Green Day: American Idiot Guitar Tab

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Green Day
American Idiot

Guitar Legend for this song
#=let ring

Intro
e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D-----666---6----
A-666-444-4-4-6-4
E-444-----2---4-2     4x   (1stx clean,then switch to distortion)

Verse
e--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------666---6----
A-----------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E-----------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"Don't want to be an American idiot."

e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------666---6----
A----------------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E----------------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"Don't want a nation under the new mania."

e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------666---6----
A---------------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E---------------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"And can you hear the sound of hysteria?"

e------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------666---6----
A---------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E---------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"The subliminal mind-f**k America"

Chorus
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D-666666666-----------888888888----------
A-444444444-666666666-666666666-666666666
E-----------444444444-----------444444444
  "Welcome to a new kind of tension, all across the alien nation, 
where everything isn't meant to be okay."

e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D-666666666-----------888888888
A-444444444-666666666-666666666
E-----------444444444----------
  "Television dreams of tomorrow, we're not the ones meant to 
follow, for that's enough to argue."

Pre-Verse
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D-------------------666---6----
A---------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E---------------444-----2---4-2  2x
(Tre Cool drums)

Verse
e--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------666---6----
A-----------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E-----------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"Well maybe I'm the f**got America."

e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------666---6----
A------------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E------------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"I'm not a part of a redneck agenda."

e------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------666---6----
A---------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E---------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"Now everybody do the propaganda!"

e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------666---6----
A---------------------------------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E---------------------------------------444-----2---4-2
"And sing along to the age of paranoia."

Chorus
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D-666666666-----------888888888----------
A-444444444-666666666-666666666-666666666
E-----------444444444-----------444444444
  "Welcome to a new kind of tension, all across the alien nation, 
where everything isn't meant to be okay."

e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D-666666666-----------888888888
A-444444444-666666666-666666666
E-----------444444444----------
  "Television dreams of tomorrow, we're not the ones meant to 
follow, for that's enough to argue."

Bridge
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D-------------------666---6----
A---------------666-444-4-4-6-4
E---------------444-----2---4-2  4x
(Tre Cool drums)

Solo
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------8888-10-11-10-8-6-888-101010-121212-131213
A-888888-6-4-66666-8-6-4-3-------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------13#---------------------
D--------------------------8888-10-11-10-8-6-------------------------
A-888888-6-4-66666-8-6-4-3-------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus
e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D-----666---6----
A-666-444-4-4-6-4
E-444-----2---4-2
"Don't want to be an American idiot"

e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D-----666---6----
A-666-444-4-4-6-4
E-444-----2---4-2
"One nation controlled by the media"

e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D-----666---6----
A-666-444-4-4-6-4
E-444-----2---4-2
"Information age of hysteria"

e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A--------------------------- (Billie Joe sings only)
E--------------------------- (This is where nobody makes a sound, be sure it mute guitar)
"Calling out to idiot America."

Chorus
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D-666666666-----------888888888----------
A-444444444-666666666-666666666-666666666
E-----------444444444-----------444444444
  "Welcome to a new kind of tension, all across the alien nation, 
where everything isn't meant to be okay."

e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D-666666666-----------888888888
A-444444444-666666666-666666666
E-----------444444444----------
  "Television dreams of tomorrow, we're not the ones meant to 
follow, for that's enough to argue."

Pre-Outro
e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D-----666---6----
A-666-444-4-4-6-4
E-444-----2---4-2   4x (1st x clean)

Outro
e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D-----666---666--
A-666-444-4-444-6
E-444-----2-----4
 (clean---) (distortion)

This is my first tab so I hope that I am correct.
This song is so good that I'm glad they don't play it on the radio.
Have fun! Make sure to listen to the song to make sure you're playing 
it right.

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