Green Day - Armatage Shanks Acoustic

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