Junkies On A High Chords

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Junkies On A High by Green Day is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Em, G, D, A, C, G/B, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: Em  G  D  A 
        Em  G  D  A 
  
Verso 1:
Em                G 
  My mama said to me 
D                   A        Em 
  "You're gonna have your enemies 
          G     D      A 
Don't beg don't follow" 
Em                  G 
  I've heard it all before 
D                 A           Em 
  I smashed my fingers in the door 
       G     D        A 
My downward spiral oh yeah 
  
( Em  G  D  A ) 
( Em  G  D  A ) 
  
Verso 2:
Em               G   D 
  Rock n roll tragedy I think 
         A            Em 
The next one could be me 
          G  D    A 
Heaven is my rival 
Em            G 
  I sing in revelry 
D              A       Em 
  I got my own conspiracies 
           G  D       A 
What hides in shadows? Oh yeah 
  

G            D  Em 
  Junkies on a high 
    C        G/B     Am 
Get back lay down go low 
G        D     Em 
  Subdivision smile 
         C 
Drink it in dumb 
   G            Bm 
It down suck it up 
                      Em  G  D 
As we watch the world burn 
                A     Em  G  D  A 
As we watch the world burn 
  
Verso 3:
Em             G   D 
  I'm not a soldier this 
             A       Em 
Ain't no new world order 
        G        D  A 
My path don't follow 
Em               G  D 
  My name is nobody my 
               A    Em 
Pride is my pornography 
            G  D    A 
Kool-aid is my motto "oh yeah!"  
  

G            D  Em 
  Junkies on a high 
    C        G/B     Am 
Get back lay down go low 
G        D     Em 
  Subdivision smile 
         C 
Drink it in dumb 
   G            Bm 
It down suck it up 
                      Em  G  D 
As we watch the world burn 
                A     Em  G 
As we watch the world burn 
A      Em  G  D 
Oh yeah 
                A     Em  G  D 
As we watch the world burn 
A 
Oh yeah  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante