xGreen Day-Warning Album All songs transcribed by [email protected] http://watersm.tripod.com WARNING Intro A D G D x4 Verse w/intro This is a public service announcement This is only a test Emergency evacuation protest May impair your ability to operate machinery Can't quite tell, just what it means to me Keep out of reach of children Don't talk to strangers Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker Chorus w/intro Warning: Live without warning Warning: Live without warning Bridge A Verse w/intro Better homes and safety-sealed communities? Did you remember to pay the utility? Caution: police line: you better not cross Is it the Cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything? Or shut up and be the victim of authority Chorus w/intro Warning: Live without warning Warning: Live without warning x2 Bridge A A Better homes and safety-sealed communities? A Did you remember to pay the utility? w/intro Caution: police line: you better not cross Is it the Cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything? Or shut up and be the victim of authority Chorus w/intro Warning: Live without warning Warning: Live without warning x2 Verse w/intro This was a public service announcement This was only a test BLOOD SEX AND BOOZE (power chords) Intro E Verse E Waiting in a room All dressed up and bound and gagged C To a chair It's so unfair E I won't dare move, for the pain C She puts me through is what I need E So make it bleed Chorus C# I'm in distress, oh mistress E I confess so do it one more time These handcuffs are too tight C# You know I will obey, so please Don't make me beg A B For blood, sex and booze you give me E Some say I'm disturbed D C# But it's what I deserve, another lesson A B E To be learned...from a girl called kill Verse w/verse My head is in the gutter Thank you sir, strike up another mandolin Of discipline Throw me to the dogs Let them eat my flesh down To the wood It feels so good Chorus Bridge E C G C G C G C G x2 Chorus Bridge E D C# C B CHURCH ON SUNDAY A D E x2 Verse w/intro Today is the first day of the rest Of our lives Tomorrow is too late to pretend Everything's alright I'm not getting any younger as long As you don't get any older I'm not going to state that yesterday never was Bridge F#m A Bloodshot deadbeat and a lack of sleep E Making your mascara bleed F#m Tears down your face A E Leaving traces of my mistakes Chorus A D E If I promise to go to church on Sunday A D E Will you go with me on Friday night? A D E If you live with me, I'll die for you A E And this compromise A D E Verse w/intro I hereby solemnly to tell The whole truth And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you "Trust" is a dirty word that comes Only from such a liar But "respect" is something I will earn.. If you have faith Bridge Chorus x2 Solo w/intro Chorus x2 A E And this compromise F A And this compromise FASHION VICTIM Intro A Verse A C#m F#m He's a victim of his own time D C#m E In his "vintage suit" and tie A C#m F# He's casualty dressed to the teeth D C#m E In the latest genocide w/verse The new seasons come and go At the dog and pony show Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names And follow the dress codes A WHAT'S IN A NAME?...HEY! w/verse She's a scented magazine Looking sharp and living clean Living well and dressed to kill But she looks like hell to me w/verse So when you're dancing through your wardrobe Do the anorex a go-go Cloaked with style For paedophiles as the credit card explodes Chorus Bm A You auctioned off your life G F#m For the "most" expensive price E Going once... Going twice... A G F#m E A G F#m E Now it's gone w/verse (Youth Crew) w/chorus You auctioned off your life For the "most" expensive price Going once... Going twice... Now it's gone A G F# E x2 A E A What's in a name, hey? E A What's in a name, hey? E A E A E A What's in a name? CASTAWAY Intro B G#m E B Verse B F# I'm on a sentimental journey E B Into sight and sound F# E B Of no return and no looking back or down F# A conscientious objector to the E B War that's my mind F# Leaving in the lurch and I'm E B Taking back what's mine Bridge E I'm on a mission B Bb B Bb B Into destination unknown E An expedition F# Onto desolation road Where I'm a... Chorus w/intro Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own E F Lost and found, trouble bound w/intro Castaway w/verse I'm riding on the night train and Driving stolen cars Testing my nerves out of the blvd. Spontaneous combustion in the Corners of my mind Leaving in the lurch And I'm taking back what's mine w/bridge I'm on a mission Into