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- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 13:48:44 -0700 (PDT)
- From: Graham Haworth <ghaworth@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu>
- Subject: g/green_day/insomniac_album.crd
-
- Artist: Green Day
- Album:Insomniac
- Transcribed by Graham Haworth (ghaworth@oboe.calpoly.edu)
-
-
- ok, I was looking through the other insomniac album chord file, and found
- a lot of the songs weren't very accurate. So here's my version of the
- album, and I'm almost 100% sure that the chords are right, because I
- spent more than half an hour tabbing it out. I'm not gonna go into much
- detail. If you've seen the dookie_album file, its gonna be like that. All
- the chords are here, you just have to listen to the album to get the
- timing. It shouldnt be too hard. Anyway, here it is.
-
- All songs tuned down 1/2 step. Most chords are power chords. I like to
- play D's in the open position to give it a more full sound, but it doen't
- really matter...
-
-
- Armatage Shanks
- ---------------
- E (7th fret)
- A D A D F# D E
- D A E A D A E
- A F# A F# D E
-
- Brat
- ----
- C G D
- G C G
- C G D
- C G C G C G D
- C G C G F D
-
- Stuck With Me
- -------------
- E(7th fret) C# B A
- E B A B A B
- C# A E(7th fret)
- A B E(7th fret)
-
- Geek Stink Breath
- -----------------
- G F C
- G F (palm mute)
- A# F
- G F
-
- No Pride
- --------
- G# D# C#
- C# D# G# C#
- G# C C# E G# D#
-
- Bab's Uvula Who?
- ----------------
- B A F#
- B B B A E B
-
- 86
- --
- E G# A
- E B A E <--- palm mute
- B A
- E G# A
-
- Panic Song
- ----------
- B (play around with the chord shape for awhile. If you want a tab of what
- he's doing, email me. maybe I'll post it another time)
- B G# F#
- E B F# B E B A F#
-
- Stuart and the Ave.
- -------------------
- D A
- D E G D
- D E G A
- B G B G
- D E G D
- D A
-
- Brain Stew
- ----------
- A G F# F E (later on, throw in some pick scrapes in between chords)
-
- Jaded
- -----
- A G D
- D A
- D E
-
- Westbound Sign
- --------------
- B G# E
- B F# G# E
- B F# G# E(7th fret)
- F# A E B
- B F# G# E (second time= 7th fret)
- B G# E
-
- Tight Wad Hill
- --------------
- A G A
- C G A
- C G C G C G A
-
- Walking Contradiction
- ---------------------
- A
- A D G A
- D G A
- A D G F# E
- (by the way, this rips off a Kinks riff from the song "Do it Again."
-
-
- Well, there you have it. If you have any comments, flames, suggestions,
- or anything else, send me email at ghaworth@oboe.calpoly.edu.
-
-
- From: GeekStink@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:00:54 -0400
-
- "insomniac"
- BY GREEN DAY
-
- This took me forever to get this on the computer. Other than that, I tabbed
- the song by ear in
- 3omin. I was going to post on the 10th, but l just didn't have the time to
- type it all out. The timing
- and lyrics are probably off, because l tabbed it while l was still so fresh
- to the songs, but the
- powerchords are all right.
-
- "Armitage Shanks"
-
- E
- Intro...strum the chord about 12 times....
-
- Verse #1:
- A D A D
- Stranded, Lost inside myself
- F# A E
- My own worst friend, my own closest enemy
- A D A D
- Well I'm branded, maladjusted
- F# A E
- never trusted anyone let alone myself
-
- Chorus #1:
- D A E F#
- I must insist on , being a pessimist
- A D E(type#2)
- I'm a loner, in a catastrophic mind
-
- Verse #2:
- A D A D
- Elected, the rejected
- F# A E
- I perfected the science of the idiot
- A D A D
- Well I'm branded, maladjusted
- F# A E
- never trusted anyone let alone myself
-
- Repeat Chorus #1
-
- Interlude:
- E A F# A F# D E A F# A F# D
- ...........Say,hey,whoa..whoa..say,hey,whoa..whoa..sing!!
