For me, this is one of Green Day's most relatable songs.
This is super easy to play, so have fun with it!
Billie Joe Armstrong said about this song, "When I wrote that song it was right before
Dookie came out, and I was really at odds with myself. I was like, man, do I really want
to do this? A lot of the time I was thinking about suicide, how it's so easy to kill
yourself, but so hard to stay alive. I was in a break-up with my then-girlfriend, a total,
raving punk rocker who didn't approve of me being on a major label. She moved down to
Ecuador, saying she couldn't live in a world with McDonald's and such. It was fucking me
up pretty bad."
G C
Stranded...lost inside myself
F
My own worst friend
D
And my own closest enemy
G C
I'm branded...maladjusted
F
Never trusted anyone
D
Let alone myself
C G
I must insist
D G
On being a pessimist
C G D
I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
G C
Elected the rejected
F D
I perfect the science of the idiot
G C
No meaning and no healing
F D
Self loathing freak and introverted deviot
C G
I must insist
D G
On being a pessimist
C G D
I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
C G
I'm gettin' pissed
D G
I'm a worthless pessimist
C G D
I'm a loner in a claustrophobic mind
