Chord Armatage Shanks Acoustic by Green Day

for me , this is one of green day’s most relatable songs . this is super easy to play , so have fun with it! billie joe armstrong said about this song , "when i wrote that song it was right before dookie came out , and i was really at odds with myself . i was like , man , do i really want to do this? a lot of the time i was thinking about suicide , how it’s so easy to kill yourself , but so hard to stay alive . i was in a break - up with my then - girlfriend , a total , raving punk rocker who didn’t approve of me being on a major label . she moved down to ecuador , saying she couldn’t live in a world with mcdonald’s and such . it was fxxking me up pretty bad . " G C stranded . . . lost inside myself F my own worst friend D and my own closest enemy G C i’m branded . . . maladjusted F never trusted anyone D let alone myself C G i must insist D G on being a pessimist C G D i’m a loner in a catastrophic mind G C elected the rejected F D i perfect the science of the idiot G C no meaning and no healing F D self loathing freak and introverted deviot C G i must insist D G on being a pessimist C G D i’m a loner in a catastrophic mind C G i’m gettin’ pissed D G i’m a worthless pessimist C G D i’m a loner in a claustrophobic mind