Greenday
The Static Age
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: parmaore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: B then C then D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B -  x24442
E -  022100
F# - 244322
C -  x32010
F -  133211
G -  320033
D -  xx0232
A -  x02220
Bb - x13331
G# - 466544
Bb - x13331
C# - x46664


Intro: B--E-F# x2


Verse 1:
B                                      E
  Can you hear the sound of the static noise?
                 F#
Blasting out in stereo
B                                E
  Cater to the class and the paranoid
            F#
Music to my nervous system
B                          E
  Advertising love and religion
              F#
Murder on the airwaves
B                               E
  Slogans on the brink of corruption
          F#        E F#           E
Vision of blasphemy   war and peace
F#
oh Screaming at you


Chorus 1:
B               E            F#
  I can't see a thing in the video
B                E            F#
  I can't hear a sound on the radio
B           E       F#    B  F#
  In stereo in the static age


Interlude: B--E-F# x2


Verse 2:
B                                          E
  Billboard on the rise in the dawn's landscape
               F#
Working your insanity
B                            E
  Tragic a'la madness and concrete
          F#
Coca cola execution
B
  Conscience on a cross and
                   E
You're hearts on a vice
                    F#
Squeezing out your state of mind
B                                  E
  Are what you own that you cannot buy?
               F#      E  F#     E
What a fucking tragedy,  strategy
F#
oh Screaming at you


Chorus 2:
B               E            F#
  I can't see a thing in the video
B                E            F#
  I can't hear a sound on the radio
B           E       F#    B  F#
  In stereo in the static age
B               E            F#
  I can't see a thing in the video
B                E            F#
  I can't hear a sound on the radio
B           E       F#    B
  In stereo in the static age


Bridge:
E
  Hey, hey it's the static age
        B
This is how the West was won
E                                    F#  G
  Hey, hey it's the static age millennium


Guitar Solo: Modultate from B to C
C--F-G x4, G#--A--Bb-B-C-C#-C#-C#

Guitar 2:
       C       F      G      C        F     
 G
e|-----------|----|-------|------|----------|----|
B|-----------|----|-------|------|----------|----|
G|-5--9-7--9-|-10-|-7--10-|-9--5-|-10--9-10-|-12-|
D|-x--x-x--x-|--x-|-x---x-|-x--x-|--x--x--x-|--x-| x2
A|-3--7-5--7-|--8-|-5---8-|-7--3-|--8--7--8-|-10-|
E|-----------|----|-------|------|----------|----|

   G#    A    Bb   B   C     C#
e|-----|----|----|---|---|--------|
B|-----|----|----|---|---|--------|
G|-----|-2--|-3--|-4-|-5-|-6--6-6-|
D|-6---|-2--|-x--|-x-|-x-|-x--x-x-|
A|-6---|-0--|-1--|-2-|-3-|-4--4-4-|
E|-4---|----|----|---|---|--------|


Verse 3: modulate from C to D
D
  All I want to know
                  G
It's a god-damned thing
                  A
Not what's in the medicine
D
  All I want to do is
          G
I want to breath
              A
Batteries are not included
D                                      G
  What's the latest way that a man can die
               A
Screaming hallelujah?
D                               G
  Singing out "The Dawn's Early Light"
                  A      G    A     G
The silent of the rotten,  forgotten
A
Oh Screaming at you


Chorus 3:
D               G            A
  I can't see a thing in the video
D                G            A
  I can't hear a sound on the radio
D           G       A     D  A
  In stereo in the static age
D               G            A
  I can't see a thing in the video
D                G            A
  I can't hear a sound on the radio
D           G       A     D  A
  In stereo in the static age
D               G            A
  I can't see a thing in the video
D                G            A
  I can't hear a sound on the radio
D           G       A     D  A
  In stereo in the static age


Outro:
           Bb C D(hold)
The static age