Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

Submitted by: pxs

Original key: D Major

Suggested capo: 2

Helpers

D Major

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Chords used

C C E G

Am A C E

F F A C

G G B D

E E G# B

C/B C E G

G# G# C D#

Bm B D F#

D D F# A

Capo 2

[1] Verse 1

C – Am – F – G – x2
I'm the son of rage and love, the Jesus of Suburbia
From the bible of none of the above, on a steady diet of
Soda pop and Ritalin, no one ever died for my sins in hell
As far as I can tell, at least the ones I got away with

[1] Chorus 1

F – – – G – – – x3
And there's nothing wrong with me, this is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe, that don't believe in me

[1] Post-Chorus 1

C – G – F – – – x2

[1] Verse 2

C – G – F – – – x2
Get my television fix, sitting on my crucifix
The living room or my private womb, while the Mom's and Brad's are away
To fall in love and fall in debt, to alcohol and cigarettes
And Mary Jane, to keep me insane, doing someone else's cocaine

[1] Chorus 2

F – – – G – – – x3
And there's nothing wrong with me, this is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe, that don't believe in me

[1] Post-Chorus 2

C – G – F – – – x2

[1] Outro

C – Am – F – G – C – E – Am G F G

[2] Verse 1

C – C/B – Am – G – F – – – G – – – x2
At the center of the Earth in the parking lot of the 7-11 where I was taught, the motto was just a lie
It says home is where your heart is but what a shame 'Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same, it's beating out of time

[2] Chorus 1

Am – G – C – F – Am – G – F – – – x2
City of the dead at the end of another lost highway, signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned, lost children with dirty faces today, no one really seems to care

[2] Verse 2

C – C/B – Am – G – F – – – G – – – x2
I read the graffiti in the bathroom stall like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall, and so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much but it only confirmed that the center of the earth is the end of the world and I could really care less

[2] Chorus 2

[3] Interlude

G – C – G – C – F – C – G – – – x4
I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't care
F – G –
I don't care
C – – G# G x4

[3] Verse 1

C – – G# G x6
Everyone is so full of shit, born and raised by hypocrites
Hearts recycled but never saved, from the cradle to the grave
We are the kids of war and peace, from Anaheim to the middle east
We are the stories and disciples of the Jesus of suburbia

[3] Pre-Chorus 1

F – G C G
Land of make believe and it don't believe in me
Land of make believe and it don't believe

[3] Chorus 1

F G C – x4
And I don't care!
I don't care!

[4] Verse 1

G – Bm – C – G D x6
Dearly beloved are you listening? I can't remember a word that you were saying
Are we demented or am I disturbed, the space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh, therapy, can you please fill the void, am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused, for lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse

[5] Pre-Verse 1

G – – F C x4

[5] Verse 1

G – – F C x4
To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy
To run, to run away, to find what you believe

[5] Chorus 1

C G C G C G D G D G D G x2
And I leave behind, this hurricane of fucking lies
And I walked this line, a million and one fucking times
But not this time

[4] Pre-Verse 2

G – – F C x8

[5] Verse 2

G – – F C x4
I lost my faith to this, this town that don't exist
So I run, I run away, to the lights of masochists

[5] Chorus 2

C G C G C G D G D G D G x2
And I leave behind, this hurricane of fucking lies
And I walked this line, a million and one fucking times
But not this time

[5] Interlude

G – – F C x8
C G C G C G D G D G D G x2

[5] Bridge

C – D – G – C – C – D – G – – –
C – D – G – C – C – D – – –
I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize, when there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain when you've been victimized
Tales from another broken home

[5] Ending

G – – F C x4
You're leaving...
You're leaving...
You're leaving...
Ah you're leaving home...

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I practiced this song by heart ♥︎

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