Chords for Green Day - MTV Special Kurt Loder Interview (Part 1) - Oct '95
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Jam Along & Learn...
Yeah?
Gravy.
[G] to your life?
[A] Maybe his last one.
[Eb] money from a hippie?
it's like, um, you know, I went to school like everyone else.
I believe that.
playing on the lookout [Ab] though since he was 13.
Gravy.
[G] to your life?
[A] Maybe his last one.
[Eb] money from a hippie?
it's like, um, you know, I went to school like everyone else.
I believe that.
playing on the lookout [Ab] though since he was 13.
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Yeah?
[Ab] And there's young lads and young girls go to sunsets.
He hung out with Wavy Gravy.
Wavy Gravy.
He was showering [D] with Wavy.
So there's like a hippie background [G] to your life?
He took a shower with Wavy Gravy.
Did?
[Ebm] You know.
[A] Maybe his last one.
_ So, you know, that's your history.
How do you hide [Eb] money from a hippie?
Put it under the soap.
[D] _ _ No, it's like, um, you know, I went to school like everyone else.
I believe that.
Well, not like everyone.
[C] Just because I lived in a cheapy one [Gm] time, I don't mean it.
He was playing on the lookout [Ab] though since he was 13.
So, you know, he's, or actually, [Gm] been playing with one.
[Eb] Like, Cliver Marley, the avid punk rocker.
Been [Ab] around to see it all.
He was like [D] nine.
Solar Power Corps.
You know, it's all [G] kind of interrelated.
I mean, we play a lot of shows in Berkeley.
It's just very [Eb] limited.
How do you survive here?
I mean, I always thought of Berkeley as being like the [A] headquarters of like ponytail guys.
[F] _ [D] Is it not like that?
I always carry a Swiss Army knife with me.
Well, first we were grung, you see, and we had the ponytails and flannel.
And I said, hey, there's something that's going to be happening [Ab] soon.
It's going to get a lot faster.
At one point, Sheriff, if you could be slower, [D] see?
It was like, do you have the time?
No, it was like really slow and tuned down to like D.
[G] But what is time?
[Eb] When you think about it.
[D] So, this new record seems a little angrier than before.
Would that be fair to say?
Kind of more reserved.
[G] It's a play at highest possible volume type [Eb] record.
Does this reflect something personal going on?
[E] That's just the way it came out, really.
You know, we just wanted to write.
I mean, I [D] don't know.
I didn't really have a plan for it.
Hold on a second, okay?
[G] Can you?
Sure.
_ [N] We'll be right back.
[Ab] Well, let's get back to clown school, [G] okay?
_ No.
Can you juggle [Eb] something for us?
I'm fascinated by this.
Like this.
[G] Like an axe right into it.
And then I rip the pole out and.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
Boy, [Eb] it's weird.
I'm like, are [F] you sitting on it?
No. _ _
[G] One [N] problem is that we don't have a drum kit for the next tour.
[Gm] No.
Somebody will give you one.
Did [G] your mom buy you a guitar?
Is that like an old guitar?
Yeah, my mom bought it for me [Eb] when I was about 11 years old.
Bought it when I was 11 and still have it.
[G] And Ollie knows.
He loves guitar and he's a rock.
_ So how was [Db] last year for you with Dookie and everything?
Did [Gm] it change your lives?
Yeah, _ definitely.
In positive ways?
Yeah, well, you know, it increased financial stability.
Always [D] good.
Yeah.
_ Were you living in more modest circumstances before that?
[E] _ _ [D] I mean, you know, when you're eating Top [G] Ramen every day.
It's not a whole lot.
I'm losing it up.
We've always been [Gb] able to live off our music.
Most of the time we lived in the van.
[A]
We toured six months out of the year [Ab] all the time.
_ But, [G] I mean, 94.
Kind of a blur.
_ That's over.
[D] _
What was 94?
It was, you know, the secret site.
Do your fans write to you or do you [Eb] have your own internet account?
I write over the internet.
[G] The only person who [Am] writes is I sit down and handwrite a [G] full-length letter and answer every single question.
[E] I've got a whole room stacked full [G] of them.
Handwriting letters out, drawing [Gm] pictures, everything.
We used to [B] do that until it got to be a ridiculous [D] number.
We like decorate the envelope.
[G] Four or five note-type letters a day, you [D] know.
But what do they want to know out there?
How old are they?
[G] It ranges from, for me, like six to _ sixty.
You know, sometimes.
Try not to read [Db] that stuff in the tree.
Sometimes. _
[Gb] We keep _ [G] people posted.
We get three [A] letters and [G] some people just like, they sit there.
Every class is a different part of their letter, you know.
So we got like 31 pages.
Dear Green Day, first off, I woke up this morning and felt like I had to kill myself.
But then I had a bowl of cornflakes.
Then I walked outside [N] and got in the car.
My mom drove me to school.
She smokes too much.
She's calling everything, you know.
It's ridiculous.
Green Day, Young America's own therapist.
