Poprocks and Coke

A D
Wherever you go you’ll know I’ll be there
A E
If you go far you’ll know I’ll be there
D
I’ll go anywhere
A
So I’ll see you there

You pace the name you know I’ll be there
You name the time you know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

Chorus
F#m E
I don’t care if you don’t mind
D A E D
I’ll be there not far behind
D A E D
I will then keep in mind
A
I’ll be there for you

Intro A E

When there’s a truth you know I’ll be there
I’m most alive you know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

Chorus

F#m A D A
F#m A D E

If you should fall you know I’ll be there
To catch your call you know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

Chorus
A
I’ll be there for you

American Idiot

Intro Ab C# F# C# Ab F# (4x)

Verse 1

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don’t wanna be an American idiot
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Don’t want a nation that under the new media
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
Ab C# F# C# Ab
The subliminal mindfuck America

Chorus
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension
Ab
All across the alien nation
Eb Ab
Everything isn’t meant to be okay
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow
Ab
We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow
Eb
Convincing them to walk you

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Verse 2

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Well maybe I’m the faggot America
Ab C# F# C# Ab
I’m not a part of a redneck agenda
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Now everybody do the propaganda
Ab C# F# C# Ab
And sing along in the age of paranoia

Back to Chorus

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Solo

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Bridge

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Verse 3

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don’t wanna be an American idiot.
Ab C# F# C# Ab
One nation controlled by the media.
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Information nation of hysteria.

It’s going out to idiot America.

Chorus
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb Ab
Everything isn’t meant to be okay.
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Outro
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

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

Misery

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

Play 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

Play 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

Play 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

Play 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

Play Verse

Play 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

Fashion Victim

Intro A

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

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!!!

She’s a scented magazine
Looking sharp and living clean
Living well and dressed to kill
But she looks like hell to me

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

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 A
Now it’s gone

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?

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

Play 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

Play 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

Play 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

Play Bridge
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay
When the lights are going down

Play Chorus
Deadbeat Holiday ­ celebrate your own decay
There’s a vacant sign that’s hanging high
On a noose over your home

Play 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

Play 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

Church on Sunday

A D E x2

A D
Today is the first day of the rest
E
Of our lives
A D
Tomorrow is too late to pretend
E
Everything’s alright
A D
I’m not getting any younger as long
E
As you don’t get any older
A D E
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

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

Give Me Novocain

Intro A F#m Bm E

Verse 1
A F#m
Take away the sensation inside
Bm E
Bittersweet migraine in my head
A F#m
It’s like a throbbing toothache of the mind
Bm E
I can’t take this feeling anymore

Chorus
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation’s overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me that I won’t feel a thing

So give me Novocain

A F#m Bm E

Verse 2
A F#m
Out of body and out of mind
Bm E
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
A F#m
I get the funny feeling, that’s alright
Bm E
Jimmy says it’s better than air,

I’ll tell you why

Chorus
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation’s overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me that I won’t feel a thing
A
So give me Novocain

Bridge
A
Oh Novocain

F# A 3x
Bm E

Chorus
D A
Drain the pressure from the swelling,
D A
The sensation’s overwhelming,
D F#
Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright
A E
Tell me Jimmy that I won’t feel a thing

So give me Novocain

Outro

A F#m Bm E A

Are We The Waiting?

Intro A D 2x

Verse 1

A
Starry nights, city lights
D
Coming down over me
A
Skyscrapers and stargazers
D
In my head
A D
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting unknown

F# E D
This dirty town was burning down in my dreams
F# E D
Lost and found city bound in my dreams

Chorus
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting

Verse 2
A
Forget me nots, second thoughts
D
Live in isolation
A D
Heads or tails and fairytales in my mind
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown
F# E D
The rage and love, the story of my life
F# E D
The Jesus of suburbia is a lie

Chorus
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting

Outro

A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting
D
And screaming
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown
A D
Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown