Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Tutorial

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  2. Song Form (PDF)

Song Audio

Album: American Idiot (2004) - YouTube

Lyrics and Chords

Guitar: Overdrive Opportunity

It's fun to click on your overdrive pedal for the Chorus in this song. Work on your settings to try to get a similar amount of crunch on your guitar amp.

Lyrics and Chords
INTRO
|: Fm / Ab / | Eb / Bb / :|

[Verse]

 Fm      Ab              Eb          Bb         Fm 
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known
            Ab             Eb              Bb               
Don't know where it goes, But it's home to me and I walk alone

|: Fm / Ab / | Eb / Bb / :|

 Fm          Ab            Eb          Bb         Fm
I walk this empty street, On the Boulevard of broken dreams
             Ab            Eb          Bb        
Where the city sleeps, And I'm the only one and I walk alone


 Fm   Ab Eb        Bb           Fm
             I walk alone, I walk alone.
 Fm   Ab Eb        Bb          
             I walk alone, I walk a....

[Chorus]
 Db       Ab        Eb             Fm 
    My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
 Db       Ab        Eb           Fm 
    My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
    Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
 Db          Ab   C 
    Till then I walk alone


 Fm    Ab     Eb   Bb 
Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah   Ahhh-Ah 
     Fm   Ab     Eb  Bb 
haaa-ah  Ah-Ah Ah-Ah   Ah-Ah


[Verse 2]

 Fm          Ab            Eb               Bb              Fm          
I'm walking down the line That divides me somewhere in my mind
         Ab            Eb          Bb           Fm
On the border line of the edge And where I walk alone
Fm Ab Eb Bb


 Fm          Ab          Eb           Bb            Fm
Read between the lines What's messed up and everything's all right
           Ab            Eb          Bb         Fm
Check my vital signs, to know I'm still alive And I walk alone


[Hook]

 Fm   Ab Eb        Bb           Fm
             I walk alone, I walk alone.
 Fm   Ab Eb        Bb          
             I walk alone, I walk a....

[Chorus]
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
 Db    Ab     C 
Till then I walk alone


 Fm    Ab     Eb   Bb 
Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah   Ahhh-Ah 
     Fm   Ab     Eb  Bb 
haaa-ah  Ah-Ah Ah-Ah   Ah-Ah


[Solo]

Rhythm -  Db  Ab  Eb  Fm x3
          Db  Ab  C 


[Bridge]
  Fm          Ab          Eb           Bb         Fm
I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of broken dreams
           Ab             Eb         Bb          
Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk a...,


[Hook]
[Chorus]
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
 Db    Ab        Eb              Fm 
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
 Db    Ab     C       C      C    
Till then I walk alone

[Outro]
|: Fm / Db / | Eb / Bb/D / | Ab / E / :| x3

|  Fm / Db / | Eb / Bb/D / | Ab Ab  E E ||




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