Track 1: American Idiot

----------------------------------------------------------Note: The xxx000 in the Main Riff/Verse is often

overlooked.
Listen to the song carefully; it often replaces the
final F#5.
As far as I've seen, though, they don't bother with it
while
playing live, so you can just play an F#5 instead.
Main Riff:
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------6---------6-----------------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6---4---------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6---4---------|
E|-4---------2--------4---2---------|
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5
e|------------------------0---------|
B|------------------------0---------|
G|------6---------6-------0---------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------|
E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
Verse:
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------6---------6------------|
D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6---4----|
A|---------------6----4----4----4---6---4----|
E|---------------4---------2--------4---2----|
G#5

C#5

F#5

C#5 G#5

e|--------------------------------------0-----|
B|--------------------------------------0-----|
G|--------------------6---------6-------0-----|
D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6---------|
A|---------------6----4----4----4---6---------|
E|---------------4---------2--------4---------|
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------6---------6------------|
D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6---4----|
A|---------------6----4----4----4---6---4----|
E|---------------4---------2--------4---2----|

G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------6---------6------------|
D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6--------|
A|---------------6----4----4----4---6--12---|
E|---------------4---------2--------4--------|
Chorus:
C#5 G#5

D#5

G#5

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-6---------8----------------|
D|-6----6----8----6-----------|
A|-4----6----6----6-----------|
E|------4---------4-----------|
C#5

G#5

D#5

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-6---------8--------------|
D|-6----6----8--------------|
A|-4----6----6--------------|
E|------4-------------------|

Solo:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-6---8-8-8-8-8-8/10-8-6-5----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6-4---6-6-6-6-6-6/8--6-4-3----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------6----8----6---------------------|

B|-------------------------9-----------------9v-----------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-5-6-5-3---88---88---88---88--8--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-6---8-8-8-8-8/10-8-6-5------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6-4---6-6-6-6-6/8--6-4-3------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-5-6-5-3-8/13v-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------

---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
End:
G#5

C#5

F#5

C#5 G#5

e|-------------------------0--------|
B|-------------------------0--------|
G|------6---------6--------0--------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------|
E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------6---------6-----------------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6---4---------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6---4---------|
E|-4---------2--------4---2---------|
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5
e|------------------------0---------|
B|------------------------0---------|
G|------6---------6-------0---------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------|
E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|

G|------6---------6-----------------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6---4---------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6---4---------|
E|-4---------2--------4---2---------|
G#5

C#5

F#5

C#5 G#5

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------6---------6-----------------|
D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------|
A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------|
E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
Order:
Main Riff x2
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff x1
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff x1
Chorus w/ Solo (no lyrics)
Second part of Main Riff x5
Chorus
End
Lyrics:
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
1)
Can you hear the sound of hysteria?

(Verse

The subliminal mind-fuck America

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be OK

(Chorus)

Television dreams of tomorrow

We're not the ones meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
2)
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along in the age of paranoia

(Verse

(Chorus)
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
3)
Information age of hysteria
It's going out to idiot America
(Chorus)

(Verse