-
- Verse #3:
- A D A D
- No meaning, and no healing
- F# A E
- Self loathing freak and introverted deviot
- A D A D
- Well I'm branded, maladjusted
- F# A E
- I've perfected the science of the idiot
-
- Repeat Chorus #1
-
- Chorus #2:
- D A E F#
- Well I'm taking pressure for other pessimists
- A D E
- I'm a loner in a claustrophobic mind.
-
- "Brat"
-
- Verse:
-
- Mom and Dad don't look so hot these days
- A G C
- they're getting over the hill,
- C D C A
- Death is closing in and catching up
- C A D
- as far as I can tell,
- C D C A
- Got a plan of action and cold blood
- C A D
- and it smells of defiance,
- C D C A
- I'll just wait for Mom and Dad to die
- C A D
- and get my inheritance.
-
- Chorus:
- C D C A
- Now I want more because I'm getting bored
- C D A
- and I'm going nowhere fast,
- C D C A
- I was once filled with doubt and now it's all figured out
- C D D(PM) D
- that nothing good can last.
-
- Verse:
-
- C D C A
- Crows feet and rot are setting in
- C A D
- and time is running out,
- C D C A
- My parents income interest rate
- C A D
- is gaining higher clout,
- C D C A
- I'm a snot nosed sod without a job
- C A D
- and I know I damn well should,
- C D C A
- Mom and Dad don't look so hot these days
- C A D
- but my future's looking good.
-
- Chorus:
- C D C A
- Now I want more because I'm getting bored
- C D A
- and I'm going nowhere fast,
- C D C A
- I was once filled with doubt and now it's all figured out
- C D D(PM) D
- that nothing good can last.
-
- "Stuck with Me"
- Intro:
- E , C# / B , A
- E , C# / B , A
-
- Verse:
- B (PM) B
- I'm not part of your elite, I'm just alright
- A / B
- Class structure, Having colors
- A / B
- Bleeding from my throat
- E
- I'm not subservent to you, I'm just alright
- A / B
- Downclassed, by the powers that be
- A / B
- Give me loss of hope.
-
- Chorus:
- C# A E
- Cast out, buried in a hole.
- C# A B
- Struck down, forcing me to fall.
- C# A E
- Destroyed, giving up the fight.
- C# A B E B
- And l know i'm not alright.
-
- Verse#2:
- E (PM) E
- What's my price and will you pay, it if it's alright?
- A / B
- Take it from my dignity and
- A / B
- waste it till it's dead.
- B
- Throw me back into the gutter, 'cause it's alright
- A / B
- Find another pleasure fuck
- A / B
- And drag 'em down to hell.
-
- Chorus:
- C# A E
- Cast out, buried in a hole.
- C# A B
- Struck down, forcing me to fall.
- C# A E
- Destroyed, giving up the fight.
- C# A B E B
- And l know i'm not alright.
-
- Solo:
- E (barre) (PM)
-
- Chorus:
- C# A E
- Cast out, buried in a hole.
- C# A B
- Struck down, forcing me to fall.
- C# A E
- Destroyed, giving up the fight.
- C# A B E B
- And l know i'm not alright.
-
- "Geek Stink Breath"
- by Green Day (currently unreleased, off new album,)
-
- Don't worry it's all powerchords unless i say otherwise...
-
- NOTE: On the chorus, A# is X133XX, not 688XXX
-
- Intro/Riff:
- G, E(barre) / B (as X244XX, not 799XXX)
-
- Verse:
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- I'm on a mission, I made my decision
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- to lead a path of self destruction,
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- A slow progression, killing my complexion
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- and it's rotting out my teeth.
-
- Chorus:
- A# F A# F
- I'm on a roll, no self control
- A# F A# F
- I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine,
- G F G F
- Don't know what I want, and that's all that I've got
- G F G F
- and I'm picking scabs off my face.
