21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords:
Gm -355333
C - x32010
F - 133211
C/E - 032xxx
Eb - x68886
D - xx0232
G# - 466544
Cm - x35543
Bb - x13331
F/A - x032xx
Intro: Piano
GCFBEGD
e|---------|---------|-----8---|---------|-----6---|---------|-2-|
B|-----3---|---------|-6-------|---------|-4-------|-----4---|-3-|
G|-3-------|-5---5---|---5---5-|-3---3---|---3---3-|-5-------|-2-|
D|---5---5-|---5---5-|-3-------|---3---3-|---------|---6---6-|-0-|
A|---------|-3-------|---------|-1-------|-6-------|---------|---|
E|-3-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-4-------|---|
Verse 1:
GmFC/EEb
I?ve got a really bad disease
GmFC/EEb
It's got me begging on my hands and knees
GmFC/EEb
So take me to emergency
GmFC/EEb
Cause something seems to be missing
Verse 2:
GmFC/EEb
Somebody take the pain away
GmFC/EEb
It's like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
GmFC/EEb
So send me to the pharmacy
GmFC/EEb
So I can lose my memory
Refrain 1:
CmBbF/AG#
I'm elated Medicated
CmBb
Lord knows I tried to
F/AG#D
find a way to run away
Verse 3:
GmFC/EEb
I think they found another cure
GmFC/EEb
For broken hearts and feeling insecure
GmFC/EEb
You'd be surprised what I endure
GmFC/EEb
What makes you feel so self-assured?
Verse 4:
GmFC/EEb
I need to find a place to hide
GmF
You never know what
C/EEb
could be waiting outside
GmFC/EEb
The accidents that you could find
GmFC/EEb
It's like some kind of suicide
Refrain 1:
CmBb
So what ails you
F/AG#
is what impales you
CmBb
I feel like I've been
F/AG#D
crucified to be satisfied
Chorus 1:
GmF
I'm a victim of my symptom
C/ECmFD
I am my own worst enemy
GmF
You're a victim of your symptom
C/ECm
You are your own
F D(hold)
worst enemy Know your enemy
Guitar Solo: Gm-F-C/E-Eb x4
Guitar 2: with effects pedal
GFCEGFCEb
e|-3-3-6-3-|-5-5-6-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-6-3-|-5-5-6-8-|--6-5-6-|--5-----|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|----6-6-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
GFCEGFCEb
e|-----6---|-5-5-6-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-6-3-|-5-5-6-8-|--8~-|-11~-|
B|-6-6---6-|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|
Chorus 2:
Gm(hold) F(hold)
I'm elated Medicated
C/ECmFD
I am my own worst enemy
Gm(hold)
So what ails you
F(hold)
Is what impales you
C/ECm
You are your own
FD
worst enemy
Chorus 3:
GmF
You're a victim of the seizure
C/ECmFD
I am my own worst enemy
GmF
You're a victim of the seizure
C/ECm
You are your own
FD
worst enemy
Outro: Gm--Gm--Eb--Eb-Dm x4, Gm-Gm-Gm-Gm(hold)