The Grouch
Green Day
nimrod. (1997)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal
Notes: Once you get the strumming pattern, it's an easy song to
play. Billie Joe probably plays all the D's and A's in open
position, but it doesn't really matter.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Verse
A5 E5 A5 D5 A5 E5 D5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------7--------------7-------------------------------|
D|-7----2----7----7----7----2----7----2--------------------------|
A|-7----2----7----5----7----2----5----2--------------------------|
E|-5----0----5---------5----0---------0--------------------------|

A5 E5 A5 D5 A5 E5 A5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------7---------9------------------------------------|
D|-7----2----7----7----7----9----7-------------------------------|
A|-7----2----7----5----7----7----7-------------------------------|
E|-5----0----5---------5----0----5-------------------------------|

Chorus
F#5 D5 A5 E5 F#5 D5 A5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------7-------------------7---------9--------------------------|
D|-4----7----7----2----4----7----7----9--------------------------|
A|-4----5----7----2----4----5----7----7--------------------------|
E|-2---------5----0----2---------5-------------------------------|

Bridge (played over verse chords)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5--7-7--5-5--5--5-5--3-3--5-5--0h2-2-2p0--0-0h2-2h3-3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(chorus chords)
e|-------------------------------0-0-----------------------------|
B|-2-2--5-5--3-0----2--3-3--2-2--0-0--2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-/5\2-----|
G|---------------2--2--2-2--2-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------0-0----------------------------------------------|
B|-2--3-3--2-2--0-0--2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-/5-5-5-/5-5b--------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

End
A5 E5 A5 A5 E5 A5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------7--------------9-----------------------------------------|
D|-7----7----7----7----9----7----7-------------------------------|
A|-7----9----7----7----7----7----7-------------------------------|
E|-5---------5----5---------5----5-------------------------------|


Order
Verse 1
Verse 2
Chorus x2
Verse 3
Verse 4
Chorus x2
Bridge
Verse 1
End


Lyrics

I was a young boy that had big plans
Now I'm just a shitty old man (Verse 1)
I don't have fun and I hate everything
The world owes me so fuck you

Glory days don't mean shit to me
I drank a six-pack of apathy
Life's a bitch and so am I (Verse 2)
The world owes me so fuck you

Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals (Chorus)
I had a young and optimistic point of view

I've decomposed yet my gut's gettin fat
Oh my God, I'm turning out like my dad
I'm always rude, I got a bad attitude (Verse 3)
The world owes me so fuck you

The wife's a nag and the kid's fuckin up
I don't have sex cuz I can't get it up (Verse 4)
I'm just a grouch sitting on the couch
The world owes me so fuck you

(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Verse 1)
(Verse 2)

The world owes me so fuck you (End)
The world owes me so fuck you