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1/57

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 57Position: 4

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
e|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|
B|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|  x2
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Chorus]
ABreakdown the walls, young Dman,
DIt ain't no good for Ayou, you, Dyou
ABreakdown the walls, young Dman,
DIt ain't no good for Ayou, you, Dyou
[Pre-Chorus]
AOne against one
DTwo against two
AThree against three
DFour against four
AFive against five
DSix against six
ASeven against seven
DEight against eight
[Chorus]
ABreakdown the walls, young Dman,
DIt ain't no good for Ayou, you, Dyou
ABreakdown the walls, young Dman,
DIt ain't no good for Ayou, you, Dyou
[Verse]
AYou've cooked the goose now, Deverything you had
AEverything wasted, Deverything impaired
ASystematically, Ddramatically
AAll so unexpected see it Dend so tragically
[Pre-Chorus]
AOne against one
DTwo against two
AThree against three
DFour against four
AFive against five
DSix against six
ASeven against seven
DEight against eight - Stop!
[Instrumental]
e|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|
B|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|  x2
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Solo]
A D A D
A D A D
[Verse]
ANow your young violent Dunlawful criminal
AYou better wise up or you'll Dend up in a cell
ABreak yourself, or you Dwaste yourself
AIf you wanna play around yeah Dinto your world
[Chorus]
ABreakdown the walls, young Dman,
DIt ain't no good for Ayou, you, Dyou
ABreakdown the walls, young Dman,
DIt ain't no good for Ayou, you, Dyou
[Pre-Chorus]
AOne against one
DTwo against two
AThree against three
DFour against four
AFive against five
DSix against six
ASeven against seven
DEight against eight
[Outro]  
e|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10~~~~~~~~~~|-----A0----A0------|
B|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10~~~~~~~~~~|-----2----2------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2----2------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2----2------|  
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0----0------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
       Breakdown                           Breakdown                           Breakdown

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Breakdown

by Rancid

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

e|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|

B|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[Chorus]

A D

Breakdown the walls, young man,

D A D

It ain't no good for you, you, you

A D

Breakdown the walls, young man,

D A D

It ain't no good for you, you, you

[Pre-Chorus]

One against one

Two against two

Three against three

Four against four

Five against five

Six against six

Seven against seven

Eight against eight

[Chorus]

A D

Breakdown the walls, young man,

D A D

It ain't no good for you, you, you

A D

Breakdown the walls, young man,

D A D

It ain't no good for you, you, you

[Verse]

A D

You've cooked the goose now, everything you had

A D

Everything wasted, everything impaired

A D

Systematically, dramatically

A D

All so unexpected see it end so tragically

[Pre-Chorus]

One against one

Two against two

Three against three

Four against four

Five against five

Six against six

Seven against seven

Eight against eight - Stop!

[Instrumental]

e|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|

B|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[Solo]

A D A D

[Verse]

A D

Now your young violent unlawful criminal

A D

You better wise up or you'll end up in a cell

A D

Break yourself, or you waste yourself

A D

If you wanna play around yeah into your world

[Chorus]

A D

Breakdown the walls, young man,

D A D

It ain't no good for you, you, you

A D

Breakdown the walls, young man,

D A D

It ain't no good for you, you, you

[Pre-Chorus]

One against one

Two against two

Three against three

Four against four

Five against five

Six against six

Seven against seven

Eight against eight

[Outro]

A A

e|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10~~~~~~~~~~|-----0----0------|

B|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10\9/10\9---|-----4/5\4/5-----|---9/10~~~~~~~~~~|-----2----2------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2----2------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2----2------|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0----0------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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