Jesus Of Suburbia
Words & Music:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre
Cool & Mike Dirnt (Green Day)
Shades of "Thick As A
Brick"! The full
transcription of this epic tune is in Guitar World in its original key
(Db instead of C#). This version
is from www.ultimateguitar.com and is below as it was posted there.
C#5
Bb5
V1: I'm the son of rage and love, the Jesus of Suburbia
F#5
G#5
the Bible of "none of the
above" on a steady diet of
C#5
Bb5
F#5
Soda pop & Ritalin, no one ever died for my sins in hell,
as far as I can tell
G#5
At least the ones I've gotten away
with
F#5
G#5 F#5
G#5
And there's nothing wrong with me,
this is how I'm supposed to be
F#5
G#5
(C#5)
In a land of make believe, that don't
believe in me
LINK: |(C#5) | G#5 F#5 |
C#5 | G#5 F#5 |
C#5
Bb5
V2: Get my television fix, Sitting on my crucifix
F#5
G#5
The living room of my private womb,
While the moms and brats are away
C#5
Bb5
To fall in love and fall in debt, To alcohol and cigarettes
F#5
G#5
And Mary Jane to keep me insane, doing
someone else's cocaine
F#5
G#5 F#5
G#5
And there's nothing wrong with me,
this is how I'm supposed to be
F#5 G#5
(C#5)
In a land of make believe, that don't
believe in me
LINK: |(C#5)
| G#5 F#5 | C#5
| G#5 F#5 |
| C#5 | Bb5 | F#5
| G#5
|
| C#5 | F5 | Bb5 G#5 F#5 | G#5 |
C#5
C#5/C
V3: At the center of the earth, in the parking lot
Bb5 G#5 F#5
G#5
Of the 7-11 were I was taught, the
motto was just a lie
C#5
C#5/C
It says home is were your heart is but
what a shame
Bb5
G#5
F#5
G#5
Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat
the same, it's beating out of time
Bb5 G#5 C#5
F#5
C1: City of the dead, at the end of another lost highway
Bb5 G#5 F#5
Sign misleading to nowhere
Bb5 G#5
C#5
F#5
City of the damned, lost children with dirty faces today
Bb5 G#5
F#5
No one really seems to care
C#5
C#5/C
V4: I read the graffiti in the bathroom stall
Bb5
G#5 F#5
G#5
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping
mall and so it seemed to confess
C#5 C#5/C
It didn't say much but it only
confirmed
Bb5
G#5
F#5
G#5
that the center of the earth is the
end of the world & I could really care less
Bb5 G#5 C#5 F#5
C2: City of the dead, at the end of another lost highway
Bb5 G#5 F#5
Sign misleading to nowhere
Bb5 G#5
C#5
F#5
City of the damned, lost children with dirty faces today
Bb5 G#5
F#5
No one really seems to care. Oy!
SOLO: | G#5 |
C#5 | G#5 | F5* Eb5 C#5 |
| F#5 | F5* Eb5 C#5 | Eb5 | G#5* |
G#5 C#5
G#5
F5* Eb5 C#5
C3: I don't care if you don't, I don't care if you don't
F#5 F5* Eb5 C#5 Eb5
I don't care if you don't care [repeat
both lines 4x]
F#5 G#5 (C#5)
I don't care
LINK: |(C#5) | A5 G#5 |
C#5 | A5 G#5 | [2x]
C#5
A5 G#5
V5: Everyone is so full of shit
C#5 A5 G#5
Burn and raised by hypocrites
C#5
A5 G#5
Hearts recycled but never saved
C#5
A5 G#5
From the cradle to the grave
C#5
A5 G#5
We are the kids of war and peace
C#5
A5 G#5
From Anaheim to the Middle East
C#5
A5 G#5
We are the stories and disciples of
C#5
A5 G#5
The Jesus of Suburbia
F#5
G#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 G#5 C#5 G#5
V6: Land of make believe and it don't
believe in me
F#5
G#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
G#5
Land of make believe and I don't
believe
F#5
G#5 C#5 F#5 G#5 C#5
And I don't care, I don't care
F#5 G#5
C#5 F#5 G#5 C#5
F#5 G#5 (C#5)
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
LINK: |(C#5) |
G#5(Bass) |
G#5
C5
V7: Dearly beloved are you listening?
C#5
G#5
Eb5
I cant remember a word that you were saying
G#5
C5
Are we demented or are we disturbed?
C#5
G#5
Eb5
The space that's in between insane and insecure
LINK: | G#5 |
C5 | C#5 | G#5 Eb5 |
G#5
C5
V8: Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
C#5
G#5 Eb5
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
G#5
C5
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
C#5
G#5
Eb5
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse
LINK: | G#5 |
C5 | C#5 | G#5 Eb5 |
SOLO: | G#5 | F#5
C#5 | G#5 | F#5 C#5
| [2x]
G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5
F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
V9: To live and not to breathe
is to die in tra - ge - dy
C#5 G#5
F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5
G#5 F#5 C#5
To run, to run a
- way to find what you be - lieve
C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5
C4: And I
C#5 G#5 Eb5
G#5 Eb5 G#5 Eb5
Leave be - hind
G#5 C#5
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5
Eb5 G#5 Eb5 G#5 Eb5 G#5
This hur - ri - cane of fuck - ing lies
G#5
F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
V10: I lost my faith to
this, this town
that don't ex - ist
C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5
So I run, I run a - way, the light of ma - so - chist
C5: [REPEAT
CHORUS 4]
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5
C6: And I
C#5 G#5
Eb5 G#5 Eb5 G#5 Eb5
Walked this line
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 Eb5 G#5 Eb5
A mill - ion and one fuck-ing times
G#5 F#5 C#5 (G#5)
But not this time
SOLO: |(G#5) | F#5 C#5
| G#5 | F#5 C#5 | [6x]
| C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 | Eb5 G#5
Eb5 G#5 Eb5 G#5 | [2x]
C#
Eb G# C#
V11: I don't feel any shame, i wont apologize
C#
Eb
G#
When there ain't nowhere you can go
C# Eb
G#
C#
Running away from pain when you've been victimized
C# Eb
Tales from another broken
G#5 F#5 C#5
OUTRO: Home, you're leav-in'
G#5 F#5
C#5 G#5
F#5 C#5
you're leav-ing, you're leav-ing
G#5 F#5 C#5 (G#5)
ah you're leav-in
home
|(G#5) | F#5 C#5 | G#5 | F#5 C#5 | G#5 |
CHORDS:
C#5
= x 4 6 6 x x Bb5 = x 1 3 3 x x F#5 = 2 4 4 x x x
G#5
= 4 6 6 x x x F5 = 1 3 3 x x x C#5/C
= x 3 6 6 x x
Eb5
= x 6 8 8 x x G#5*
= x 11 13 13 x x F5* = x 8 10 10 x x
A5 = x 5 7 7 x x C5 = x 3 5 5 x x C# = x 4 6
6 6 4
Eb = x 6 8 8 8 6 G# = 4 6 6 5 4 4