Chords
Caia Fogo

Holiday by Green Day criticizes American politics and the George W. Bush administration during the Iraq War. It is part of the American Idiot album, envisioned as a punk opera that narrates the disillusionment and search for identity of a generation.

Key: F

Introduction:  Fm   Db   Ab   Eb  

difficulty
easy |||||
 F5                     C#5                   Ab5         Eb5 
      Hear the sound of the falling rain
 F5                 C#5                 Ab5   C5           F5 
      Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey)
             C#5           Ab5             Eb5         C5 
The shame, the ones who died without a name
 F5                     C#5                 Ab5         Eb5 
      Hear the dogs howling out of key
 F5             C#5                   Ab5             C5   F5 
      To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey)
             C#5             Ab5         Eb5           C5 
And bleed, the company lost the war today
 F5                       C#5                           Ab5                       Eb5 
      I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
 F5                           C#5                       Ab5                 C5 
      This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday
 F5                       C#5                 Ab5         Eb5 
      Hear the drum pounding out of time
 F5                     C#5   Ab5           C5                 F5 
      Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey)
         C#5             Ab5       Eb5       C5 
To find, the money' s on the other side
 F5               C#5   Ab5         C#5 
      Can I get another Amen? (Amen)
 F5                         C#5 
      There' s a flag wrapped
     Ab5           C5           F5 
Around a score of men (Hey)
       C#5         Ab5       Eb5           C5 
A gag, A plastic bag on a monument
 F5                       C#5                           Ab5                       Eb5 
      I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
 F5                           C#5                       Ab5                 C5 
      This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday
            Ab5   C5   F5   Eb5) 
The representative from California has the floor
Zieg Heil to the president gasman
                                           Eb5     C5   F5 
Is not a way that' s meant for me
 C5 
      Just cause, Just cause, because we' re outlaws!
 F5                       C#5                           Ab5                       Eb5 
      I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
 F5                           C#5                       Ab5                 C5 
      This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
 F5                       C#5                           Ab5                       Eb5 
      I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
 F5                           C#5                       Ab5                 C5 
      This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
                                                     F5   C#5   Ab5   Eb5 
This is our lives on Holiday

      C#5     Eb5   C5   F5 
(F5)