"Jesus Of Suburbia"
Green Day
"American Idiot" (2004)
Tabbed by Ben O'Brien (bawitdaba69@hotmail.com)
(Standard Tuning)
---> The Paranthesis at the end of the song is the time sig.
Part I: Jesus Of Suburbia (4/4)
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VERSE 1
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C# A#
I'm the son of rage and love The Jesus of Suburbia
F# G#
The bible of none of the above, on a steady diet of
C# A#
Soda pop and Ritalin No one ever died for my
F# G#
Sins in Hell, as far as I can tell, at least the ones I got away with
CHORUS
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F# G# F# G#
And there's nothing wrong with me, this is how I'm supposed to be
F# G# C# G# F# C# G# F#
In a land of make believe that don't believe in me
VERSE 2
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C# A#
Get my television fix, sitting on my crucifix
F# G#
A living room on my private womb, while the moms and brads are away
C# A#
To fall in love and fall in debt to alcohol and cigarettes
F# G#
And mary jane to keep me insane, doing someone else's cocaine
REPEAT CHORUS
C# G# F# C# G# F#
C# A# F# G#
C# F A# G# F# G#
Part II: City Of The ***ed (4/4)
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VERSE 1 (some chords are arranged for guitar from piano)
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C# C A# G#
At the center of the Earth in the parking lot of the 7-11 were I was taught
F# G#
The motto was just a lie
C# C A# G#
It says home is where your heart is, but what a shame, 'cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
F# G#
It's beating out of time
CHORUS
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A# G# C# F#
City of the Dead, at the end of another lost highway
A# G# F#
Signs misleading to nowhere
A# G# C# F#
City of the ***ed, lost children with dirty faces today
A# G# F#
No one really seems to care
VERSE 2 (same as first)
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C# C A# G#
I read the graffiti in the bathroom stall like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
F# G#
And so it seemed to confess
C# C A# G#
It didn't say much, but it only confirmed that the center of the earth is the end of the world
F# G#
And I could really care less
REPEAT CHORUS
Part III: I Don't Care (3/3 turning into 4/4)
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G# C# G# C# F# C#
G# C# G# C# F# C# G#
I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't care
G# C# G# C# F# C# G#
I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't care
G# C# G# C# F# C# G#
I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't care
G# C# G# C# F# C# G#
I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't care
F# G# C# A G# C# A G# C# A G# C# A G#
I don't care
A G#
Everyone's so full of ***
A G#
Born and raised by hypocrites
A G#
Hearts recycled but never saved
A G#
From the cradle to the grave
A G#
We are the kids of war and peace
A G#
From Anaheim to the Middle East
A G#
We are the stories and disciples of
A G#
The Jesus of Suburbia
F# G# C# G#
Land of make believe
F# G# C# G#
And it don't believe in me
F# G# C# G#
Land of make believe
F# G# F# G# C#
And I don't believe, and I don't care
F# G# C# F# G# C#
I don't care, I don't care
F# G# C# F# G# C# C# C# C# G#
I don't care, I don't care
Part IV: Dearly Beloved (4/4)
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G# C
Dearly beloved are you listening?
C# G# D#
I can't remember a word that you were saying
G# C
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
C# G# D#
The space that's in between insane and insecure
G# C C# G# D#
G# C
Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
C# G# D#
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
G# C
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
C# G# D#
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse
G# C C# G# D#
Part V: Tales Of Another Broken Home (4/4)
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G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F#
C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F#
To live and not to breathe, is to die in trage-dy
C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F#
To run, to run aw-ay, to find what you believe
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
And I leave behind
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
This hurricane of ***ing lies
G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F#
I lost my faith to this, this town that don't ex-ist
C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F#
So I run, I run aw-ay, the light of mas-o-chist
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
And I leave behind
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
This hurricane of ***ing lies
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
And I walked this line
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
A million and one ***ing times
F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G#
But not this time
F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G#
F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G# F# C# G#
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
C# G# C# G# C# G# D# G#2 D# G#2 D# G#2
C# D# G# C#
I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize
C# D# G#
When there ain't nowhere you can go
C# D# G# C#
Running away from pain when you've been victimized
C# D# G#
Tales from another broken home
F# C# G#
You're leaving
F# C# G#
You're leaving
F# C# G#
You're leaving
F# C# G#
Ah, you're leaving home
F# C# G# F# C# G#
CHORD CHART
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| C#| A#| F#| G#| A | C | D#|G#2| F |
E|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G|-6-|-3-|---|---|---|-5-|-8-|-8-|---|
D|-6-|-3-|-4-|-6-|-7-|-5-|-8-|-6-|-3-|
A|-4-|-1-|-4-|-6-|-7-|-3-|-6-|---|-3-|
E|---|---|-2-|-4-|-5-|---|---|---|-1-|
