Poprocks and Coke

A D
Wherever you go you'll know I'll be there
A E
If you go far you'll know I'll be there
D
I'll go anywhere
A
So I'll see you there


You pace the name you know I'll be there
You name the time you know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there


Chorus
F#m E
I don't care if you don't mind
D A E D
I'll be there not far behind
D A E D
I will then keep in mind
A
I'll be there for you


Intro A E

When there's a truth you know I'll be there
I'm most alive you know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there


Chorus

F#m A D A
F#m A D E

If you should fall you know I'll be there
To catch your call you know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there


Chorus
A
I'll be there for you

American Idiot

Intro Ab C# F# C# Ab F# (4x)

Verse 1

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Don't want a nation that under the new media
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
Ab C# F# C# Ab
The subliminal mindfuck America


Chorus
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension
Ab
All across the alien nation
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Eb
Convincing them to walk you

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab


Verse 2

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
Ab C# F# C# Ab
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Now everybody do the propaganda
Ab C# F# C# Ab
And sing along in the age of paranoia


Back to Chorus

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Solo

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
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D--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x----------------------
A--8--8--8--8--8--8--6--4-----6-6-6-6--8--6--4--3----------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------8--------11--------
B--------9--------11------------------------9--
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D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
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E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------9--
G--10-10-10-10-10-10-8--6-----8-8-8-8--10-8--6--5--3-3-3-3h5-6-5\3-3/8-----
D--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--------------------------
A--8--8--8--8--8--8--6--4-----6-6-6-6--8--6--4--3--------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------


Bridge

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Verse 3

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Ab C# F# C# Ab
One nation controlled by the media.
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Information nation of hysteria.

It's going out to idiot America.


Chorus
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Outro
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Jackass

Intro C Em Am C D Am C Em Am D

G F C x4

Verse
G
To know you is to hate you
D
So loving you must be like suicide
C Am C Am
I don't mind if you don't mind
C Am D
I'm not the one that's going to die


w/verse
I guess I just can't listen
To this one sided conversation again
`cause I don't care if I don't care
No one ever said that life is fair


Chorus
Em
Everybody loves a joke
Bm
But no one likes a fool
C G G/F#
And you're always cracking the same old lines again
Em
You're well rehearsed on every verse
Bm
And that was stated clear
C D
But no one understands your verity


w/verse
The centre of attention
Got an honourable mention once again
Congratulations and salutations
You're a figment of your own imagination


w/chorus
Everybody loves a joke
But no one likes a fool
And you're always cracking the same old lines again
You're well rehearsed on every verse
And that was stated clear
But no one understands your verity

Solo
G F C x4 D C G x3 D

w/verse
To know you is to bait you
And you fell victim to your own denial
I don't mind if you don't mind
C C/B Am E
If you're wasting all your time

Misery

Intro Am

Verse
Am
Virginia was a lot lizard from F.L.A.
E
She had a compound fracture in the trunk
Am
It started when she run away
D F
Thumbs out on the interstate
E Am
She hitched a ride to misery

Play Verse
Mr. Whirly had a catastrophic incident
He fell into the city by the bay
He liquidated his estate
Now he sleeps upon the Haight
Panhandling misery


Chorus
E
He's gonna get high
Am
When he's low
E Am
The fire burns from better days
E
And she screams why
Am
I said I don't know
D F E
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Am
Of misery


Play Verse
Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam
He ran the drug cartel in tinseltown
They found him in a Cadillac
Bludgeoned with a baseball bat in the name
Of misery


Play Verse
Gina hit the road to New York City
Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked
She stopped in Vegas to elope
With Virginia and the dope
And kissed the bride eternally


Play Chorus
And they're gonna get high
When they're low
The fire burns from better days
And he screams why
I said I don't know
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Of misery


Bridge
Dm E Am
Hell hounds on your trail now once again..boy
Dm E Am
It's groping on your leg until it sleeps
Dm E Am
The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow
F E
Because it's not what you make, it's what you leave


Play Verse

Play Chorus
And we're gonna get high
When I'm low
The fire burns from better days
And she screams why
I said I don't know
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Of misery

Fashion Victim

Intro A


A C#m F#m
He's a victim of his own time
D C#m E
In his vintage suit and tie
A C#m F#
He's casualty dressed to the teeth
D C#m E
In the latest genocide

The new seasons come and go
At the dog and pony show
Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names
And follow the dress codes


A
What's in a name?...hey!!!

She's a scented magazine
Looking sharp and living clean
Living well and dressed to kill
But she looks like hell to me

So when you're dancing through your wardrobe
Do the anorex ­ a go-go
Cloaked with style
For paedophiles as the credit card explodes


Chorus
Bm A
You auctioned off your life
G F#m
For the "most" expensive price
E
Going once...
Going twice...
A G F#m E A G F#m E
Now it's gone


Bm A
You auctioned off your life
G F#m
For the "most" expensive price
E
Going once...
Going twice...
A G F#m E A G F#m E A
Now it's gone


E A
What's in a name, hey?
E A
What's in a name, hey?
E A E A E A
What's in a name?

