21St Century Breakdown Chords by Green Day

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[C#] Oh, I betcha [G#] I'll have a [F#] TV to swell.
[C#] _ Well, as I'm [G#] born, I'm the [F#] first one to run.
[C#] My talent's blind [G#] from the [F#] fire and sun.
[A#m] My _ [F#] generation's zero. _ _
[A#m] I never made [F#] it as a working [G#]-class [C#] hero.
[G#] 21st [F#] century breakdown.
[C#] I was once [G#] loved but [F#] never was found.
[C#] I think I'll [G#] be [F#] someone's last in my mind.
[C#] To the [G#] 20th century [F#] deadline.
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_ I was [G#] made a boy, then [F#] a bud.
[C#] _ _ Confirmation [G#] is [F#] what I understood.
[C#] _ Video games [G#] through the [F#] tower's wall.
[C#] _ Homeland security [G#] could [F#] kill us all.
[A#m] My generation [F#] is zero.
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[A#m] I never made it [F#] as a working [G#]-class hero.
[C#] _ [G#] 21st century [F#] breakdown. _
[C#] I was once [G#] loved but never [F#] was found.
[C#] I [G#] think I'll be [F#] someone's last in my mind.
To [C#] the [G#] 20th [F#] century deadline. _ _
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_ _ _ We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ are the class of the class of 13.
Born in the era of humility.
[C#] _ [G#] We are desperate in the [C#] decline.
[G#] Raked by the past and the _ [C#] 1969. _ _
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_ _ _ My name is [F#] Shalala, [C#] long lost son.
Born on the 4th of [G#] July.
[C#] Read through the era of heroes who died.
So that we won't get [G#] all alive.
[C#m] I am [F#] a nation, [G#] a work [C#] of pride.
I get to the [G#] status quo.
[C#] The stars are my [F#] antenna, [C#] me too.
We live, it's all that I [G#] have to show.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I swallow through my [G#] pride and I show time [C#] I play.
I give in my heart [G#] and my soul.
[C#] I rub kids like [F#] fingers [C#] and light them like trees.
I'm the ruler of [G#] damage control.
[C#] I get to the edge and I come off okay.
My heart is left [G#] over to fail.
_ [C#] I sat in a [F#] wedding and [C#] wasted my time.
Awaiting my [G#] destiny.
_ _ [F#] Rest [C#] in pleasure.
_ [F#] The freedom [C#] to obey.
[F#] This is all [C#] not straight, not made.
[F#] The world is [G#] all caused to [F#] blind.
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[C#] _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ dream, _ [C] _ America [A#] _
dream.
[G#] I can't even [F#] _
sleep [A] from the light [C#] that's early dawn.
_ _ _ _ Oh scream, _
[C] _ America _ [A#] scream.
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Believe what [F#] you see [A] from [N] the heroes and cons. _ _ _