destination unknown An expedition Onto desolation road Where I'm a... w/chorus Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Castaway going at it alone Castaway now I'm on my own Lost and found, trouble bound w/intro Castaway F# for solo bit Bass only Verse (no guitar) Bridge Chorus MISERY Capo 1 Intro Am Verse Am Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A. E She had a compound fracture in the "trunk" Am It started when she run away D F Thumbs out on the interstate E Am She hitched a ride to misery w/verse "Mr. Whirly" had a catastrophic incident He fell into the city by the bay He liquidated his estate Now he sleeps upon the Haight Panhandling misery Chorus E He's gonna get high Am When he's low E Am The fire burns from better days E And she screams why Am I said I don't know D F E The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Am Of misery w/verse Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam He ran the drug cartel in "tinseltown" They found him in a Cadillac Bludgeoned with a baseball bat in the name Of misery w/verse Gina hit the road to New York City Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked She stopped in Vegas to elope With Virginia and the dope And kissed the bride eternally w/chorus And they're gonna get high When they're low The fire burns from better days And he screams why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery Bridge Dm E Am Hell hounds on your trail now once again..boy Dm E Am It's groping on your leg until it sleeps Dm E Am The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow F E Because it's not what you make, it's what you leave w/verse w/chorus And we're gonna get high When I'm low The fire burns from better days And she screams why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery DEADBEAT HOLIDAY Verse G D G Wake up, The house is on fire C G And the cat's caught in the dryer Em Philosophy's a liar when C D Your home is your headstone w/verse "Icon" is the last chance for hope When there's no such thing as heroes Your faith lies in the ditch that You dug yourself in Bridge Bm C G C G Last chance to piss it all away Em Bm Nothing but hell to pay C D When the lights are going down Chorus G Bm C G Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay C G There's a vacant sign that's hanging high F D On a noose over your home w/chorus Deadbeat Holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone w/verse Christmas lights in the middle of August Grudges come back to haunt us Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies Grounded in a duplex to find that You're living on a landmine Vacation hotspots is a cemetery drive w/bridge Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay When the lights are going down w/chorus Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay There's a vacant sign that's hanging high On a noose over your home w/chorus Deadbeat Holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone Solo D w/bridge Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay when all you Want to do is...not to....give up...... Chorus HOLD ON Intro G C G C G C D Verse G C As I stepped to the edge G D Beyond the shadow of a doubt G C G D With my conscience beating G C Like the pulse of a drum G D That hammers on and on C D G Until I reach the break of the day w/verse As the sun beats down The halfway house Has my conscience beating The sound in my ear The will to persevere As I reach the break of the day Chorus Em G When you lost all hope and excuses D G And the cheapskates & losers Em G Nothing's left to cling onto C D play intro You got to hold on yourself w/verse A cry of hope A plea for peace And my conscience beating It's not what I want for It's all that I need To reach the break of the Day w/verse So I run to the edge Beyond the shadows of a doubt With my conscience bleeding Here lies the truth The lost treasures of my youth As I hold on to the break of the day w/chorus When you lost all hope and excuses And the cheapskates & losers Nothing's left to cling onto You got to hold on yourself Solo w/verse w/chorus When you lost all hope and excuses And the cheapskates & losers Nothing's left to cling onto You got to hold on yourself JACKASS Intro C Em Am C D Am C Em Am D G F C x4 Verse G To know you is to hate you D So loving you must be like suicide C Am C Am I don't mind if you don't mind C Am D I'm not the one that's going to die w/verse I guess I just can't listen To this one sided conversation again `cause I don't care if I don't care No one ever said that life is fair Chorus Em Everybody loves a joke Bm