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Introduction: D A G
D A G
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
D A G
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
D A G
The last one born and the first one to run
D A G
My town was blind from refinery sun
Bm G
My generation is zero
Bm G A
I never made it as a working class hero
D A G
21st century breakdown
D A G
I once was lost but never was found
D A G
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
D A G
To the 20th century deadline
D A G
I was made of poison and blood
D A G
Condemnation is what I understood
D A G
Video games of the tower's fall
D A G
Homeland security could kill us all
Bm G
My generation is zero
Bm G A
I never made it as a working class hero
D A G
21st century breakdown
D A G
I once was lost but never was found
D A G
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
D A G
To the 20th century deadline
A D
We are the class, of the class of '13
A D
Born in the era of humility
A D
We are the desperate in the decline
A
Raised by the bastards of 1969
D G A D
My name is 'No one' the long lost son
Born on the 4th of July
D G A D
Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive
D G A D
I am a nation, a worker of pride
My debt to the status quo
D G A D
The scars on my hands and all means to an end
It's all that I have to show
D G A D
I swallowed my pride, and I choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul
D G A D
I've broken my fingers, and lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control
D
I've been to the edge
G A D
And I've thrown the bouquet
Of flowers left over from the grave
D
I sat in the waiting room
G A D
Wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day
G A D G A D
I praise liber ty, the freedom to o bey
G A D
It's a song that strangles me
G D A
Well don't cross the line
D C# B
Oh, dream, American dream
A G
I can't even sleep
Bb D
From light's early dawn
D C# B
Oh, scream, America scream
A G
Believe what you see
Bb
From heroes and cons