Chord Green Day-Before The Lobotomy

 





Green Day-Before The Lobotomy
Key: F# then C#


Chords used:
F#      244322
C#/F    143xxx
E       022100
B       x24442
Bm      x24432
C#      x46664
G#      466544
A       x02220
E       022100
C#9     x46644
C#sus   x46674


Intro: Plucking
         F#                C#/F               E      
       B                Bm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-------2-4-2-----|-------2-4-2-----|---------4-------|-----3-----3-----|
G|-----------------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----4-----4-----|-------------4---|
D|-------4---4-----|-----------------|-----------------|---4---4-----4---|---4-----4-----4-|
A|---1-4-------4-1-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|-2-------------2-|-2-----2---------|
E|-2---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         x2                x2                 x2


Verse 1:
F#
Dreaming
           C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B                    Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B                   Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B               Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
                C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
         B           Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground


Interlude: beat switch from slow to fast
C#  F# G# x6


Verse 2:
C#     C#9      C#sus C# C# F# G# 
G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C#        C#9      C#sus C# C# F# 
F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulo  gy
C#      C#9    C#sus    C# C# F# 
F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C#       C#9    C#sus    C# C# F# 
F# G# C#
From the end of the century


Refrain 1:
     F#   C# G#       F#   C#  G#
Well It's e  nough to make you sick
   F#   C# G#       F#    C# G#
To cast a stone and throw a  brick
    F#   C#   G#    F# C#   G#
And when the sky is falling down
   F#     C#   G#       F# C#  G#
It burned your dreams into the ground


Verse 3:
C#          C#9       C#sus          C#  C# 
G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C#     C#9    C#sus      C#     C# F# 
F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C#   C#9    C#sus       C# C# F# 
F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#(hold)                          C# F# G# 
G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes


Refrain 2:
     F#  C#   G#
Well i'm not stoned
    F#   C#     G#
I'm just fucked up
  F#  C# G#     F#     C#   G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F#  C#  G#           F#   C#   G#
I'm not cursed Cause i've been blessed
    F#  C# G#         F#  C# G#  
I'm not in love Cause i'm a  mess


Chorus:
     C#  G#
Like refugees
      C#          G#
We're lost to refugees
     C#  G#
Like refugees
      C#          G#
We're lost to refugees
       B   F#      D  A
The brutality of reality
       C#                        C# (Guitar solo)
Is the freedom that keeps me from

Guitar 2: Solo
                 C#
e|--------1--1h2-4--4h6-7--4--9---|
B|-2--2h4-----------------------7-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|


Outro:
F#
Dreaming
           C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B                    D
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B                   D
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B               D
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
                C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
         B           Bm(hold)
Now live in the underground