American Idiot

Intro: G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#   - repeat 4x -
 
Verse 1:
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Don't wanna be an American idiot.
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Don't want a nation that under the new media.
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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
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The subliminal mindxxxx America.
 
 
Chorus:
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
G#
All across the alien nation.
D#                           G#
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
G#
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
D#
Convincing them to walk you.
 
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#
 
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 in the age of paranoia.
 
 
Chorus:
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
G#
All across the alien nation.
D#                           G#
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
G#
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
D#
Convincing them to walk you.
 
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#
 
Solo
 
Bridge:
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#
 
Verse 3:
G#       Db   F#    Db   G#   F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
G#      Db      F#    Db     G#
One nation controlled by the media.
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
Information nation of hysteria.
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It's going out to idiot America.
 
 
Chorus:
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
G#
All across the alien nation.
D#                           G#
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
G#
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
D#
Convincing them to walk you.
 
Outro:
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#   F#
G#   Db   F#   Db  G#      

source: ukutabs.com

Chords

G#
Db
F#
D#

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lyricist: Billie Joe Armstrong
composer: Green Day
musicbrainz_work_id: 0c634b78-ed1f-37fa-81fd-487623f29902
Language: dutch; english