Deadbeat Holiday

Verse

G D G
Wake up, The house is on fire
C G
And the cat's caught in the dryer
Em
Philosophy's a liar when
C D
Your home is your headstone


Play Verse
Icon is the last chance for hope
When there's no such thing as heroes
Your faith lies in the ditch that
You dug yourself in


Bridge
Bm C G C G
Last chance to piss it all away
Em Bm
Nothing but hell to pay
C D
When the lights are going down


Chorus
G Bm C G
Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay
C G
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
F D
On a noose over your home


Play Chorus
Deadbeat Holiday ­ get on your knees and pray
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
But at least you're not alone


Play Verse
Christmas lights in the middle of August
Grudges come back to haunt us
Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies
Grounded in a duplex to find that
You're living on a landmine
Vacation hotspots is a cemetery drive


Play Bridge
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay
When the lights are going down


Play Chorus
Deadbeat Holiday ­ celebrate your own decay
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
On a noose over your home


Play Chorus
Deadbeat Holiday ­ get on your knees and pray
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
But at least you're not alone


Solo
D

Play Bridge
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay when all you
Want to do is...not to....give up......


Chorus

Hold On

Intro: G C G C G C D


Verse
G C
As I stepped to the edge
G D
Beyond the shadow of a doubt
G C G D
With my conscience beating
G C
Like the pulse of a drum
G D
That hammers on and on
C D G
Until I reach the break of the day


w/verse
As the sun beats down
The halfway house
Has my conscience beating
The sound in my ear
The will to persevere
As I reach the break of the day


Chorus
Em G
When you lost all hope and excuses
D G
And the cheapskates & losers
Em G
Nothing's left to cling onto
C D play intro
You got to hold on yourself


w/verse
A cry of hope
A plea for peace
And my conscience beating
It's not what I want for
It's all that I need
To reach the break of the Day


w/verse
So I run to the edge
Beyond the shadows of a doubt
With my conscience bleeding
Here lies the truth
The lost treasures of my youth
As I hold on to the break of the day


w/chorus
When you lost all hope and excuses
And the cheapskates & losers
Nothing's left to cling onto
You got to hold on yourself

Solo w/verse

w/chorus
When you lost all hope and excuses
And the cheapskates & losers
Nothing's left to cling onto
You got to hold on yourself

Church on Sunday

A D E x2

A D
Today is the first day of the rest
E
Of our lives
A D
Tomorrow is too late to pretend
E
Everything's alright
A D
I'm not getting any younger as long
E
As you don't get any older
A D E
I'm not going to state that yesterday never was


Bridge
F#m A
Bloodshot deadbeat and a lack of sleep
E
Making your mascara bleed
F#m
Tears down your face
A E
Leaving traces of my mistakes


Chorus
A D E
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
A D E
Will you go with me on Friday night?
A D E
If you live with me, I'll die for you
A E
And this compromise


A D E

I hereby solemnly to tell
The whole truth
And nothing but the truth is what
I'll ever hear from you
Trust is a dirty word that comes
Only from such a liar
But respect is something I will earn...
If you have faith


Bridge

Chorus x2

Solo w/intro

Chorus x2

A E
And this compromise
F A
And this compromise

Give Me Novocain

Intro A F#m Bm E


Verse 1
A F#m
Take away the sensation inside
Bm E
Bittersweet migraine in my head
A F#m
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind
Bm E
I can't take this feeling anymore


Chorus
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation's overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me that I won't feel a thing

So give me Novocain

A F#m Bm E


Verse 2
A F#m
Out of body and out of mind
Bm E
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
A F#m
I get the funny feeling, that's alright
Bm E
Jimmy says it's better than air,

I'll tell you why


Chorus
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation's overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
A
So give me Novocain


Bridge
A
Oh Novocain

F# A 3x
Bm E


Chorus
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation's overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me Jimmy that I won't feel a thing

So give me Novocain


Outro

A F#m Bm E A

Are We The Waiting?

