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Insomniac

Walking Contradiction

Artist: Green Day
Album: Insomniac (1995)
Music by Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt
lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Added on Saturday, 18 October 2025
Hits: 46
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
G5 | G5 | G5 | G5

Verse 1: 0:07
 G5   C5      F5       G5
Do as I say, not as I do because
      G5       C5       F5         G5
The shit's so deep you can't run away.
   G5     C5     F5      G5
I beg to differ, on the contrary,
   G5      C5     F5            G5
Agree with ev'ry word that you say.
0:20
 G5       C5       F5         G5
Talk is cheap and lies are expensive,
    G5       C5      F5       G5
My wallet's fat and so is my head.
 G5      C5        F5           G5
Hit and run, and then I'll hit you again,
    G5        C5 F5           G5
A smart ass, but I'm playing dumb.

Instrumental: 0:32
G5 C5 | F5 G5  - x2

Verse 2: 0:38
  G5       C5       F5   G5
Standards set and broken all the time,
     G5       C5   F5       G5
Control the chaos behind a gun.
 G5     C5    F5     G5
Call it as I see it, even if
G5     C5   F5              G5
I was born deaf, blind and dumb.
0:51
 G5     C5      F5         G5
Losers winning big on the lottery,
 G5    C5       F5             G5
Rehab rejects still sniffing glue.
 G5       C5  F5     G5
Constant refutation with myself,
   G5    C5    F5    G5
A victim of a Catch 22.

Chorus 1: 1:03
C5 F5 | G5
           I have no belief,
C5 F5 | G5
           But I believe
       C5      F5    G5
I'm a walking contradiction.
      C5     F5     G5
And I ain't got no right.

Instrumental: 1:16
G5 C5 | F5 G5  - x2

Verse 3: (= [Verse 1]) 1:22
 G5   C5      F5       G5
Do as I say, not as I do because
      G5       C5       F5         G5
The shit's so deep you can't run away.
   G5     C5     F5      G5
I beg to differ, on the contrary,
   G5      C5     F5            G5
Agree with ev'ry word that you say.
1:34
 G5       C5       F5         G5
Talk is cheap and lies are expensive,
    G5       C5      F5       G5
My wallet's fat and so is my head.
 G5      C5        F5           G5
Hit and run, and then I'll hit you again,
    G5        C5 F5           G5
A smart ass, but I'm playing dumb.

Chorus 2: 1:47
C5 F5 | G5
           I have no belief,
C5 F5 | G5
           But I believe
       C5      F5    G5
I'm a walking contradiction.
      C5     F5     G5
And I ain't got no right.

Chorus 3: 1:59
C5 F5 | G5
           I have no belief,
C5 F5 | G5
           But I believe
       C5      F5    G5
I'm a walking contradiction.
      C5     F5     G5
And I ain't got no right.

Coda: 2:11
G5 C5 | F5 G5  - x2
(Hey!)
2:17
G5 C5 | F5 G5
G5 C5 | F5 G5!!!

Key

key
G
original
key
G#
G# F#
transpose
capo
on
1 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

Official Music Video
Live in Prague
Live at Letterman Show 1996
Live at Hotel Babylon 1996

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