St. Jimmy - Tutorial

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  1. Song Audio
  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: A D A (strum on A string whole time)

(only strum on A)                            D A
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway
(only strum on A)                           D A
Upon the boulevard like a zipgun on parade
(only strum on A)     D A
Lights of a silhouette
(only strum on A) D A
He's insubordinate
              E               D    A
Comin' at you on the count of one, two
(1,2,3,4!)

A D E A D E A 

A          D             E          A
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
A          D                 E            A
Just like a murder that your mother talked about
A           D               E            A
King of the 40 thieves and I'm here to represent
A          D             E          A
The needle in the vein of the establishment
D                           A
I'm the patron saint of the denial
D                        E
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal

A D E A D E A 

A          D               E             A
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope
A          D                E          A
I am the son of a b*tch of Edgar Allen Poe
A              D          E        A
Raised in the city in the halo of lights
A          D                 E          A
product of war and fear that we've been victimized

D                           A
I'm the patron saint of the denial
D                        E
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal

A D A D E A D A D 
E
Are you talkin to me?!
A D A D E A D A D 
E
I'll give you somethin to cry about!!
A E F# F (x4)

St.Jimmy!!

A D E A D E



A                          D
My name is St. Jimmy I'm a son of a gun
        E                       A
I'm the one that's from the way outside, now
A                  D
A teenage assassin executing some fun
       E                     A
in the cult of the life of crime, now
A                               D
I'd really hate to say it but I told you so
        E                             A
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down 'ol boy
A                       D
Welcome to the club and give me some blood
        E                      A
I'm the resident leader of the lost and found
     A   D
It's comedy!
    E    A
And tragedy!
     A   D
It's St. Jimmy!
    EEEEEE    A
And that's my name!!......
                            A A A A
And don't wear it out!!!!!!!




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