VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by StringedSerenade
To learn Green Day - Longview chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: G, Eb, Ab, Eb, Bb, C#, Eb. Kick off your practice at a gentle 75 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 150 BPM. With an eye on the song's key Eb, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.
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Eb _ _
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G _ .
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Eb _ _
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Eb _
Gm _ _ _
Abm _ _ .
G _ _
Bb _ _ _ _
G _
Db _ .
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Eb _
Db I sit around
G and
Db watch
Ebm the tube
Ab but _
Gm.
Ab nothing's
Db on.
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Eb _
Bb Ab I change
Db the
Ab G channel for
Eb an hour or two.
Db _ _ _ _
Eb _
Ab I twiddle my thumbs
G just for a
Eb bit.
Ab.
I'm sick
Db of all the same
Eb old _ .
Ab in
Db a
Ab house
G with
Eb unlocked doors and
Ab _
G _
Db _ um_.
Bb _ _ .
Quite my
Ab Eb new friend, putters
Bb by eyes.
Take me
Ab away to
Eb _
Bb paradise.
I'm so
Ab damn bored,
Eb I'm nowhere
Bb.
close to the
Ab cellar.
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Eb _ .
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Eb _ .
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Eb _ _
Ab G Fill
Db me up
G the spelcro
Eb Bb seat.
Eb Get me
Db moving.
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Eb _
Ab I sure as hell can't do
Eb it by
Ab G myself.
Db _ _ _ .
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Eb _
Ab I'm feeling
Db like
G a
Bbm dog
Eb in heat.
Ab _ Barred in
Db doors on the sovereign
Eb street.
Ab I
G locked the
Fm.
door
G to my
Eb own cell and
Ab I
G lost
Db the key.
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Bb _ _ Quite
Ab my new
Eb friend, putters
Bb by eyes.
Take
Ab me away
Eb to
Bb paradise.
_ I'm so
Ab damn bored,
Eb I'm nowhere
Bb close to the
Ab cellar.
_ Gee,
Eb _ I got
Db.
no _
Eb motivation.
Where is
Db.
my motivation?.
Eb Now it's time
Db for a motivation.
Eb _ Forget
Db my _ _
Bb inspiration.
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Ab _ .
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Eb _ _
Bb I _ _
Ab _ .
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Eb _ _
Bb _ _ _ _
Ab _ .
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Eb _ _
Bb _ _ _ _
Ab _ .
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D _
Eb _ _ _ _
Db _ .
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Eb _ _ _ _
Db _ .
_
Bbm _ _ _
Eb _ sit
Db _ .
around and watch the
Eb phone but no
Bbm one's calling.
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Ab _ _
Eb Call me
Bbm _ pathetic,
Ab call me what you
Eb.
will.
Bbm _ _ _ _
Eb _
Ab My
G mother
Ab says
G to get a
Eb job
Abm but she don't
Db like the one
Eb she's got.
Ab _
G _
Db Ab When
G masturbation's lost
F it's
Eb.
fun,
Ab you're_
Db _fucked.
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Bb _ Quite my
Ab.
Eb new friend, putters
Bb by eyes.
Take me
Ab away
Eb to paradise.
Bb _ I'm so
Ab damn
Eb bored, I'm nowhere
Bb close to the
Ab cellar.
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Eb _ _
Bb Quite my
Ab.
new
Eb friend, putters
Bb by eyes.
I'll sweat my
Ab way to
Eb _
Bb paradise.
_ Sometimes
Ab I quit
Eb while I'm still
Bb alive, but it's just
Ab a myth.
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