Deadbeat Chords
by Green Day
Deadbeat by Green Day is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Vers 1
G D G
Wake up, The house is on fire
C
And the cat´s caught in the dryer
G Em
Philiosophy´s a liar when
C D
Your home is your headstone
G D
"Icon" is the last chance for hope
G C
When there´s no such thing as heroes
G Em
Your faith lies in the ditch that
C D
You dug yourself in
Pre Chorus
Em C G C G
Last chance to piss it all away
Em B
Nothing but hell to pay
C D
When the lights are going down
Chorus
G D C G
Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay
C G
There´s a vacant sign that´s hanging high
C D
On a noose over your home
G D C G
Deadbeat Holiday get on your knees and pray
C G
There´s a vacant sign that´s hanging high
C D
But at least you´re not alone
Vers 2 (same chords as in vers 1)
Christmas lights in the middle of August
Grudges come back to haunt us
Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies
Grounded in a duplex to find that
You´re living on a landmine
Vacation hotspots is a cemetery drive
Pre Chorus (same chords as in the last P.C.)
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay
When the lights are going down
Chorus (Same chords as in the last chorus)
Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay
There´s a vacant sign that´s hanging high
On a noose over your home
Deadbeat Holiday get on your knees and pray
There´s a vacant sign that´s hanging high
But at least you´re not alone
Pre Chorus
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay whan all you
Want to do is...not to....give up......
Play chorus again
End on C
During the last chorus there is a little riff
with for notes. If you listen to the record
you will hear it. The tab for that riff is:
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