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21st Century Breakdown (Demo) - Green Day
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Tabbed by: medi
Email: p.medi@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: normal
**This isnt a perfect tab and only includes the main power chord structure (all though
of it is power chords there are a few bits of the song left 'untabbed'). If you know the
please email them to me and i'll update this tab.
Guitar Intro (starts at 0:43) / Verse
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--6-6--6-6-6-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|--6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6—-4-4-----------------------------------------------------|A|--4-4--4-4-4--6-6-6--4-4-----------------------------------------------------|E|--------------4-4-4--2-2-----------------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus (“My Generation is zero…”) - (not sure if this is the right tab, but
sounds ok with the song)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------|D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------|A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------------------------|E|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------------------|
“…I never made it as a working class hero”e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------11-11-11-11--13-13-13-13-------------------------------|D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---11-11-11-11--13-13-13-13-------------------------------|A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---9--9--9--9---11-11-11-11-------------------------------|E|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--6-6----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--6-6--6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------|A|--4-4--6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------|E|-------4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------|
(2:20 (End of Chorus)): (x5)e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--6------(let ring)--------------------------------------------------------|E|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(at the end of “We are the cause of, the cause of the dead” (not sure on lyrics though))e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-6-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-4-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
After “1969”…e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------|D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-------------------------------------------------|A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
“My name is ___, the long lost son…”
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-6-6-6-6-6--6-----6--------------------------------------------------------|D|-6-6-6-6-6--6-4-6-6--------------------------------------------------------|A|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-6-4--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------2-4----------------------------------------------------------|
“Born on the 4th of July…”
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-6-6-6-6-6--.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------------------------------------------------|D|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------------|A|-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------------|E|------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------|