Green Day

Before The Lobotomy

Green Day


Tom: F#

Intro x5
eb|-----------------------------------------0---------------0-----------------|
Bb|---------3---------------3-------------3---3-----------3---3---------------|
Gb|-------0---0-----------0---0---------2-------2-------2-------2-------------|
Db|-----0-------0-------0-------0-----0-----------0---0-----------0-----------|
Ab|---2-----------2---2-----------2-------------------------------------------|
Eb|-3---------------3---------------2---------------2-------------------------|

                                    Last time, just strum this at the end:
eb|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|---------|
Bb|-------3---3-----------3---3-----------1---1---------4-----4-----|--4------|
Gb|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---------5-----5---|--5------|
Db|---0-----------0---0-----------0---2-----------2---5-----------5-|--5------|
Ab|---------------------------------3---------------6-------6-------|--6------|
Eb|-1---------------1-----------------------------------------------|---------|

Pre-Verse
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7-5-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---3-5---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse x4
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-77-1010-88-77-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-77--9-9-77-77--7----------7-----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------7-5-7--5-7-7-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------5-5-7--5-7-5-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------3-5--3-5-------------------------------------------------|

Chorus x8
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-5-7-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-3---5---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Second verse, same as the first, except for the fourth time you play it
you don't play anything during "Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes" 
eb|-xxxxxx--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-xxxxxx--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-xxxxxx--7----------7------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-xxxxxx--7-5-7--5-7-7------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-xxxxxx--5-5-7--5-7-5------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-xxxxxx----3-5--3-5--------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus same again, but the 8th time you end with
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-5-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-77777777777777--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-3---55555555555555--------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
eb|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-777-----------------|-5-5-555------------8-8-888-----------7777777777777777-|
Db|-7-7-777-7-77-7777--(x4)-|-5-5-555-5-55-5555--8-8-888-8-88-8888-7777777777777777-|
Ab|-5-5-555-7-77-7777-------|-3-3-333-5-55-5555--6-6-666-8-88-8888-5555555555555555-|
Eb|---------5-55-5555-------|---------3-33-3333----------6-66-6666------------------|

Guitar 1
eb|-------------------------------10\-----------------------------------------|
Bb|------------7h8-10--9h10-13-10---------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7--7h9-11-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 slowly release palm mute
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7777777777777777----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7777777777777777----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5555555555555555----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ........

Outro  There's a second guitar that plays the intro under this

Guitar 1 x3
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------5555555-88888888-------|
Db|-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-3333333333333333-5555555-88888888-------|
Ab|-5555555555555555-5555555555555555-3333333333333333-3333333-66666666-------|
Eb|-3333333333333333-2222222222222222-1111111111111111------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-3333333333333333------------------------|
Ab|-5555555555555555-5555555555555555-3333333333333333------------------------|
Eb|-3333333333333333-2222222222222222-1111111111111111------------------------|

End with this at "in the underground"
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-5~----4~------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-5~----5~------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-5~----5~------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

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Intro

F#
Dreaming
          C#/F
I am only dreaming
C#/E
Of another place and time
B                 Bm/D
Where my family's from

F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
C#/E
When the rain has washed away
B                    Bm/D
All these scattered dreams

F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
C#/E
Hearts are washed in misery
B               Bm/D
Drenched in gasoline

F#
Laughter
                 C#/F
There is no more laughter
C#/E
Songs of yesterday
         B            Bm/D
Now live in the underground


Bridge

C# F# G# x12


Verse

 C#    G#       F#   C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
 C#       G#       F#  C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulogy
 C#      G#    F#      C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
 C#      G#     F#      C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
From the end of the century


Chorus

      F#   C# G#     F#   C#   G#
Well, it's enough to make you sick
    F# C#  G#        F#  C#  G#
To cast a stone and throw a brick
 F#  C#  G#     F#  C#   G#
When the sky is falling down
    F#     C#   G#     F#  G#   C#
It burned your dreams into the ground


Verse

 C#          G#        F#            C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
 C#     G#     F#          C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
We are normal and self-controlled
 C#  G#      F#         C#    C# F# G#  F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
 C#                                 C# F# G#  F# G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes


Chorus

     F#  C#   G#
Well I'm not stoned
     F#   C#    G#
I'm just fucked up
   F# C#  G#     F#    C#   G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F#  C#   G#            F#   C#   G#
I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
    F#  C#  G'         F# C# G#
I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess


Middle 8

     C#  G#
Like refugees
       C#           G#
We're lost like refugees
     C#   G#
Like refugees
       C#           G#
We're lost like refugees
       B   F#     D   A
The brutality of reality
        C#
Is the freedom that keeps me from


Outro

F#
Dreaming
            C#/F
I was only dreaming
C#/E
Of another place and time
 B                Bm/D
Where my family's from

F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
C#/E
When the rain has washed away
B                    Bm/D
All these scattered dreams

F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
C#/E
Hearts are washed in misery
B              Bm/D
Drenched in gasoline

F#
Laughter
                 C#/F
There is no more laughter
C#/E
Songs of yesterday
         B          Bm
Now live in the underground