Stay tuned for more when we return.
[Eb] Something like that? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Welcome back to MTV News Raw [F] with Green Day.
More than just a band, a comedy happening.
[G] We join the lads now talking about their breakthrough appearance at Woodstock 94.
Yeah, a lot of people look at Woodstock as like a turning point.
Well, I mean, it did go, you know.
Extra gig.
Yeah, we got, you know, a lot of people saw that show and stuff.
But to tell you the truth, we played kind of bad.
We weren't that good that day.
The thing is, we're like 30 feet from [E] the audience.
It was way back.
And then, funny, those kids can huck that mud, [Eb] though.
_ _ Those kind of shows are like half about [G] the music and half about, I guess, being there.
Yeah, half about having the biggest barbecue that you can. _
Half about taking hundreds of dollars from suckers.
_ Those guys paid [A] so much for the tickets and then everyone else just [G] came in for free.
All the locals [G] just walked right in with their beer.
[D] Everyone else was drinking Pepsi all bad.
I'm [Gm] glad that they did it as opposed to not getting to go in for free.
No, I think it was great.
I think [Ab] the whole thing should have been free.
It took a lot of aggressive persuasion to get us in there.
These kids are like, oh yeah, [G] we paid blah blah, and then everyone else is in for free.
We're [Eb] pissed off.
Did you watch any of the other bands [C] there?
No, we [N] were in and out.
It was like our day off on the Lawless Loser Tour.
Oh, great.
We just [D] came in, went in to play and left.
And it turned out to be quite a time.
We were longer getting in there than we were on stage [G] and actually there.
Like I said, I don't think [F] we were actually playing that well.
Then the mud started flinging.
It's like, [D] can't beat them, join them.
I [Ab] just put my guitar down.
Is this related to your baby or is it a previous baby?
Previous baby.
It was already there.
Have babies changed your lives?
Yeah.
_ Do that.
Not mine.
Well, actually, yours too.
[G] Every time I see their kids, I get this big smile on my face.
I smile first and then they smile.
Or they start crying.
[Ab] My grandpa's dad, he gets to hang out with the kids.
Hardest thing I've ever had to do, that's for sure.
Do you ever play around them [D] or bring them in to listen to you rehearse all that?
No, they don't come in too small for that.
[Eb] I play acoustic guitar.
I have to collect their [F] eardrums out.
_ [Em] What do you play when you play acoustic?
[D] _ Did I say that?
Like a James Taylor thing? _ _
I'm [E] sorry, okay.
You don't [G] play acoustic.
I play acoustic.
I write all my songs on [Am] acoustic guitar.
Oh, good.
[F] I think any good song should be able to be played on an [G] acoustic relief, you know?
Good point.
You can get rock and roll songs.
Okay.
Now we're going to do each of you individually.
Yes.
And then [E] the
[Ab] And there's young lads and young girls go to sunsets.
He hung out with Wavy Gravy.
Wavy Gravy.
He was showering [D] with Wavy.
So there's like a hippie background [G] to your life?
He took a shower with Wavy Gravy.
Did?
[Ebm] You know.
[A] Maybe his last one.
_ So, you know, that's your history.
How do you hide [Eb] money from a hippie?
Put it under the soap.
[D] _ _ No, it's like, um, you know, I went to school like everyone else.
I believe that.
Well, not like everyone.
[C] Just because I lived in a cheapy one [Gm] time, I don't mean it.
He was playing on the lookout [Ab] though since he was 13.
So, you know, he's, or actually, [Gm] been playing with one.
[Eb] Like, Cliver Marley, the avid punk rocker.
Been [Ab] around to see it all.
He was like [D] nine.
Solar Power Corps.
You know, it's all [G] kind of interrelated.
I mean, we play a lot of shows in Berkeley.
It's just very [Eb] limited.
How do you survive here?
I mean, I always thought of Berkeley as being like the [A] headquarters of like ponytail guys.
[F] _ [D] Is it not like that?
I always carry a Swiss Army knife with me.
Well, first we were grung, you see, and we had the ponytails and flannel.
And I said, hey, there's something that's going to be happening [Ab] soon.
It's going to get a lot faster.
At one point, Sheriff, if you could be slower, [D] see?
It was like, do you have the time?
No, it was like really slow and tuned down to like D.
[G] But what is time?
[Eb] When you think about it.
[D] So, this new record seems a little angrier than before.
Would that be fair to say?
Kind of more reserved.
[G] It's a play at highest possible volume type [Eb] record.
Does this reflect something personal going on?
[E] That's just the way it came out, really.
You know, we just wanted to write.
I mean, I [D] don't know.
I didn't really have a plan for it.
Hold on a second, okay?
[G] Can you?
Sure.
_ [N] We'll be right back.
[Ab] Well, let's get back to clown school, [G] okay?
_ No.
Can you juggle [Eb] something for us?
I'm fascinated by this.
Like this.
[G] Like an axe right into it.
And then I rip the pole out and.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
Boy, [Eb] it's weird.
