21 Guns Chords by Green Day

Tempo:
159.55 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Bb

Dm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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21 Guns chords
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[Dm] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] Do you [Bb] know [A] what's [F] worth fighting [C]
for [Dm] When [Bb] it's not [A] [F] worth dying
[C] for?
[Dm] Does [Bb] it take [A] [F] your breath [C]
away And [Bb] you feel yourself [Em] [C] suffocating?
[Dm] Does [Bb] the pain [F] weigh out the [C] pride [Dm]
And [Bb] you look [F] for a place to [C] [Dm] hide?
Did [Bb] someone [F] break your heart [C] inside?
You're in [Bb]
ruins
[C] [F] [A] One, [C] twenty [Ebm] [D] one [Eb] guns [C] Lay down [Bb] your arms
[F] Give up the [C] fight
[F] One,
[Am] twenty [Dm] one guns
[C] Throw up your [Bb] arms
[F] Into the [C] sky
You [Bb] and I
[F]
When [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
you're at [F] the end of [C] the road [Dm] And [Bb] you've lost [F] all sense of
[C] control
[Dm] And your [Bb] thoughts [F] have taken their [C] toll When your [Bb] mind breaks the spirit of your [C] soul
Your [Dm]
[Bb] faith walks [F] on broken
[C] glass [Dm] And [Bb] the [F] hangover doesn't [C] pass
[Dm]
[Bb] Nothing's ever [F] built to [C] last You're [Bb] in ruins
[C] [F] One, [E]
twenty [Dm] one [Eb] guns [C] Lay down your [Bb] arms
[F] Give up the [C]
fight [F] One,
[C] [Dm] twenty one guns
[C]
Throw up [Bb] your arms [F]
Into the [C] sky
You [Bb] and I
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] Did you try [F] to live on [C] your own [Dm] When [Bb] you [F] burnt down and lost [A] your home?
[Dm] Did [Bb] you stand [F] too close to the [A] fire Like [Bb] a liar looking for
[C] forgiveness from a [F] soul?
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F] [Dm]
[C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Bb]
[F] [A]
[Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] When it's time [F] to live and let [C] die [Dm]
And [Bb] you can't [F] get another [C] try
[Dm]
Something [Bb] [F] inside this heart has [C] died [Bb] You're in ruins
[F]
One, [C] [Dm] twenty one [Eb] guns [C] Lay down your [Bb]
arms
[F] Give up the [C]
fight [F] One, [E] [C] twenty [Dm] one guns
[C] Throw up your [Bb] arms [F] Into the [C] sky
[F] One,
[C] twenty [Dm] one guns [C] Lay down [Bb] your arms
[F] Give up the [C] fight
[F] One,
[C] twenty one [Dm] guns
[C] Throw up [Bb] your arms
[F] Into [C] the sky
You [Bb] and I
[F] [C]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
A
1231
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
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To learn Green Day - 21 Guns chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, Dm, Bb, F, C, Bb, F and Dm of chords. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 79 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 160 BPM. Considering the song's key of F Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Do you [Bb] know [A] what's [F] worth fighting [C] _
_ for _ [Dm] _ _ When [Bb] it's not [A] [F] worth dying _
[C] _ _ for?
[Dm] _ _ Does [Bb] it take [A] [F] your breath [C] _
away And [Bb] you feel yourself _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ suffocating? _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ Does [Bb] the pain [F] weigh out the _ [C] _ pride [Dm] _ _ _
And [Bb] you look [F] for a place to [C] _ _ [Dm] hide?
_ Did [Bb] someone _ [F] break your heart _ [C] inside?
You're in [Bb] _ _ _
_ ruins _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [A] One, [C] _ twenty [Ebm] [D] one _ [Eb] guns [C] Lay down [Bb] your _ arms
[F] _ Give up the [C] fight _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ One, _
[Am] _ twenty [Dm] one _ guns _
[C] Throw up your [Bb] _ arms _
[F] Into the [C] _ _ sky
_ You [Bb] and I
_ [F] _
_ When [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
you're at _ [F] the end of [C] the _ road [Dm] _ _ _ And [Bb] you've lost [F] all sense of _
[C] control
_ _ [Dm] And your [Bb] _ thoughts [F] have taken their [C] toll When your [Bb] mind breaks the spirit of your [C] _ soul _
_ _ Your [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] faith walks [F] on broken _
[C] _ _ glass [Dm] _ _ And [Bb] the _ _ [F] hangover _ doesn't [C] _ _ pass
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Nothing's ever [F] _ built to _ [C] last You're [Bb] in _ _ _ _ ruins _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ One, [E] _
_ twenty [Dm] one _ [Eb] guns [C] Lay down your [Bb] _ _ arms
[F] Give up the [C] _ _ _
fight _ _ _ [F] _ One, _
[C] _ _ [Dm] twenty _ one guns
[C]
Throw up [Bb] your _ arms [F] _
Into the [C] _ _ _ sky
_ You [Bb] and _ I
[F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] Did you try [F] to live on [C] your own _ _ [Dm] _ _ When [Bb] you [F] burnt down and lost [A] your home?
_ _ [Dm] _ Did [Bb] you stand [F] too close to the [A] fire Like [Bb] a liar looking for _
[C] _ forgiveness _ _ from a [F] soul? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Bb] When it's time [F] to live and let _ [C] die _ [Dm] _ _
And [Bb] you can't [F] get _ another _ [C] _ try
[Dm] _ _ _
Something [Bb] _ _ [F] inside this heart has [C] died [Bb] You're in _ _ _ ruins _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
One, _ [C] _ _ [Dm] twenty one _ [Eb] guns [C] _ Lay down your [Bb] _
arms
[F] _ Give up the [C] _ _
fight _ _ _ [F] _ One, [E] _ [C] _ twenty [Dm] one _ guns
_ [C] Throw up your [Bb] _ arms _ [F] Into the [C] _ sky
_ _ _ _ [F] _ One, _
_ [C] twenty [Dm] one _ guns [C] Lay down [Bb] your _ arms
[F] Give up the [C] _ fight _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ One, _
[C] twenty one [Dm] _ guns _
[C] Throw up [Bb] your _ arms _
[F] Into [C] the _ sky _
_ You [Bb] and I
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song finds its place within the 21st Century Breakdown album.