21st Century Radiation Chords
by Gum
21st Century Radiation by Gum is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, D, A, E, G, G#m and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
GUM - 21st Century Radiation
INTRO
B \
D A / these are the chords; play this riff over it:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-77-7979b-9-77-5-4-44-4443-335-554-4/77-7979b-9-77--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------9-8-88-8887-779-9/-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 1
B A E
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| play this riff in the verses (there are some minor variations)
A|-----------------------------|
E|-5-77---5-77----5-77---5---0-|
Load your cock, load your cock
Get down to your drop from radiation
Microwave, misbehave
Get away, it's called radiation
Dying star, Gloria
You crashed your car, it's radiation
You're mad not evil, turn the evil
Turn up all the waves, hot radiation
Chorus
B A G E G#m G E
Twenty- first century radiation
B A G E G#m G E
Twenty- first century radiation
Radiation
F#
POST-Chorus
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-77-7979b-9-77-5-4-44-4443-335-554-4/77-7979b-99-77--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------9-8-88----7-779-9/-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------999---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 2
Solar flares, silver hair
We're gonna take you there with radiation
Don't eat cake, don't stay up late
Stay ...from radiation
Dying star, Gloria
You crashed your car, it's radiation
We're mad not evil, turn the evil
Twenty-first century radiation
Chorus
B A G E G#m G E
Twenty- first century radiation
B A G E G#m G E
Twenty- first century radiation
Radiation
F#
SOLO (the 10,11,12 etc are meant as tenth, eleventh etc, not first/second)
B \
D A / solo is played over these chords
x2
e|-----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------710-7109----------------------||-12-1212-1212-12-121212-12121212-12121212-1212-121212-|
G|------7--79---------------7--799b-9b-97--||------------------------------------------------------|
D|--/999--9-------------\999--9----------9-||------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14\10-1010101012109-9109---------------------------------10\7/10-7109-\543--------------3555555-|
G|-------------------------11-119-9999999999118-88----99997------------------21----------24--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------9-------------------21-----023----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------202-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/12-12b12-121212b12-12b12-121212b12-12b-12b-12b1212101212-------710-9-9--------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------97-7-9b-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
OUTRO
B \
D A / x7
end on B