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St. Jimmy
Green Day
This is a simplified version of the song that I created for an 8-year-old student. It's played on just the 6th string. Instead of chord names, only the 6th string fret number is provided.
Playing a bass line on the 6th string is the easiest way to play a song on guitar--perfect for total beginners or kids who want to sing and play at the same time.
Intro: / 5 - - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - /
5 (12)
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway
Upon the boulevard like a zipgun on parade
Lights of a silhouette, He's insubordinate
5 10 0 10
Comin' at you on the count of one, two (1,2,3,4!)
/ 5 - - - / 10 - - - / 0 - - - / 5 - - - / x2
5 10 0 5
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
5 10 0 5
Just like a murder that your mother talked about
5 10 0 5
King of the 40 thieves and I'm here to represent
5 10 0 5
The needle in the vein of the establishment
Chorus:
10 (2) 5 (2)
I'm the patron saint of the denial
10 (2) 0 (2)
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
/ 5 - - - / 10 - - - / 0 - - - / 5 - - - / x2
5 10 0 5
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope
5 10 0 5
I am the son of a gun of Edgar Allen Poe
5 10 0 5
Raised in the city in the halo of lights
5 10 0 5
product of war and fear that we've been victimized
Chorus
/ 5 - - - / 10 - 5 10 / 0 - - - / - - - - / x4
/ 5 - - - / 12 - - - / 8 - - - / 11 - - - / x4
/ 5 - - - / - - - - / 10 - - - / - - - - /
/ 12 - - - / - - - - / 5 - - - / - - - - /
/ 5 - - - / - - - - / 10 - - - / - - - - /
/ 12 - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - /
/ 12 (hold) - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - /
Change to half-time:
/ 5 - - - / 10 - - - / 3 - 10 - / 5 - - - /
5 10
My name is St. Jimmy I'm a son of a gun
3 (½) 10 (½) 5
I'm the one that's from the way outside, now
5 10
A teenage assassin executing some fun
3 (½) 10 (½) 5
in the cult of the life of crime, now
5 10
I'd really hate to say it but I told you so
3 (½) 10 (½) 5
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down 'ol boy
5 10
Welcome to the club and give me some blood
3 (½) 10 (½) 5
I'm the resident leader of the lost and found
5 10
It's comedy!
0 5
And tragedy!
5 10
It's St. Jimmy!
0 5 (hold)
And that's my name!
5
And don't wear it out!
End on 5
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
