American Idiot

Tom: Ab
Intro: Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#   (repeat 4x)

Verse 1:
(no chords)                       Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
(no chords)                                 Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
Don't want a nation that under the new media.

(no chords)                            Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

(no chords)                     Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab 
The subliminal mindfuck America.


Chorus:
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab

Verse 2:
(no chords)                       Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
(no chords)                        Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab 
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
(no chords)                     Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Now everybody do the propaganda.
(no chords)                           Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab  
And sing along in the age of paranoia.


Chorus:
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab

Solo:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--10-10-10-10-10-10-8--6-----8-8-8-8--10-8--6--5--3-3-3-3h5-6-5\3-3---
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----------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------8--------11--------
B--------9--------11------------------------9--
G--8--8-----8--8------8--8-----8--8------8-----
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------9--
G--10-10-10-10-10-10-8--6-----8-8-8-8--10-8--6--5--3-3-3-3h5-6-5\3-3/8-----
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------


Bridge:
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab


Verse 3:

Ab       C#   F#    C#   Ab   F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
  
Ab      C#      F#    C#     Ab
One nation controlled by the media.
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Information nation of hysteria.
(no chords)
It's going out to idiot America.


Chorus:
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.


Outro:

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab