Before The Lobotomy

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Green Day
Before The Lobotomy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F# then C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F#
- 244322
C#/F
- 143xxx
E
- 022100
B
- x24442
Bm
- x24432
C#
- x46664
G#
- 466544
A
- x02220
E
- 022100
C#9
- x46644
C#sus
- x46674
[Intro]
Plucking
F# C#/F E B Bm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-------2-4-2-----|-------2-4-2-----|---------4-------|-----3-----3-----|
G|-----------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----4-----4-----|-------------4---|
D|-------4---4-----|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4-----4-----4-|
A|---1-4-------4-1-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|-2-------------2-|-2-----2---------|
E|-2---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
x2 x2 x2
[Verse 1]
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm
(hold)
Now live in the underground
[Interlude]
beat switch from slow to fast
C#F#G#
(x6)
[Verse 2]
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulo--gy
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
From the end of the century
[Refrain 1]
F# C# G# F# C# G#
Well It's e--nough to make you sick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
To cast a stone and throw a brick
F# C# G# F# C# G#
And when the sky is falling down
F# C# G# F# C# G#
It burned your dreams into the ground
[Verse 3]
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C# C#9 C#sus C# C# F# G# F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C# C#F#G#F#G#C#
(hold)
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
[Refrain 2]
F# C# G#
Well i'm not stoned
F# C# G#
I'm just fucked up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I'm not cursed Cause I've been blessed
F# C# G# F# C# G#
I'm not in love Cause I'm a mess
[Chorus]
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
C# G#
Like refugees
C# G#
We're lost to refugees
B F# D A
The brutality of reality
C# C#
Is the freedom that keeps me from
Guitar 2:
[Solo]
C#
e|--------1--1h2-4--4h6-7--4--9---|
B|-2--2h4-----------------------7-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
[Outro]
F#
Dreaming
C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B D
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B D
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B D
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
B Bm
(hold)
Now live in the underground
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| h Hammer-on
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Green Day
Before The Lobotomy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F# then C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# -    244322
C#/F -  143xxx
E -     022100
B -     x24442
Bm -    x24432
C# -    x46664
G# -    466544
A -     x02220
E -     022100
C#9 -   x46644
C#sus - x46674
[Verse 1]
[Interlude]
beat switch from slow to fast
C#  F# G# (x6)
[Verse 2]
[Refrain 1]
[Verse 3]
[Refrain 2]
[Chorus]
Guitar 2:
[Outro]
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| h  Hammer-on
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Before The Lobotomy Chords by Green Day

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