Westbound Sign
Green Day
Insomniac (1995)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: One simple punk song.

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

Verse
B5 F#5 G#5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----4----6----2----------------------------------------------|
A|-9----4----6----2----------------------------------------------|
E|-7----2----4----0----------------------------------------------|

Chorus (x4)
B5 G#5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----6--9-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-9----6--7-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-7----4--------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
F#5 A5 E5 B5 (x3) F#5 A5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4----7----2----9---------4----7----2--------------------------|
A|-4----7----2----9---------4----7----2--------------------------|
E|-2----5----0----7---------2----5----0--------------------------|


Order

Chorus chords
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Bridge
Verse chords x4
Chorus chords x6


Lyrics

Boxed up all of her favourite things
Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale
Big plans and leaving friends
And a westbound sign (Verse 1)
Weighed out her choices on a scale
Prevailing nothing made sense
Just transportation and a blank decision

She's taking off
Taking off (Chorus)
Taking off
Taking off

No time and no copping out
She's burning daylight and petrol
Blacked out the rearview mirror
And westward on
Strung out on confusion road
And ten minute nervous breakdowns
Xanex a beer for thought
And she's determined

(Chorus)

Oh is it salvation?
Or an escape from discontent?
Will she find a name
In the California cement
Punched out of the grind (Bridge)
The punched her once too many times
Is tragedy 2000 miles away?
She's taking off