21st Century Breakdown
Intro
D
Born into
A
Nixon I wa
G
s
raised in hell
D
A welfar
A
e
child
G
where
the teamsters dwelled
D
The last one bo
A
rn
and the f
G
irst
one to run
D
My town was b
A
lind
fr
G
om
refinery sun
Bm
My generation is
G
zero
Bm
I never made it as a
G
working
class
A
hero
D
21st
c
A
entury
G
breakdown
I
D
once
was lost but
A
never
G
was
found
I
D
think
I'm losing
A
what's
left of
G
my
mind
To the
D
20th
A
century
G
deadline
D
I
A
was made o
G
f
poison and blood
D
Com
A
bination
i
G
s
what I understood
D
From Me
A
xico
t
G
o
the Berlin Wall
D
Homeland sec
A
urity
co
G
uld
kill us all
Bm
My generation is
G
zero
Bm
I never made it as a
G
working
class
A
hero
D
21st
c
A
entury
G
breakdown
I
D
once
was lost but
A
never
G
was
found
I
D
think
I'm losing
A
what's
left of
G
my
mind
To the
D
20th
A
century
G
deadline
Part 2: Amaj chord
A
We
are the
D
cries of the class of '13
A
Born
in the yea
D
r
of humility
A
We
are t
D
he
desperate in the decline
A
Raised
by the bastards of 1969
D
My
nam
G
e
is
A
'No
o
D
ne'
your long lost son
Born on the 4th of July
D
Raised
i
G
n
the
A
barn
D
yards
of heroes and cons
Left me for dead or alive
D
There
is a w
G
ar
t
A
hat'
D
s
inside my head
That questions the results and lies
I'm break
D
ing
my bac
G
k
til
A
l
I'm
D
better
off dead
We are not payed enough to survive
Chord changes from D to G. Listen for change in song
D
I
am
G
an
eng
A
ine,
D
a worker, a pawn
My debt to the status quo
D
The
scars o
G
n
m
A
y
hand
D
s
and a means to an end
It's all that I have to show
D
I'm
G
taki
A
ng
a
D
loan on my sa ni ty
For the redemption of my soul
D
Well
I
G
am
ex
A
empt
D
from this tra ge dy
And the 21st century fall
I pr
G
aise
lib
A
er
D
ty,
the
G
freedom
to
A
o
D
bey
It
G
's
a son
A
g
tha
D
t
strangles me
Well d
G
on't
cross
D
the
A
line
G, D, A (repeat x3)
Oh,
D
dream,
A
Db
merican
B
dream
I c
A
an't
even sl
G
eep
From
Bb
rainstorms
till
D
dawn
Oh,
D
bleed,
A
Db
merica
B
bleed
Be
A
lieve
what you
G
read
From
Bb
heroes
and cons