Greenday
American Eulogy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

This song is divided into 2 parts
Just like they did to JESUS 
OF SUBURBIA and HOMECOMING
I. Mass Hysteria
II. Modern World

Key:  then  then  then 

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
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G -    320003
F -    133211
 -   x35543
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G# -   466544
F# -   244322
/ - x365xx
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G -    320033
 -  x13321
 -    xx0232
 -    x02220
 -   x24432
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F#m -  244222


[I. Mass Hysteria]


Intro:
             
Sing us the so

             
ng of the cent

 
ury
             
That sings lik

           
e American eul

ogy
             
The dawn of my

              
 love and cons

   
piracy
             
Of forgotten h

            
ope and the cl

ass of 13
            
Tell me a stor

             
y into that go

  
odnight
            
Sing us a song

     
 for me


Chorus:
      
hysteria
          
Mass hysteria

 
          
Mass hysteria

 
          
Mass hysteria

 


Guitar 2: Chor
          
e|---|-----|-9
B|---|-----|--
G|-5-|-6-6-|--
D|-x-|-x-x-|--
A|-3-|-4-4-|--
E|---|-----|--

us
     
-9-----9-9----
---9-9-----9-9
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Verse 1:
            
  Red alert is

     
 the color of 

panic
         
  Elevated to 

the point of s

tatic
            
  Beating into

     
 the hearts of

 the fanatics
            
And the neighb

              
orhood's a loa

    
ded gun
            
  Idle thought

          
 leads to full

-throttle scre

aming
            
  And the welf

       
are is asphyxi

ating
            
  Mass confusi

      
on is all the 

new rage
         
And it's creat

ing a feeding 

ground

For the bottom

 feeders of


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 2:
            
  True sounds 

   
of maniacal la

ughter
            
  And the deaf

         
-mute is misle

ading the choi

r
            
  The punchlin

       
e is a natural

 disaster
            
And it's sung 

           
by the unemplo

yed
           
  Fight fire w

#
ith a riot
            
  The class wa

     
r is hanging o

n a wire

  Because the 

martyr 
   
is a compulsiv

e liar
        
When he said "

It's just
a bunch of niggers

throwing gas i

nto the"


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
            
There's a dist

              
urbance on the

 
 oceanside
           
They tapped in

         
to the reserve
            
  The static r

           
esponse is so 

  
unclear now
            
  Mayday, this

    
 is not a test

!
           
As the neighbo

      
rhood burns
           
  America is f

    
alling
 
    Vigilantes

 warning you
 
    Calling Ch

ristian and Gl

oria


Guitar Solo: F#--G#--C#-G#-C#-F#--G#--A

Guitar 2:
            
e|-9---8-----|
B|--------11-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

          
-----8-|----|-
-9-----|----|-
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11-|-9---8----
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-|---|----|-10
-|-9-|-10-|---
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[II. Modern World]


Intro: D--A-G--A-G-A x2


Chorus:
             
I don't want t

             
o live in the 

      
modern world
             
I don't want t

             
o live in the 

      
modern world
             
I don't want t

             
o live in the 

      
modern world
             
I don't want t

             
o live in the 

      
modern world


Verse 1: Mike Dirnt the bassist sings here instead of Billie
             
I'm the class 

    
of 13
             
In the era of 

   
dissent
             
A hostage of t

   
he soul
             
On a strike to

         
 pay the rent
             
The last of th

  
e rebels
             
Without a comm

   
on ground
             
I'm gonna ligh

    
t a fire
            
Into the under


ground well


(Repeat Chorus)


Post Chorus:
       
  I   nation
             
Without bureau

          
cratic ties
         
  Deny the all

        
egation as 
              
it's written a

 
 fucking lies


Guitar Solo: D--A--G--A-- x3, D--A--G--A-D

Guitar 2:
           
e|-5-|---|--5-
B|---|---|----
G|---|---|----
D|---|---|----
A|---|---|----
E|---|---|----

            
|-5-3--2-|---|
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---|----|-10--
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--|---|--10-12
8-|-7-|-------
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-|-10-|-12--10
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-|----|-------
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-|-14-|
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-|----|
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e|--14-12-|-10
B|--------|---
G|--------|---
D|--------|---
A|--------|---
E|--------|---

      
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Verse 2: Mike sings again
             
I want to take

   
 a ride 
             
to the great d

 
ivide
             
Beyond the "up

    
 to date"
             
And the neo-ge

    
ntrified
            
The high defin

ition for 
           
the low reside

nt
             
Where the valu

          
e of your mind
            
Is not held in

    
 contempt


Verse 3: Still Mike Dirnt
             
I can hear the

 
 sound 
            
of A beating h

eart
             
That bleeds be

       
yond a system
             
That's falling

  
 apart
             
With money to 


burn
            
On a minimum w

age
      
Cause I don't 

give a shit
About the modern age


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
Mass hysteria
             
I don't want t

  
o live 
             
in the modern 


world
Mass hysteria
             
I don't want t

  
o live 
             
in the modern 


world
Mass hysteria
             
I don't want t

  
o live 
             
in the modern 


world
Mass hysteria
(Repeat)