I'm like, are [F] you sitting on it?
No. _ _
[G] One [N] problem is that we don't have a drum kit for the next tour.
[Gm] No.
Somebody will give you one.
Did [G] your mom buy you a guitar?
Is that like an old guitar?
Yeah, my mom bought it for me [Eb] when I was about 11 years old.
Bought it when I was 11 and still have it.
[G] And Ollie knows.
He loves guitar and he's a rock.
_ So how was [Db] last year for you with Dookie and everything?
Did [Gm] it change your lives?
Yeah, _ definitely.
In positive ways?
Yeah, well, you know, it increased financial stability.
Always [D] good.
Yeah.
_ Were you living in more modest circumstances before that?
[E] _ _ [D] I mean, you know, when you're eating Top [G] Ramen every day.
It's not a whole lot.
I'm losing it up.
We've always been [Gb] able to live off our music.
Most of the time we lived in the van.
[A]
We toured six months out of the year [Ab] all the time.
_ But, [G] I mean, 94.
Kind of a blur.
_ That's over.
[D] _
What was 94?
It was, you know, the secret site.
Do your fans write to you or do you [Eb] have your own internet account?
I write over the internet.
[G] The only person who [Am] writes is I sit down and handwrite a [G] full-length letter and answer every single question.
[E] I've got a whole room stacked full [G] of them.
Handwriting letters out, drawing [Gm] pictures, everything.
We used to [B] do that until it got to be a ridiculous [D] number.
We like decorate the envelope.
[G] Four or five note-type letters a day, you [D] know.
But what do they want to know out there?
How old are they?
[G] It ranges from, for me, like six to _ sixty.
You know, sometimes.
Try not to read [Db] that stuff in the tree.
Sometimes. _
[Gb] We keep _ [G] people posted.
We get three [A] letters and [G] some people just like, they sit there.
Every class is a different part of their letter, you know.
So we got like 31 pages.
Dear Green Day, first off, I woke up this morning and felt like I had to kill myself.
But then I had a bowl of cornflakes.
Then I walked outside [N] and got in the car.
My mom drove me to school.
She smokes too much.
She's calling everything, you know.
It's ridiculous.
Green Day, Young America's own therapist.
Stay tuned for more when we return.
[Eb] Something like that? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Welcome back to MTV News Raw [F] with Green Day.
More than just a band, a comedy happening.
[G] We join the lads now talking about their breakthrough appearance at Woodstock 94.
Yeah, a lot of people look at Woodstock as like a turning point.
Well, I mean, it did go, you know.
Extra gig.
Yeah, we got, you know, a lot of people saw that show and stuff.
But to tell you the truth, we played kind of bad.
We weren't that good that day.
The thing is, we're like 30 feet from [E] the audience.
It was way back.
And then, funny, those kids can huck that mud, [Eb] though.
_ _ Those kind of shows are like half about [G] the music and half about, I guess, being there.
Yeah, half about having the biggest barbecue that you can. _
Half about taking hundreds of dollars from suckers.
_ Those guys paid [A] so much for the tickets and then everyone else just [G] came in for free.
All the locals [G] just walked right in with their beer.
[D] Everyone else was drinking Pepsi all bad.
I'm [Gm] glad that they did it as opposed to not getting to go in for free.
No, I think it was great.
I think [Ab] the whole thing should have been free.
It took a lot of aggressive persuasion to get us in there.
These kids are like, oh yeah, [G] we paid blah blah, and then everyone else is in for free.
We're [Eb] pissed off.
Did you watch any of the other bands [C] there?
No, we [N] were in and out.
It was like our day off on the Lawless Loser Tour.
Oh, great.
We just [D] came in, went in to play and left.
And it turned out to be quite a time.
We were longer getting in there than we were on stage [G] and actually there.
Like I said, I don't think [F] we were actually playing that well.
Then the mud started flinging.
It's like, [D] can't beat them, join them.
I [Ab] just put my guitar down.
Is this related to your baby or is it a previous baby?
Previous baby.
It was already there.
Have babies changed your lives?
Yeah.
_ Do that.
Not mine.
Well, actually, yours too.
[G] Every time I see their kids, I get this big smile on my face.
I smile first and then they smile.
Or they start crying.
[Ab] My grandpa's dad, he gets to hang out with the kids.
Hardest thing I've ever had to do, that's for sure.
Do you ever play around them [D] or bring them in to listen to you rehearse all that?
No, they don't come in too small for that.
[Eb] I play acoustic guitar.
I have to collect their [F] eardrums out.
_ [Em] What do you play when you play acoustic?
[D] _ Did I say that?
Like a James Taylor thing? _ _
I'm [E] sorry, okay.
You don't [G] play acoustic.
I play acoustic.
I write all my songs on [Am] acoustic guitar.
Oh, good.
[F] I think any good song should be able to be played on an [G] acoustic relief, you know?
Good point.
You can get rock and roll songs.
Okay.
Now we're going to do each of you individually.
Yes.
And then [E] the