American Eulogy

Key: [C] then [Ab] then [C#] then [D]

Chords used:
[Ab]/[C] - x365xx

[I. Mass Hysteria]

[C]Sing us the song of the [F]centu[C]ry
That [C]sings like American [G]eulogy
The [C]dawn of my love and cons[F]pira[C]cy
Of [C]forgotten hope and the [G]class of 13
[F]Tell me a s[C]tory in[F]to that good[C]night
[F]Sing us a [G]song for [C]me

hys[Cm]teri[C#]a  [Ab]
Mass hys[Cm]teri[C#]a  [Ab]
Mass hys[Cm]teri[C#]a  [Ab]
Mass hys[Cm]teri[C#]a  [Ab]

Guitar 2: Chorus
  [Cm]    [C#]         [Ab]
e|---|-----|-9-9-----9-9-----|
B|---|-----|-----9-9-----9-9-|
G|-5-|-6-6-|-----------------|
D|-x-|-x-x-|-----------------|
A|-3-|-4-4-|-----------------|
E|---|-----|-----------------|

[C#]  Red alert is the [Ab]color of panic
[C#]  Elevated [F#]to the point of static
[C#]  Beating into the [Ab]hearts of the fanatics
And the [F#]neighborhood's a loaded [Ab]gun
[C#]  Idle thought leads to [Ab]full-throttle screaming
[C#]  And the welfare is [F#]asphyxiating
[C#]  Mass confusion is [Ab]all the new rage
And it's [F#]creating a feeding ground
[Ab]For the bottom feeders of

(Repeat Chorus)

[C#]  True sounds of [Ab]maniacal laughter
[C#]  And the deaf-mute is [F#]misleading the choir
[C#]  The punchline is a [Ab]natural disaster
And it's [F#]sung by the unem[Ab]ployed
[C#]  Fight fire [Ab]with a riot
[C#]  The class war is [F#]hanging on a wire
[C#]  Because the martyr
is [Ab]a compulsive liar
When he [F#]said "It's just
a bunch of niggers
[Ab]throwing gas into the"

(Repeat Chorus)

[C#]There's a disturbance on the [Ab]oce[C]anside
They [Bbm]tapped into the re[Ab]serve
[F#]  The static response [Ebm]is so un[Ab]clear now
[C#]  Mayday, this is [Ab]not[C] a test!
[Bbm]As the neighborhood [Ab]burns
[F#]  America is [Ebm]falling[Ab]
[G]  [Ab]  Vigilantes warning you
[G]  [Ab]  Calling Christian and Gloria

F

Guitar 2:
       [F#]        [Ab]    [C#]   [Ab]       [F#]     [Ab]   [A]    [D]
e|-9---8-----|-----8-|----|-11-|-9---8-----|---|----|-10-|
B|--------11-|-9-----|----|----|--------11-|-9-|-10-|----|
G|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
D|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
A|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|
E|-----------|-------|----|----|-----------|---|----|----|

[II. Modern World]

D--A-G--A-G-A x2

[D]I don't want to [A]live in the [G]modern [A]world
[D]I don't want to [A]live in the [G]modern [A]world
[D]I don't want to [A]live in the [G]modern [A]world
[D]I don't want to [A]live in the [G]modern [A]world

Mike Dirnt the bassist sings here instead of Billie
I'm the [D]class of 1[A]3
In the [G]era of dis[D]sent
A [D]hostage of the [A]soul
On a s[G]trike to pay the [A]rent
The [D]last of the [A]rebels
With[G]out a common [D]ground
I'm [D]gonna light a [A]fire
In[G]to the [A]under[D]ground well

(Repeat Chorus)

Post Chorus:
[Bm]       [F#m]
  I [Am] [A] nation
Without [G]bureaucratic [D]ties[A/C#]
[Bm]  Deny the [F#m]allegation [G]as
it's written a [A]fucking lies

D--A--G--A-- x3, D--A--G--A-D

Guitar 2:
   [D]   [A]   [G]      [A]      [D]   [A]   [G]      [A]     [D]     [A]      [G]      [A]      [D]
e|-5-|---|--5-|-5-3--2-|---|---|----|-10----|---|--10-12-|-10-|-12--10-|-14-|
B|---|---|----|--------|---|---|--8-|-----8-|-7-|--------|----|--------|----|
G|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
D|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
A|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|
E|---|---|----|--------|---|---|----|-------|---|--------|----|--------|----|

     [A]      [G]    [A]   [D]
e|--14-12-|-10-|---|---|
B|--------|----|---|---|
G|--------|----|---|---|
D|--------|----|---|---|
A|--------|----|---|---|
E|--------|----|---|---|

Mike sings again
I [D]want to take a [A]ride
to the [G]great di[D]vide
Be[D]yond the "up to [A]date"
And the [G]neo-gentri[A]fied
The [D]high defi[A]nition for
the [G]low resi[D]dent
Where the [D]value of your [A]mind
Is [G]not held [A]in con[D]tempt

Still Mike Dirnt
[D]I can hear the [A]sound
of A [G]beating [D]heart
That [D]bleeds beyond a [A]system
That's [G]falling a[A]part
With [D]money to [A]burn
On a [G]minimum [D]wage
Cause [D]I don't give a shit
About the modern age

(Repeat Chorus)

Mass hysteria
[D]I don't want to [A]live
in the [G]modern [A]world
Mass hysteria
[D]I don't want to [A]live
in the [G]modern [A]world
Mass hysteria
[D]I don't want to [A]live
in the [G]modern [A]world
Mass hysteria
(Repeat)