Armatage Shanks Green Day Insomniac (1995) Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong Music: Green Day Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here) Notes: A very simple song from Insomniac. h = hammer-on p = pull-off b = bend / = slide up \ = slide down 5 = power chord Intro E5 (x4) e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-9-9-9------------------------------------------------------| D|-9-9-9-9------------------------------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| Verse (x2) A5 D5 (x2) F#5 D5 E5 e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|------7------------7------------------------------------------| D|-7----7-------4----7----2-------------------------------------| A|-7----5-------4----5----2-------------------------------------| E|-5------------2---------0-------------------------------------| Chorus D5 A5 E5 A5 D5 A5 E5 e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7---------------------7---------9----------------------------| D|-7----7----2----7------7----7----9----------------------------| A|-5----7----2----7------5----7----7----------------------------| E|------5----0----5-----------5---------------------------------| Bridge (x2) A5 F#5 (x2) D5 E5 e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------7----9-----------------------------------------| D|-7-----4-------7----9-----------------------------------------| A|-7-----4-------5----7-----------------------------------------| E|-5-----2------------------------------------------------------| Order Intro Verse 1 Chorus 1 Verse 2 Chorus 1 Bridge Verse 3 Chorus 1 Chorus 2 Intro Lyrics Stranded, lost inside myself My own worst friend And my own closest enemy (Verse 1) Branded, maladjusted Never trusted anyone Let alone myself I must insist on being a pessimist (Chorus 1) I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind Elected, the rejected I perfected the science Of the idiot (Verse 2) No meaning, and no healing Self-loathing freak And introverted deviot (Chorus 1) (Bridge) Stranded, lost inside myself My own worst friend And my own closest enemy (Verse 3) Elected, the rejected I perfected the science Of the idiot (Chorus 1) I'm gettin pissed, I'm a worthless pessimist (Chorus 2) I'm a loner in a claustrophobic mind