Date: Sat, July 24 1999
From: Peter Ferragine (pferragine@interhop.net)
Group: Green Day
Album: Nimrod
Released: 1997 reprise records
Track: 3
Title: the grouch

h - hammer on
/ \ - slide


verse

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|-------------------7-7-7-------------7-7-7-------------------
|-7-7-7-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-7-7-7-2-2-2-7-7-7-2-2-2-
|-7-7-7-2-2-2-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-2-2-2-5-5-5-2-2-2-7-7-7-2-2-2-
|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-------5-5-5-0-0-0-------0-0-0-5-5-5-0-0-0-

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 -5-5-5-------5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

chorus

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|-------7-7-7-------------------7-7-7-------9-9-9-9-9-------7-7-7-
|-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-7-7-7-
|-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-5-5-5-
|-2-2-2-------5-5-5-0-0-0-2-2-2-------5-5-5-----------2-2-2-------

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 -5-5-5-0-0-0-2-2-2-------5-5-5-----------------|

solo

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|-2--2-2-3--3-3-2--2-2-0--0-0--2--2-2-3--3-3-2--2-2-5--5-5-
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 -2--2-2-3--3-3-2--2-2-0--0-0--2--2-2-3--3-3-2--2-2-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|
 -2--2-2-3--3-3-2--2-2-0--0-0--2--2-2-3--3-3-2--2-2-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|
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lyrics

i was a young boy that had big plans
now i'm just another shitty old man
i don't have fun and i hate everything
the world owes me so fuck you
glory days don't mean shit to me
i drank a six pack of apathy
life's a bitch and so am i
the world owes me so fuck you
wasted youth and a fistfull of ideals
i had a young and optimistic point of view
wasted youth and a fistfull of ideals
i had a young and optimistic point of view
i've decomposed yet my gut's getting fat
oh my god i'm turning out like my dad
i'm always rude, i got a bad attitude
the world owes me so fuck you
the wife's a nag and the kid's fucking up
i don't have sex 'cause i can't get it up
i'm just a grouch sitting on the couch
the world owes me so fuck you