Intro 8x: D E4 


Ponte 3x: D E4 G 


Verso 1:
D                      E4        G
 Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
D                          E4        G
 A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
D                          E4           G
 The last one born but the first one to run
D                        E4     G
 My town was blind for refinery sun
Bm               G
 My generation is zero
Bm                   G             A
 I never made it as a working class hero


Refrão 1:
D    E4      G
21st Century Breakdown
  D                 E4        G
I once was lost but never was found
  D          E4                    G
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
       D    E4      G
To the 20th Century Deadline


Ponte 2x: D E4 G 


Verso 2:
D              E4         G
 I was made of poison and blood
D                E4       G
 Condemnation is what I understood
D                  E4      G
 Videogames to the tower's fall
D                        E4      G
 Homeland Security could kill us all
Bm                G
 My generation is zero
Bm                    G             A
 I never made it as a working class hero


Refrão 2:
D    E4      G
21st Century Breakdown
  D                 E4        G
I once was lost but never was found
  D          E4                    G
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
       D    E4      G
To the 20th Century Deadline


Ponte 2x: E4 


Verso 3:
E4
We are the class of, the class of 13
E4
Born in the era of humility
E4
We are the desperate in the decline
E4                        E4
Raised by the Bastards of 1969


Ponte 4x: D E4 G 


Verso 4:
D
My name is no one
    G    E4   D
The long lost son
D                  E4
Born of the 4th of July
D                   G      E4  D
Raised in an era of heroes and cons
D                        E4
Who left me for dead or alive
D
I am a nation
  G      E4 D
A worker of pride
D                     E4
My debt to the status quo
D
The scars on my hands
        G     E4    D
And the means to an end
D                     E4
Is all that I have to show


Ponte 4x: D E4 G


Verso 5:
  D
I swallowed my pride
      G      E4    D
And I choked on my faith
D                          E4
I've given my heart and my soul
     D
I've broken my fingers
    G    E4         D
And lied through my teeth
D                       E4
The pillar of damage control
     D
I've been to the edge
         G      E4  D
And I've thrown the bouquet
D                        E4
Of flowers left over the grave
  D
I sat in the waiting room
G       E4 D
Wasting my time
    D                     E4
And waiting for judgement day
  G      E4   D
I praise Liberty
     G       E4  D
The "Freedom to Obey"
       G         E4        D
Is the song that strangles me
       G               E4    G  E4
Well , don't cross the line


Solo: D A Bm A G B D


Final:
   D       E4      Bm
Oh Dream, America dream,
  D          G
I can't even sleep
         B            D
From the lights early dawn
   D        E4      Bm
Oh Scream, America scream
   E4             D       G
Believe what you see from heroes and cons?