Green Day - Westbound Sign: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Westbound Sign" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Westbound Sign Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Green Day

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Westbound Sign" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#       F
Boxed up, all of her favorite things,
Gm                 D#
sold the rest at a rainy yard sale
A#             F                     Gm         D#
Big plans and leaving friends, and a westbound sign

Weighed out her choices on a scale
Prevailing nothing made sense
Just transportation and a blank decision

Chorus:
             A# Gm D#     A# Gm D#
She's taking off,  taking off
       A# Gm D#     A# Gm D#
Taking off,  taking off

No time and no copping out
She's burning daylight and petrol
Blacked out the rearview mirror, heading westward on

Strung out on confusion road
And ten-minute nervous breakdowns
Xanax, a beer for thought, and she's determined

Chorus

   F            G#            D#               A#
Oh is this salvation, or an escape from discontent?
 F                 G#            D#         A#
Will she find her name, in the California cement?
 F                       G#
Punched her out of the grind,
              D#               A#
that punched her one too many times
     F           G#             D#
Is tragedy two thousand miles away?
             A#
She's taking off



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Westbound Sign" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Westbound Sign" by Green Day.

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