-
- Verse#2:
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- (NO WORDS)
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- Every hour ,my blood is running sour
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- and my pulse is beating out of time
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- l found a treasure, filled with sick pleasure
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- and it sits on a thin white line.
-
- Chorus:
- A# F A# F
- I'm on a roll, no self control
- A# F A# F
- I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine,
- G F G F
- Don't know what I want, and that's all that I've got
- G F G F
- and I'm picking scabs off my face.
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
-
- Verse#3:
-
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- I'm on a mission, I've got no decision
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- to lead a path of self destruction,
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- Wish in one hand, shit in the other
- G(PM) / F (PM) G(PM) / F (PM)
- and see which one gets filled first.
-
- Chorus:
- A# F A# F
- I'm on a roll, no self control
- A# F A# F
- I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine,
- G F G F
- Don't know what I want, and that's all that I've got
- G F G F
- and I'm picking scabs off my face.
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
- G, E(barre) / B
-
- Outro:
- G, E(barre) / B
- Geek,
- G, E(barre) / B
- Stink,
- G, E(barre) / B
- Breath...........
-
- "No Pride"
-
- Intro:
- A B C D E D C
-
- Verse:
- G D
- I'm just a mutt,
- A D
- and nowhere is my home.
- G D
- Where dignity's a land mine,
- A C
- in the school of lost hope.
- G D
- I've panhandled for a life
- A D
- I'm not afraid to beg.
- G D
- Hand me down your lost and founds
- A C
- of second hand regret.
-
- Pre- Chorus:
- A B C D A
- You better, swallow your pride, or you're gonna choke on it.
- A B C D G
- You better digest your values, because they turn to shit.
-
- Chorus:
- A B
- Honor's gonna knock you down,
- C D
- before your chance to stand up and fight.
- E D
- I know I'm not the one,
- C
- I've got no pride.
-
- Verse:
- G D
- Sects of disconnection,
- A D
- and traditions of lost faith.
- G D
- No culture's worth a stream of piss,
- A C
- Or a bullet in my face.
- G D
- To hell with unity,
- A D
- separation's gonna kill us all.
- G D
- Torn to shreds and disjointed,
- A C
- Before the final fall.
-
-
- "Bab's Uvula Who?"
-
- Intro:
- B A C
-
- Verse:
- D D D A C
- D D D A C
- D D D
- I've got a knack for fucking everything up.
- A C
- My temper flies and I get myself all wound up.
- D D D
- My fuse is short and my blood pressure is high.
- A C
- I lose control and l get myself all wound up.
- D D D
- Tension mounts and l fly off the wall.
- A C
- l self-destruct and l get myself all wound up.
- D D D
- Petulance and irritation sets in.
- A C
- I throw a tantrum and l get all wound up.
-
- Chorus:
- D A B
- My temper flies and I get myself all wound up.
- D A B
- I lose control and l get myself all wound up.
- D A B
- l self-destruct and l get myself all wound up.
- D A B
- I throw a tantrum and l get all wound up.
-
- Verse:
- D D D
- Chip on my shoulder and a leech on my back.
- A C
- Stuck in a rut and l get myself all wound up.
- D D D
- Killed my composure and it will never come back.
- A C
- Loss of control and l get myself all wound up.
- D D D
- Blown out of proportion again.
- A C
- My temper snaps and l get all wound up.
- D D D
- Spontaneous combustion, panic attack.
- A C
- I slipped a gear and l get myself all wound up.
-
- "86"
-
- Intro:
- Pick Scrape<... E B A D B A
-
- Verse:
- A(PM)
- What brings you around?
- B(PM)
- Did you lose something last time you were here?
- A(PM)
- You'll never find it now.
- B(PM)
- It's buried deep with your identity.
-
- Pre-Chorus:
- D B A
- So stand aside and let the next one pass.
- D B A
- Don't let the door kick you in the ass.
