Rock and roll

Jesus of Suburbia
Music: Green Day
Album: American Idiot (2004)
Tab By: reizig (reizig@hotmail.com)

The song is split up into 5 parts as describe by the CD booklet,
and I've tabbed each one as it's own song.

Enjoy. Drop me a line if you notice any problems.

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I. Jesus of Suburbia------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:
C#5 A#5 F#5 G#5
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6----8-8-8-8----444444444444444--666666666666666--|
A|-4-4-4-4----8-8-8-8----444444444444444--666666666666666--|E|------------6-6-6-6----222222222222222--444444444444444--|

Chorus:
F#5 G#5 x3
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-4444--66666--|
A|-4444--66666--|
E|-2222--44444--|

Bridge:
C#5 G#5 F#5 x2
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-6-6------------------|
D|-6-6--6-6--4-4444444--|
A|-4-4--6-6--4-4444444--|
E|------4-4--2-2222222--|

Outro:
C#5F5 A#5 G#5 F#5
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6--------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6----3-3-3-3----8-8-8--6-6-6--4--|
A|-4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3----8-8-8--6-6-6--4--|
E|------------1-1-1-1----6-6-6--4-4-4--2--|
(Let ring)

Order:
Verse x2
Chorus
Riff 1
Verse x2
Chorus
Riff 1
Verse (no lyrics)Outro

Lyrics:

I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of suburbia (Verse 1)
From the Bible of none of the above
On a steady diet of

Soda pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell (Verse 2)
As far as I can tell
At least the ones I've gotten away with

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be (Chorus)
In a land of make believe
That don'tbelieve in me

Get my television fix
Sitting on my crucifix (Verse 3)
The living room in my private womb
While the moms and brads are away

To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes (Verse 4)
And Mary Jane to keep me insane
And doing someone else's cocaine

(Chorus)

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II. City of the Damned------------------------------------------------------------

Intro:
F#5 G#5
e|-----------|
B|-----------| Come in from final F#5 of Jesus of Suburbia
G|-----------|
D|-4-----6---|
A|-4-----6---|
E|-2-----4---|

Verse:
C#5 A#5 G#5 F#5 G#5
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-6---6----------------------|
D|-6---6---8---6------4---6---|A|-4---3---8---6------4---6---|
E|---------6---4------2---4---|

Chorus:
A#5 G#5 C#5 F#5 A#5 G#5 F#5
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------6---------------------------|
D|-8-----6-----6-----4-----8-----6-----4---|
A|-8-----6-----4-----4-----8-----6-----4---|
E|-6-----4-----------2-----6-----4-----2---|

Order:Intro
Verse x2
Chorus
Verse x2
Hold final F#5

Lyrics:

At the center of the earth
In the parking lot (Verse 1)
Of the 7-11 were I was taught
The motto was just a lie

It says home is were your heart is
But what a shame (Verse 2)
Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
We're beating out of time

City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Sign misleading tonowhere (Chorus)
City of the damned
Lost children with there dirty faces today
No one really seems to care

I read the graffiti
In the bathroom stall (Verse 3)
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess

It didn't say much
But it only confirmed that (Verse 4)
The center of the earth is the end of the world
And I could really care less

(Chorus)...