||
Bb||------------------------------------||
Gb||-4444-444--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
Db||-4444-444--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
Ab||-2222-222--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
Eb||------------------------------------||
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Guitar Two:
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Eb||-----------------|--------------------------||
Bb||---4-----4-------|-----12--------10-11-10-x-||
Gb||-----4-----4-----|--------12-----10-10-10-x-||
Db||-------------4---|--------------------------||
Ab||-2-----2-------2-|-10---------10------------||
Eb||-----------------|--------------------------||
I never made it as a working class hero,
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Guitar One:
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Eb||--------------------||
Bb||--------------------||
Gb||-4444-444-----------||
Db||-4444-444--555--7-7-||
Ab||-2222-222--555--7-7-||
Eb||-----------333--5-5-||
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Guitar Two:
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Eb||------------------|----------||
Bb||---4------4-------|----------||
Gb||-----4------4-----|----------||
Db||--------------4---|-555--7-7-||
Ab||-2------2-------2-|-555--7-7-||
Eb||------------------|-333--5-5-||
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Chorus:
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21st Century Breakdown
Eb||------------------------||
Bb||-3-3-x-2-2-x-3-3333-333-||
Gb||-2-2-x-2-2-x-0-0000-000-||
Db||-0-0-x-2-2-x-0-0000-000-||
Ab||-------0-0-x-2-2222-222-||
Eb||-------------3-3333-333-||
I once was lost and never was found
Eb||------------------------||
Bb||-3-3-x-2-2-x-3-3333-333-||
Gb||-2-2-x-2-2-x-0-0000-000-||
Db||-0-0-x-2-2-x-0-0000-000-||
Ab||-------0-0-x-2-2222-222-||
Eb||-------------3-3333-333-||
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
Eb||------------------------||
Bb||-3-3-x-2-2-x-3-3333-333-||
Gb||-2-2-x-2-2-x-0-0000-000-||
Db||-0-0-x-2-2-x-0-0000-000-||
Ab||-------0-0-x-2-2222-222-||
Eb||-------------3-3333-333-||
To the 20th Century deadline..
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Post Chorus:
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Guitar One:
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x2
Eb||-----22-3-2---|-------------||
Bb||-3-3-33-3-3-x-|-2-2-x-3-333-||
Gb||-2-2-22-2-2-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Db||-0-0-00-0-0-x-|-2-2-x-0-000-||
Ab||--------------|-0-0-x-2-222-||
Eb||--------------|-------3-333-||
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Guitar Two:
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After first repeat of guitar one:
Eb||-------------------------------------||
Bb||-------------------------------------||
Gb||--7-11-14--11-14-11-14--16-14-13-12--||
Db||--0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--||
Ab||-------------------------------------||
Eb||-------------------------------------||
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Verse 2, Pre Chorus 2, And Chorus 2 are the same guitar parts.
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Interlude:
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Guitar One:
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x4
Eb||----------------||
Bb||----------------||
Gb||-2~-------------||
Db||-2~-------------||
Ab||-0~-------------||
Eb||----------------||
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Guitar Two:
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After second repeat of guitar one:
x4
Eb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Bb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Gb||----------------|----------------------------11----------||
Db||-7-7-/-11-11-11-|-14-14--11-11-11--14-14-14---0-12-11-10-||
Ab||-0-0----0--0--0-|--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0------0--0--0-||
Eb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
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Interlude Part II.
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We are the class of, the class of 13,
Eb||---------------------------------||
Bb||----3~---------------------------||
Gb||-2~-2~---------------------------||
Db||-2~-0~---------------------------||
Ab||-0~------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------||
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Guitar Two:
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(All the way through this part)
Eb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Bb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Gb||----------------|----------------------------11----------||
Db||-7-7-/-11-11-11-|-14-14--11-11-11--14-14-14---0-12-11-10-||
Ab||-0-0----0--0--0-|--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0------0--0--0-||
Eb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Born in the era of humility,
Eb||---------------------------------||
Bb||----3~---------------------------||
Gb||-2~-2~---------------------------||
Db||-2~-0~---------------------------||
Ab||-0~------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------||
We are the desperate in the decline,
Eb||---------------------------------||
Bb||----3~---------------------------||
Gb||-2~-2~---------------------------||
Db||-2~-0~---------------------------||
Ab||-0~------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------||
Raised by the bastards of 1969!
Eb||--------------------------------||
Bb||--------------------------------||
Gb||-2~-----------------------------||
Db||-2~-777-777-777-777-------------||
Ab||-0~-777-777-777-777-------------||
Eb||----555-555-555-555-------------||
P.M. ... ... ... ...
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Interlude Part III.