-
- Chorus:
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- B D
- Don't even try.
-
- Verse:
- A(PM)
- Exit out the back
- B(PM)
- and never show your head around here again.
- A(PM)
- Purchase your ticket and quickly take
- B(PM)
- the last train out of town.
-
- Pre-Chorus:
- D B A
- So stand aside and let the next one pass.
- D B A
- Don't let the door kick you in the ass.
-
- Chorus:
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- E B A
- There's no return from 86.
- B D
- Don't even try.
-
- "Panic Song"
-
- Intro / Solo:
-
- Open A string...rapid...then
- --------------2----5------
- ----1--1----3----6-------
- --2----0----2------------
- --------------4------------
- ---------------------------
- ---------------------------
-
- D D# xxxxxxxxxxx
- D D# XXXXXXXXXXX(MUTED STRINGS)
-
- Verse:
- E(PM)
- Ready for a cheap escape.
- E(PM)
- On the brink of self-destruction.
- B D
- Widespread panic.
- E D A
- Broken glass inside my head.
- E D A
- Bleeding down these thoughts of
- B D
- Anguish... mass confusion.
-
- Chorus:
- A E
- The world is a sick machine
- B E
- breeding a mass of shit.
- A E
- With such a desolate conclusion.
- B E
- Fill the void with...l don't care.
-
- Verse:
- E D A
- There's a plague inside of me.
- E D A
- Eating at my disposition.
- B D
- Nothing's left
- E D A
- torn out of reality.
- E D A
- Into a satate of no opinion.
- B D
- Limp with hate.
-
- "Stuart and the Ave."
-
- Intro:
- B B(PM)
-
- Verse:
- D E
- Standing on the corner of
- C D
- Stuart and the Avenue.
- D E
- Ripping up my transfer
- C D
- and a photograph of you.
- D E
- You are a blur of my dead past
- C D
- and rotting existence.
- D E
- I stand laughing on
- C D
- the corner of insignificance.
-
- Chorus:
- A B
- Destiny is dead.
- A B
- In the hands of bad luck.
- D E
- Before it might've made some sense
- C N.C. D
- but now it's all fucked up.
-
- Verse:
- D E
- Season change as well
- C D
- as well as minds.
- D E
- And I'm a two Faced clown.
- C D
- You're mommy's little nightmare
- D E
- driving daddy's car around.
- C D
- I'm beat down
- D E
- and half brain dead.
- C D
- The long lost king of fools,
- D E
- I may be dumb.
- C D
- But I'm not stupid enough
- D E
- to stay with you.
- C D
-
- Chorus:
- A B
- Destiny is dead.
- A B
- In the hands of bad luck.
- D E
- Before it might've made some sense
- C N.C. D
- but now it's all fucked up.
-
- "Brain Stew"
-
- Intro:
- B(PM) A(PM) C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
-
- Verse:
- B(PM) A(PM)
- I'm having trouble trying to sleep.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- I'm counting sheep but running out.
- B(PM) A(PM)
- As time ticks by,
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- And l still try.
- B(PM) A(PM)
- No rest for crosstops in my mind.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- On my own...here we go.
-
- Verse:
- B(PM) A(PM)
- My eyes feel like they're going to bleed.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- Dried up and bulging out my skull.
- B(PM) A(PM)
- My mouth is dry.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- My face is numb.
- B(PM) A(PM)
- Fucked up and spun out in my room.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- On my own...here we go.
-
- Chorus:
- B(PM) xxx A(PM)XXX C(PM) XXX C#(PM) XXX A(PM)
- NO WORDS
-
- Verse:
- B(PM) A(PM)
- My mind is set on overdrive.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- The clock is laughing in my face.
- B(PM) A(PM)
- A crooked spine.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- My sense dulled.
- B(PM) A(PM)
- Passed the point of delirium.
- C(PM) C#(PM) A(PM)
- On my own...here we go.
