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Whatsername

Whatsername reflects on the memories of a past unresolved love and the acceptance of loss. It is the closing track of Green Days 2004 album American Idiot, a rock opera that tells the story of a character named Jesus of Suburbia. Whatsername serves as a reflection on a female character mentioned in other parts of the album, but whose story is left unresolved.

Key: D

Introduction:  D   Bm  

difficulty
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 D                            Bm 
Thought I ran into you down on the street
 D                          Bm 
Then it turned out to only be a dream

 G         D                  F#               Bm         A 
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
 G          D                F#               Bm         A 
She went away and then I took a different path
 G        D                   F#                Bm      A 
I remember the face but I can' t recall the name
 G                 A 
Now I wonder how Whatsername has been
    D                            Bm 
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 D                           Bm 
Seems that she disappeared without a trace
 D                       Bm 
Did she ever marry old what' s his face

 G         D                  F#               Bm         A 
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
 G          D                F#               Bm         A 
She went away and then I took a different path
 G        D                   F#                Bm      A 
I remember the face but I can' t recall the name
 G                 A 
Now I wonder how Whatsername has been

 G           D 
  Remember,  whatever,
 A                  D 
  It seems like forever ago,
 G           D 
  Remember,  whatever,
 A                  D 
  It seems like forever ago,
 G           D 
The regrets are useless,
 F# 
In my mind,
               Bm 
She' s in my head,
    A 
I must confess,
 G           D 
The regrets are useless,
     F# 
In my mind
              Bm 
She' s in my head,
    A 
From so long ago

 G          D          F#          Bm    A 
Go.. go.. go.. go.. Go.. go
 G          D          F#          Bm    A 
Go.. go.. go.. go.. Go.. go

 G             A 
And in the darkest night,
 G            A 
If my memory serves me right,
 G            A 
I' ll never turn back time
 G                  A 
Forgetting you but not the time

    D                            Bm 
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