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Green Day – Dilemma Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
D              Bm
 Welcome to my problems
Em                A
  It's not an invitation
D             Bm
 This is my dilemma
Em              A
  And it's my obsession

[Chorus]
D      A
 I was sober,
          Bm     A
now I'm drunk again
D       A
 I'm in trouble and
    Bm
 in love again
G
 I don't want to be
   A        D
 a dead man walking
G
 I don't want to be
   A
 a dead man walking

[Instrument]
D G D A
D G D A

[Verse 2]
D              Bm
 Welcome to my nightmare
Em
  Where dreams
       A
 go to disappear
D              Bm
 Sit around in rehab
Em               A
  Feeling like a lab rat
D                 Bm
 Strange days are here again
Em                 A
  And it's getting weirder
D                 Bm
 Here's to all my problems
Em               A
  I just want to drink
a poison

[Chorus]
D      A
 I was sober,
         Bm     A
now I'm drunk again
D       A
 I'm in trouble and
    Bm
in love again
G
 I don't want to be
   A        D
 a dead man walking
G
 I don't want to be
    A
 a dead man walking
D      A
 I was sober,
        Bm     A
now I'm drunk again
D       A
 I'm in trouble and
    Bm
 in love again
G
 I don't want to be
   A        D
 a dead man walking
G
 I don't want to be
   A
 a dead man walking

[Instrument]
D G D A
D G D A

[Bridge]
     G
Woah why, when I fall
          Gm
asleep tonight

I'll be waiting in prayer,
     E
 oh why?
For despair and
                A
 obsession, are you?
Yeah!

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[Instrument]
D G D A
G Gm E A

[Chorus]
D N.C.
 I was sober,
 now I'm drunk again
D       A
 I'm in trouble
        Bm
and in love again
G
 I don't want to be
   A        D
 a dead man walking
G
 I don't want to be
   A
a dead man walking
D      A
 I was sober, now
     Bm     A
 I'm drunk again
D       A
 I'm in trouble and
    Bm
 in love again
G
 I don't want to be
   A        D
 a dead man walking
G
 I don't want to be
   A
a dead man walking


[Outro]
D G D A
D G D A
D

Watch: Green Day - Dilemma (Official Music Video)

From Green Day on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Dilemma: key, chords and progression

These are Dilemma chords by Green Day on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Dilemma by Green Day is written in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯) and moves through 7 chords: D, Bm, Em, A, G, Gm and E.

Most of the song cycles through A – D – A – Bm (V – I – V – vi in D major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: Bm and Gm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.