-
- "Jaded"
-
- Verse:
- G A D
- G A D
- G A D
- Somebody keep my balance,
- G A D
- I think I'm falling off.
- G A D
- Into a state of regression,
- G A D
- The expiration date.
- G A D
- Rapidly coming up,
- G A D
- I'ts leaving me behind to rank.
-
- Chorus:
- A
- Always move forward,
- A G A
- Going straight will get you nowhere.
- A
- There is no progress,
- A G A DCDA
- Evolution killed it all.
-
- Verse:
- G A D
- I found my place in nowhere,
- G A D
- I'm taking one step sideways.
- G A D
- Leading wiht my crutch,
- G A D
- Got a fucked up equilibrium.
- G A D
- Count down from 9 to 5.
- G A D
- Hooray! We're gonna die!
- G A D
- Blessed into our extinction.
-
- "Westbound Sign"
-
- Verse:
- E B C
- Boxed up, all of her favorite things.
- E B C
- Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale.
- E B C
- Big plans and leaving friends
- E B C
- and a westbound sign.
-
- Chorus:
- D A B A D
- Weighed out, her choices on a scale.
- D A B A
- Prevailing, nothing made sense
- D A B A D
- Just transportation and a blank decision...
- D A B A
- She's taking off.
-
- Verse:
- E B C
- She's burnig daylight and petrol
- E B C
- Heading westward on, strung out
- E B C
- On confusion road.
- E B C
- And ten minute nervous breakdowns
- E B C
- Xanex a beer for thought,
- E B C
- and she determined...she's taking off.
-
- Chorus:
- D A B A D
- Is it salvation, or an escape from discontent?
- D A B A D
- Will she find her name in the California cement?
- D A B A D
- Punched out of the grind that punched her
- D A B A D
- one too many times.
- D A B A D
- Is tragedy 2000 miles away?...She's taking off...
-
- "Tight Wad Hill"
-
- Verse:
- A G A
- Cheapskate on the hill.
- A G A
- A thrill seeker making deals.
- A G A
- Sugar city urchin wasting time.
- A G A
- Town of lunatics.
-
- Pre-Chorus:
- E D A
- Begging for another fix.
- E D A
- Turning tricks for speedballs.
- E D
- One more night.
- E D
- Making your rounds again.
- B
- Turning up empty handed.
-
- Chorus:
- A G A
- Bumming a ride, Burning daylight.
- A G A
- Last up @ dawn, tight wad hill.
-
- Verse:
- A G A
- Drugstore hooligan.
- A G A
- Another white trash mannequin.
- A G A
- On display to rot up on the hill.
- A G A
- Living out a lie.
- A G A
- But having the time of his life.
- A G A
- Hating every minute of his existence.
-
- "Walking Contradiction"
-
- Intro:
- B B(PM)...
-
- Verse:
- E D A E
- Do as l say and not as l do
- E D A
- because the shit's so thick you can't run away.
- E D A E
- I beg to differ and on the contrary,
- E D A
- l agree with every word that you say.
- E D A E
- Talk is cheap and lies are expensive,
- E D A
- My wallet's fat and so is my head.
- E D A E
- Hit and run and then l'll hit you again,
- E D A
- I'm a smart-ass but l'm playing dumb.
-
- Chorus:
- E D B E D B
- E D A E E D A
- NO WORDS
-
- Verse:
- E D A E
- Standards set and broken all the time,
- E D A
- Control the chaos from behind a gun.
- E D A E
- Call it as l see it even if
- E D A
- I was born deaf, blind and dumb.
- E D A E
- Losers winning big on the lottery,
- E D A
- Rehab rejects still sniffing glue.
- E D A E
- Constant refutation with myself,
- E D A
- I'm a victim of a catch-22.
-
- Chorus:
- E D B
- I have no belief.
- E D B E DA E
- But I believe, I'm a walking contradiction.
- E D A
- And, l ain't got no right.
-
- HOPE YOU LIKE THIS....GEEKSTINK@AOL.COM
-
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