But no one likes a fool C G G/F# And you're always cracking the same old lines again Em You're well rehearsed on every verse Bm And that was stated clear C D But no one understands your verity w/verse The centre of attention Got an honourable mention once again Congratulations and salutations You're a figment of your own imagination w/chorus Everybody loves a joke But no one likes a fool And you're always cracking the same old lines again You're well rehearsed on every verse And that was stated clear But no one understands your verity Solo G F C x4 D C G x3 D w/verse To know you is to bait you And you fell victim to your own denial I don't mind if you don't mind C C/B Am E If you're wasting all your time WAITING (Eb tuning) Verse A D I've been waiting for a long time Bm D For this moment to come A I'm destined D Bm D For anything...at all w/verse Downtown lights will be shining On me like a diamond Ring out under the midnight hour No one can touch me now And I can't turn my back It's too late ready or not at all Chorus F# F#/F I'm so much closer than E B I have ever known... D A D A Wake up w/verse Dawning of a new era Calling...don't let it catch you falling Ready or not at all So close enough to taste it Almost...I can embrace this Feeling....on the tip of my tongue w/chorus I'm so much closer than I have ever known... Wake up Better thank your lucky stars.... Solo w/verse Chorus Verse chords. No vox. w/verse I've been waiting for a long time For this moment to come I'm destined for anything at all w/verse Dumbstruck Colour me stupid Good luck You're gonna need it Where I'm going if I get there... At all.... w/verse Wake up Better thank your lucky stars.... MINORITY Intro (Acoustic) C G FM7 C G F Em C E|-----------------------|-------0-------------|---------------------|------ -----| B|-------1-----------3---|---1-----1-------1---|-------1---------3---|------ -----| G|---------0----0------0-|-----2-------------0-|---------0---0-----0-|-2--0- -----| D|---2-------------0-----|-3-----------2-------|---2-----------0-----|-3--2- 0-2--| A|-3---3-----------------|-----------3---3-----|-3---3---------------|------ --3--| E|------------3----------|---------------------|-----------3---------|------ -----| Chorus (dist) C F G F I wanna be the minority C F G F I don't need your authority C F G F Down with the moral majority C F G F Cause I wanna be the minority Verse (Acoustic, Open chords) C G F C I pledge allegiance to the underworld G F G One nation under dog there of which I stand alone C G F G A face in the crowd, unsung against the mold C F G C Without a doubt, singled out, the only way I know Chorus Bridge (dist, power chords) A E F C Stepped out of the line A E F G Like a sheep runs from the herd A E F C Marching out of time A F G To my own beat now B The only way I know w/verse One light, one mind flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts For crying out loud, she screamed unto me A free for all, fuck em all, you are your own sight Chorus Bridge Play first two lines of verse. No vox. w/verse One light, one mind flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts For crying out loud, she screamed unto me A free for all, fuck em all, you are your own sight Chorus w/chorus The minority x4 Play intro MACY`S DAY PARADE Intro B Verse B Today's the Macys Day Parade G#m The night of the living dead is on its way E F# B With a credit report for a duty call w/verse It's a lifetime guarantee Stuffed in a coffin "10% more free" Red light special at the mausoleum Bridge E Give me something that I need F# Satisfaction guaranteed to you E What's the consolation prize? F# B Economy sized dreams of hope w/verse When I was a kid I thought I wanted all the things that I haven't got Oh, I learned the hardest way w/verse Then I realized what it took To tell the difference between Thieves and crooks When all along it was me and you E Give me something that I need F# Satisfaction guaranteed Chorus B Because I'm thinking about F# G#m A brand new hope F# E The one I've never known F# `cause now I know B It's all that I wanted Instrumental w/verse w/bridge What's the consolation prize? Economy sized dreams of hope Give me something that I need Satisfaction guaranteed w/chorus Because I'm thinking about A brand new hope The one I've never known And where it goes w/chorus And I'm thinking about The only road The one I've never known And where it goes w/chorus Because I'm thinking about A brand new hope The one I've never known `cause now I know It's all that I wanted All songs transcribed by [email protected] http://watersm.tripod.com
