Greenday
American Eulogy
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

This song is divided into 2 parts
Just like they did to JESUS 
OF SUBURBIA and HOMECOMING
I. Mass Hysteria
II. Modern World

Key: C then G# then C# then D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C -    x32010
G -    320003
F -    133211
Cm -   x35543
C# -   x46664
G# -   466544
F# -   244322
G#/C - x365xx
Ebm -  x68876
G -    320033
Bbm -  x13321
D -    xx0232
A -    x02220
Bm -   x24432
A/C# - x476xx
F#m -  244222


[I. Mass Hysteria]


Intro:
C                       F    C
Sing us the song of the century
     C                   G
That sings like American eulogy
    C                       F   C
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
   C                      G
Of forgotten hope and the class of 13
F          C      F           C
Tell me a story into that goodnight
F         G        C
Sing us a song for me


Chorus:
   Cm  C# G#
hysteria
        Cm  C# G#
Mass hysteria
        Cm  C# G#
Mass hysteria
        Cm  C# G#
Mass hysteria


Guitar 2: Chorus
  Cm    C#         G#
e|---|-----|-9-9-----9-9-----|
B|---|-----|-----9-9-----9-9-|
G|-5-|-6-6-|-----------------|
D|-x-|-x-x-|-----------------|
A|-3-|-4-4-|-----------------|
E|---|-----|-----------------|


Verse 1:
C#                 G#
  Red alert is the color of panic
C#         F#
  Elevated to the point of static
C#                 G#
  Beating into the hearts of the fanatics
        F#                      G#
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
C#                      G#
  Idle thought leads to full-throttle screaming
C#                   F#
  And the welfare is asphyxiating
C#                  G#
  Mass confusion is all the new rage
         F#
And it's creating a feeding ground
G#
For the bottom feeders of


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 2:
C#               G#
  True sounds of maniacal laughter
C#                     F#
  And the deaf-mute is misleading the choir
C#                   G#
  The punchline is a natural disaster
         F#              G#
And it's sung by the unemployed
C#           G#
  Fight fire with a riot
C#                 F#
  The class war is hanging on a wire
C#
  Because the martyr 
   G#
is a compulsive liar
        F#
When he said "It's just
a bunch of niggers
G#
throwing gas into the"


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
C#                           G#/C
There's a disturbance on the oceanside
     Bbm               G#
They tapped into the reserve
F#                    Ebm     G#
  The static response is so unclear now
C#                G#/C
  Mayday, this is not a test!
Bbm                 G#
As the neighborhood burns
F#           Ebm    G#
  America is falling
G G#
    Vigilantes warning you
G G#
    Calling Christian and Gloria


Guitar Solo: F#--G#--C#-G#-C#-F#--G#--A

Guitar 2:
       F#        G#    C#   G#       F#     G#   A    D(Modern World Intro)
e|-9---8-----|-----8-|----|-11-|-9---8-----|---|----|-10-|
B|--------11-|-9-----|----|----|--------11-|-9-|-10-|----|
G|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
D|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
A|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
E|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|


[II. Modern World]


Intro: D--A-G--A-G-A x2


Chorus:
D               A           G      A
I don't want to live in the modern world
D               A           G      A
I don't want to live in the modern world
D               A           G      A
I don't want to live in the modern world
D               A           G      A
I don't want to live in the modern world


Verse 1: Mike Dirnt the bassist sings here instead of Billie
        D         A
I'm the class of 13
       G         D
In the era of dissent
  D              A
A hostage of the soul
      G                A
On a strike to pay the rent
    D           A
The last of the rebels
    G            D
Without a common ground
    D             A
I'm gonna light a fire
  G      A    D
Into the underground well


(Repeat Chorus)


Post Chorus:
Bm       F#m
  I am A nation
        G            D   A/C#
Without bureaucratic ties
Bm         F#m        G
  Deny the allegation as 
               A
it's written a fucking lies


Guitar Solo: D--A--G--A-- x3, D--A--G--A-D

Guitar 2:
   D   A   G      A      D   A   G      A     D     A      G      A      D
e|-5-|---|--5-|-5-3--2-|---|---|----|-10----|---|--10-12-|-10-|-12--10-|-14-|
B|---|---|----|--------|---|---|--8-|-----8-|-7-|--------|----|--------|----|
G|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
D|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
A|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
E|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|

     A      G    A   D
e|--14-12-|-10-|---|---|
B|--------|----|---|---|
G|--------|----|---|---|
D|--------|----|---|---|
A|--------|----|---|---|
E|--------|----|---|---|


Verse 2: Mike sings again
  D              A
I want to take a ride 
       G       D
to the great divide
  D               A
Beyond the "up to date"
        G         A
And the neo-gentrified
    D        A
The high definition for 
    G       D
the low resident
          D             A
Where the value of your mind
   G        A     D
Is not held in contempt


Verse 3: Still Mike Dirnt
D              A
I can hear the sound 
     G       D
of A beating heart
     D               A
That bleeds beyond a system
       G        A
That's falling apart
     D        A
With money to burn
     G       D
On a minimum wage
      D(hold)
Cause I don't give a shit
About the modern age


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
Mass hysteria
D               A
I don't want to live 
       G      A
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
D               A
I don't want to live 
       G      A
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
D               A
I don't want to live 
       G      A
in the modern world
Mass hysteria
(Repeat)