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Tabbed By Bryant Matthews

Intro/Main Riff

E|----------------------------------------------------------4-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6------------------6-6-6-------6-----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6------------------6-6-6-------6-------|  x2
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--6--4-----6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4----|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----4--2-----4-4-4---------2-2-----2----|

Verse (Verse 2 lyrics not included)

Don't wanna be an American idiot

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---------6-6-6-------6--------|
D|---------6-6-6-------6--------|
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--6--4--|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----4--2--|

Don't want a nation under the new mania

E|---------------------------4-|
B|---------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6-----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6-------| 
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4----|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----2----|

Can you hear the sound of hysteria?

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---------6-6-6-------6--------|
D|---------6-6-6-------6--------|
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--6--4--|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----4--2--|

The subliminal mindfuck america

E|---------------------------4-|
B|---------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6-----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6-------| 
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4----|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----2----|

Chorus

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6666666666666-----------------88888888888888------------------|
D|-6666666666666--6666666666666--88888888888888--66666666666666--|
A|-4444444444444--6666666666666--66666666666666--66666666666666--|
E|----------------4444444444444------------------44444444444444--|

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------| (go to the outro after the third time)
G|-6666666666666-----------------88888888888888--| 
D|-6666666666666--6666666666666--88888888888888--|
A|-4444444444444--6666666666666--66666666666666--|
E|----------------4444444444444------------------|

Post Chorus

E|----------------------------------------------------------4-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6------------------6-6-6-------6-----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6------------------6-6-6-------6-------|  (x2 on second time)
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--6--4-----6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4----|  (Go to guitar solo on
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----4--2-----4-4-4---------2-2-----2----|    second time as well)

Go Back to Verse (Listen to the song for Verse 2 lyrics)

Guitar Solo

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------8-----------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------9----11---------11---6-------|
G|1010101010101010-8-6--88888-10-8-6--5--3333-56-5-3/8--88---88----88---88----8---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-4--66666-8--6-4----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

After Solo

E|---------------------------4-|
B|---------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6-----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6-------|  x5 
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4----|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----2----|

Go Back to Chorus

Outro
E|--------------------------4-|
B|--------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6------|
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4---|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2-----2---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------4-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------4-|
G|---------6-6-6-------6--------------6-6-6-------6----4-|
D|---------6-6-6-------6--------------6-6-6-------6------|  x3
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4-6-4---6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4--4---|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2----4-2---4-4-4---------2-2-----2---|

(On third time)

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6-6-6-------6---------------6-6-6-------6-6------|
D|---------6-6-6-------6---------------6-6-6-------6-6------| 
A|--6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4-6-4----6-6-6--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4----|
E|--4-4-4---------2-2----4-2----4-4-4---------2-2------2----|


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