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From: GeekStink@aol.com
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:02:07 -0400
Subject: "walking contradiction" by green day

"Walking Contradiction"

Intro:
	(PM)...

Verse:

Do as l say an

d not as l do

because the sh

it's so thick 

you can't run 

away.

I beg to diffe

r and on the c

ontrary,

l agree with e

very word that

 you say.

Talk is cheap 

and lies are e

xpensive,

My wallet's fa

t and so is my

 head.

Hit and run an

d then l'll hi

t you again,

I'm a smart-as

s but l'm play

ing dumb.

Chorus:
					

NO WORDS

Verse:

Standards set 

and broken all

 the time,

Control the ch

aos from behin

d a gun.

Call it as l s

ee it even if

I was born dea

f, blind and d

umb.

Losers winning

 big on the lo

ttery,

Rehab rejects 

still sniffing

 glue.

Constant refut

ation with mys

elf,

I'm a victim o

f a catch-22.

Chorus:

I have no beli

ef.
 	
But I believe,

 I'm a walking

 contradiction

.

And, l ain't g

ot no right.

HOPE YOU LIKE THIS....GEEKSTINK@AOL.COM


Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:38:27 -0500 (EST)
From: padeon@inforamp.net (Phil D'Eon)



Walking Contradiction
By: Green Day
Album: Insomniac



Intro-- E(PM)  high E(7th fret)


           
Do as I say no

      
t as I do beca

use

             
The shit's so 

            
deep you can't

     
 run away.

            
I beg to diffe

        
r on the contr

ary,

            
I agree with e

             
very word that

      
 you say.

            
Talk is cheap 

            
but lies are e

 
xpensive,

            
My wallets fat

             
 and so is my 


head.

            
Hit and run an

             
d then I'll hi

  
t you again

             
I'm a smart as

            
s but I'm play

      
ing dumb.
             
            
Standards set 

          
and broken all

 the time

            
Control the ch

             
aos behind the

 
 gun.

           
Call it as I s

       
ee it even if

           
I was born dea

              
f, blind, and 

 
dumb.

            
Losers winning

           
 big on the lo

ttery,

            
Rehab rejects 

             
still sniffing

 
 glue.

            
Constant refut

     
ation with mys

elf,

            
I'm a victim o

       
f catch 22.

      
             W

ell, I have no

 belief

           
             B

        
ut I believe

       
             I

'm a walking c

ontradiction

      
             A

nd I ain't got

 no right.   


Transcribed by : Carly D'Eon