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Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown Tabs

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21st Century Breakdown Tabs

(ver. 2)
Green Day
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                             21st Century Breakdown (Demo) - Green Day
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Tuning: normal

**This isnt a perfect tab and only includes the main power chord structure (all though 
of it is power chords there are a few bits of the song left 'untabbed'). If you know the 
please email them to me and i'll update this tab.


Guitar Intro (starts at 0:43) / Verse

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6--6-6-6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6—-4-4-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-4--4-4-4--6-6-6--4-4-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------4-4-4--2-2-----------------------------------------------------|

Pre Chorus (“My Generation is zero…”) - (not sure if this is the right tab, but 
sounds ok with the song)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------------------------|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------------------|
“…I never made it as a working class hero”
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------11-11-11-11--13-13-13-13-------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---11-11-11-11--13-13-13-13-------------------------------|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---9--9--9--9---11-11-11-11-------------------------------|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6-6--6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-4--6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------|
E|-------4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------|
(2:20 (End of Chorus)): (x5)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--6------(let ring)--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(at the end of “We are the cause of, the cause of the dead” (not sure on lyrics though))
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
After “1969”…
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|

“My name is ___, the long lost son…”

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6--6-----6--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6--6-4-6-6--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-6-4--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------2-4----------------------------------------------------------|

“Born on the 4th of July…”

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6--.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------|
            
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