Intro A D 2x

Verse 1

A
Starry nights, city lights
D
Coming down over me
A
Skyscrapers and stargazers
D
In my head
A D
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting unknown

F# E D
This dirty town was burning down in my dreams
F# E D
Lost and found city bound in my dreams


Chorus
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting


Verse 2
A
Forget me nots, second thoughts
D
Live in isolation
A D
Heads or tails and fairytales in my mind
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown
F# E D
The rage and love, the story of my life
F# E D
The Jesus of suburbia is a lie


Chorus
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting


Outro

A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown

Blood, Sex and Booze

Intro E

E
Waiting in a room
All dressed up and bound and gagged
C
To a chair
It's so unfair
E
I won't dare move, for the pain
C
She puts me through is what I need
E
So make it bleed


Chorus
C#
I'm in distress, oh mistress
E
I confess so do it one more time
These handcuffs are too tight
C#
You know I will obey, so please
Don't make me beg
A B
For blood, sex and booze you give me
E
Some say I'm disturbed
D C#
But it's what I deserve, another lesson
A B E
To be learned...from a girl called kill

My head is in the gutter
Thank you sir, strike up another mandolin
Of discipline
Throw me to the dogs
Let them eat my flesh down
To the wood
It feels so good


Chorus

Bridge
E
C G C G C G C G x2

Chorus

Bridge

E D C# C B

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Intro G C D 2x


Verse
G C D
Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
G C D
Time grabs you by the wrist, and directs you where to go
Em D C G
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
Em D C G
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
Em G Em G
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life


Interlude
G C D
G C D

Verse 2
G C D
Take the photographs and still frames in your mind
G C D
Hang it on a shelf and in good health and good time
Em D C G
Tattoos the memories and this test go on trial
Em D C G
For what it's worth it was worth all the while
Em G Em G
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life


Solo
G C D 4x
Em D C G 2x

Em G Em G
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life


Interlude
G C D
G C D

Em G Em G
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life

Outro
G C D
G C D
G

Macy's Day Parade

Intro B

Verse
B
Today's the Macys Day Parade
G#m
The night of the living dead is on its way
E F# B
With a credit report for a duty call


W/Verse
It's a lifetime guarantee
Stuffed in a coffin 10% more free
Red light special at the mausoleum


Bridge
E
Give me something that I need
F#
Satisfaction guaranteed to you
E
What's the consolation prize?
F# B
Economy sized dreams of hope


V/Verse
When I was a kid I thought
I wanted all the things that I haven't got
Oh, I learned the hardest way


W/Verse
Then I realized what it took
To tell the difference between
Thieves and crooks
When all along it was me and you


E
Give me something that I need
F#
Satisfaction guaranteed


Chorus
B
Because I'm thinking about
F# G#m
A brand new hope
F# E
The one I've never known
F#
`cause now I know
B
It's all that I wanted

Instrumental w/verse


W/Bridge
What's the consolation prize?
Economy sized dreams of hope
Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed


W/Chorus
Because I'm thinking about
A brand new hope
The one I've never known
And where it goes


W/Chorus
And I'm thinking about
The only road
The one I've never known
And where it goes


W/Chorus
Because I'm thinking about
A brand new hope
The one I've never known
`cause now I know
It's all that I wanted

Castaway

Intro B G#m E B


Verse
B F#
I'm on a sentimental journey
E B
Into sight and sound
F# E B
Of no return and no looking back or down
F#
A conscientious objector to the
E B
War that's my mind
F#
Leaving in the lurch and I'm
E B
Taking back what's mine


Bridge
E
I'm on a mission
B Bb B Bb B
Into destination unknown
E
An expedition
F#
Onto desolation road
Where I'm a...


Chorus (play Intro)
Castaway ­ going at it alone
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own
Castaway ­ going at it alone
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own
E F#
Lost and found, trouble bound

(play Intro)
Castaway


(play Verse)
I'm riding on the night train and
Driving stolen cars
Testing my nerves out of the boulevard
Spontaneous combustion in the
Corners of my mind
Leaving in the lurch
And I'm taking back what's mine


(play Verse)
I'm on a mission
Into destination unknown
An expedition
Onto desolation road
Where I'm a...

(play Chorus)
Castaway ­ going at it alone
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own
Castaway ­ going at it alone
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own
Lost and found, trouble bound
(play Intro)

Castaway

She's a Rebel

Verse 1

G
She's a rebel
G
She's a saint
G D
She's assault of the earth
C
And she's dangerous


G
She's a rebel
G
Vigilante
G D
Missing link on the brink
C
Of destruction


Verse 2
G C G C
From Chicago to Toronto
G C
She's the one that they
D C
Call 'ol whatsername
G C G C
She's the symbol of resistance
G C
And she's holding on my
D C
Heart like a hand grenade


G C G C G C D C

Verse 3
G C
Is she dreaming
G C
What I'm thinking
G C D
Is she the mother of all bombs
C
Gonna detonate
G C
Is she trouble
G C
Like I'm trouble
G C D
Make it a double twist of fate
C
Or a melody that


Chorus
E B
She sings of revolution
C G
The dawning of our lives
E B C
She brings this liberation
G D
That I just can't define
B A C
Well nothing comes to mind


Bridge
G C G C G C D C

Chorus
E B
She sings of revolution
C G
The dawning of our lives
E B C
She brings this liberation
G D
That I just can't define
B A C
Well nothing comes to mind


