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