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Guitar One:
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x4
Eb||---------------------------||
Bb||---------------------------||
Gb||-7-77777-77777-77777-77777-||
Db||-7-77777-77777-77777-77777-||
Ab||-5-55555-55555-55555-55555-||
Eb||---------------------------||
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Guitar Two:
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x4
Eb||----------------|---------------------------------------||
Bb||----------------|---------------------------12----------||
Gb||-7-7-/-11-11-11-|-14-14--11-11-11--14-14-14--0-14-12-11-||
Db||-0-0----0--0--0-|--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0-----0--0--0-||
Ab||----------------|---------------------------------------||
Eb||----------------|---------------------------------------||
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Interlude Part IV.
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My name is no one the long lost son,
Born on the 4th of July,
Eb||------------------|-------------------------------||
Bb||------------------|-------------------------------||
Gb||-7-77777-7777-----|-7-77777-7777------------------||
Db||-7-77777-7777-5-7-|-7-77777-7777--777-777-777-777-||
Ab||-5-55555-5555-5-7-|-5-55555-5555--777-777-777-777-||
Eb||--------------3-5-|---------------555-555-555-555-||
P.M. ... ... ... ...
(You repeat this guitar part alot of times, but different lyrics)
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Interlude Part V.
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I praise liberty, the "Freedom to Obay",
Eb||------------|---------------|------------|---------------||
Bb||------------|---------------|------------|---------------||
Gb||------------|-7-7777-7-7777-|------------|-7-7777-7-7777-||
Db||-5-5555-5-7-|-7-7777-7-7777-|-5-5555-5-7-|-7-7777-7-7777-||
Ab||-5-5555-5-7-|-5-5555-5-5555-|-5-5555-5-7-|-5-5555-5-5555-||
Eb||-3-3333-3-5-|---------------|-3-3333-3-5-|---------------||
It the song that strangles me,
Eb||------------|---------------||
Bb||------------|---------------||
Gb||------------|-7-7777-7-7777-||
Db||-5-5555-5-7-|-7-7777-7-7777-||
Ab||-5-5555-5-7-|-5-5555-5-5555-||
Eb||-3-3333-3-5-|---------------||
Well don't cross the line x4
Eb||-----------------------------||
Bb||-----------------------------||
Gb||----7------------------------||
Db||-55-7-7----------------------||
Ab||-55-5-7----------------------||
Eb||-33---5----------------------||
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Guitar One:
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x8
Eb||---------------||
Bb||---------------||
Gb||-2~------------||
Db||-2~------------||
Ab||-0~------------||
Eb||---------------||
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Guitar Two:
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Eb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Bb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
Gb||----------------|----------------------------11----------||
Db||-7-7-/-11-11-11-|-14-14--11-11-11--14-14-14---0-12-11-10-||
Ab||-0-0----0--0--0-|--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0------0--0--0-||
Eb||----------------|----------------------------------------||
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| x2 |
Eb||----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Bb||----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Gb||----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Db||-7-7-/-11-11-11-|-14--14-14-14-14--|-17~-17-17-17-17-||
Ab||-0-0----0--0--0-|--0---0--0--0--0--|--0~--0--0--0--0-||
Eb||----------------|------------------|-----------------||
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Solo:
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Guitar One:
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Eb||----------------------|----------||
Bb||----------------------|----------||
Gb||----------------------|--------7-||
Db||----------------------|--------7-||
Ab||-5~-5-4~--4--2~--2-0~-|--------5-||
Eb||----------------------|-3~--6~---||
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Guitar Two:
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Eb||----------------------------------------||
Bb||-17b-17b--17-17b-17--15-------17-15-----||
Gb||-------------------------------------15-||
Db||----------------------------------------||
Ab||----------------------------------------||
Eb||----------------------------------------||
Eb||----------------------------------||
Bb||-16-------------------------------||
Gb||----17-12~-12--14b-12--14-11------||
Db||-----------------------------12v~-||
Ab||----------------------------------||
Eb||----------------------------------||
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Outro:
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Dream, America Dream, I can't even sleep,
From the light's early dawn,
Eb||-----------------------||
Bb||-----------------------||
Gb||-7~-6~--------------7~-||
Db||-7~-7~-9~-7~-5~--8~-7~-||
Ab||-5~-4~-9~-7~-5~--8~-5~-||
Eb||-------7~-5~-3~--6~----||
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Guitar One:
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Scream, America Scream, Believe what you see,
From Heroes And Cons?
Eb||---------------------||
Bb||---------------------||
Gb||-7~-7~---------------||
Db||-7~-7~-9~-7~-5~--8---||
Ab||-5~-4~-9~-7~-5~--8---||
Eb||-------7~-5~-3~--6---||
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Guitar Two:
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Eb||-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Bb||---------5-------|----------5-------|---------3-------||
Gb||-----7-----7-----|-----7------7-----|-----4-----4-----||
Db||---7---7-----7---|---7---7------7---|---4---4-----4---||
Ab||-5-------------5-|-4--------------4-|-2-------------2-||
Eb||-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Eb||-----------------------||
Bb||---------2-3-2-x-------||
Gb||-----2---2-2-2-x-------||
Db||---2---2----------5~-8-||
Ab||-0----------------5~-8-||
Eb||------------------3~-6-||