Verse 4
G
She's a rebel
G
She's a saint
G D
She's assault of the earth
C
And she's dangerous
G
She's a rebel
G
Vigilante
G D
Missing link on the brink
C
Of destruction


Verse 5
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a saint
G C D
She's assault of the earth
C
And she's dangerous
G C
She's a rebel
G C
Vigilante
G C D
Missing link on the brink
C
Of destruction


Outro
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
D C
And she's dangerous
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
G C
She's a rebel
D C
And she's dangerous

Wakes Me Up When September Ends

G (G/F#)
Summer has come and passed

(G/E) (G/D)
The innocent can never last

C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends

G
Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast

C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends

Em Bm
Here comes the rain again

C G
Falling from the stars

Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again

C D
Becoming who we are


G
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost

C Cm G G/F#
Wake me up when September ends



G
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last

C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends


Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends


Em Bm
Here comes the rain again

C G
Falling from the stars

Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again

C D
Becoming who we are


As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Bridge Chords
Verse Chords

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G
Wake me up when September Ends
C Cm G
Wake me up when September Ends

Holiday

Capo 1st fret


Intro:
Em C G D (x4)


E B G D (repeat 2x)
Say hey, cha...


Verse 1:

E C G D
Hear the sound of the falling rain
E C G B E
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
E C G D B
The shame the ones who died without a name
E C G D
Hear the dogs howling out of key
E C G B E
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery"
E C G D B
I plead, the company that lost the war today



Chorus:

E C G D
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
E C G B
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
n.c.
On holiday.

Em C G D ( x 2 )


Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line
To find the money's on the other side
Can I get another amen? Amen!
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument


Chorus

Bridge:


E G C A D B

E G D B E

E G C A D B

E G D B E



**The representative from California has the floor!**



(no chords for awhile)
Sieg Heil to the President-Gas-Man
"Bombs away!" is your punishment!
Pulverize the Eiffel Towers
Who criticize your government
Bang! Bang! goes a broken classic
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Triumph by fire
Setting fires is not a way that's meant for me

D B Em

Bridge 2:

A (slide up to) B
Just cause

A (slide up to) B
Just cause

Because we're on holiday


Chorus ( x 2 )


This is our lives on holiday....


Outro:

E C G D ( x3 )

E C D B Em

E

Minority

C F G F
I want to be the minority

C F G F
I don't need your authority

C F G F
Down with the moral majority

C F G F
Cause I want to be the minority


C G F C
I pledge allegiance to the underworld

C G F G
One nation under dog of which I stand alone

C G F C
A face in the crowd, a song against the mold

C F G C
Without a doubt, singled out, the only way I know



Cause I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
Cause I want to be the minority


Am Em F C Am Em F G
Stepped out of the light like a sheep runs from the herd

Am Em F C Am F G G G
Marching out of time to my own beat now the only way I know


One light one mind, lashing in the dark
Rising by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
For crying out loud, she screamed down to me
A free for all, fuck 'em all you and you're out of sight

Boulevard of Broken Dream

Em G D A


Em G
I walk a lonely road
D A
The only one that I have ever known
Em G
Don't know were it goes
D A
But it's home to me and I walk alone

Em G D A


Em G
I walk this empty street
D A Em
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
G
Where the city sleeps
D A Em G D
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
A Em G D
I walk alone I walk alone,
A
I walk alone and I walk a-


Chorus:
C G D Em
My shadows the only one that walks beside me
C G D Em
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
C G D Em
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
C G B
'Till then I'll walk alone


Em G D A (x2)
Ah ah ah ah


Em G
I'm walking down the line
D A
That divides me somewhere in my mind
Em G D
On the border line of the edge
A
And where I walk alone

Em G D A


Em G
Read between the lines
D A
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Em G D A
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
Em G D
And I walk alone
A Em G D
I walk alone I walk alone,
A
I walk alone and I walk a-


Chorus:
C G D Em
My shadows the only one that walks beside me
C G D Em
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
C G D Em
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
C G B
'Till then I'll walk alone


Em G D A (x2)
Ah ah ah ah

Em G D

A
I walk alone and I walk a-

Solo C G D Em ( x 3) C G B


Em G
I walk this empty street
D A
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Em G
Where the city sleeps
D A
And I'm the only one and I walk a...


Chorus

Outro:

Em C D C# G Eb ( x 3 )
Em C D C# G-Eb

Basket Case

E B
Do you have the time
C#m G#
To listen to me whine
A E B
About nothin' and everything all at once
E B
I am one of those
C#m G#
Melodramatic fools
A E B
Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it


Chorus:

A B E
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
A B E
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
A B
It all keeps adding up
E C#m
I think I'm cracking up
A B E B C#m A