American Idiot
American Idiot
GD
Green Day
ChordsTempo: 184*
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Multiple possible keys*
- Ab (Song metadata)
- Abm (Chord analysis)
Intro
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Verse 1
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Don't wanna be an American idiot
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Don't want a nation under the new mania
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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
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The subliminal mind-fuck America
Chorus
Db5
Welcome to a new kind of tension
Ab5
All across the alien nation
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Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Db5
Television dreams of tomorrow
Ab5
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Eb5 N.C.
For that's enough to argue
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Verse 2
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Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
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I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
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Now everybody do the propaganda
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And sing along to the age of paranoia
Chorus
Db5
Welcome to a new kind of tension
Ab5
All across the alien nation
Eb5 Ab5
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Db5
Television dreams of tomorrow
Ab5
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Eb5 N.C.
For that's enough to argue
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Gb5
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Gb5
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5
(Slide your fingers through the fretboard twice)
Guitar Solo
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D|--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x---x-x-x-x--x---x--x--x----|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8---6--4---6-6-6-6--8---6--4--3----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
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B|----------------------------9-----11-----------11---9-------|
G|----3---3-3-5-6---5-3---8-8---8-8----8-8---8-8----8---(8)---|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
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G|--10-10-10-10-10-10--8--6---8-8-8-8--10--8--6--5----|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x---x-x-x-x--x---x--x--x----|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8---6--4---6-6-6-6--8---6--4--3----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
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B|--------------------------9---------------------------------|
G|----3---3-3-5-6---5-3---8-----------------------------------|
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Bridge
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Gb5
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Gb5
One nation controlled by the media
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Information age of hysteria
N.C.
It's calling out to idiot America
Chorus
Db5
Welcome to a new kind of tension
Ab5
All across the alien nation
Eb5 Ab5
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Db5
Television dreams of tomorrow
Ab5
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Eb5 N.C.
For that's enough to argue
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Gb5
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Gb5
Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5
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