American Idiot original guitar chords by
Green Day

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Key: Ab major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Don't wanna be an American idiot
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Don't want a nation under the new mania
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Hey can you hear the sound of hysteria?
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The subliminal mind-fuck America
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Chorus 1
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Welcome to a new kind of tension
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All across the alien nation
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Where everything isn't meant to be okay
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Television dreams of tomorrow
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We're not the ones
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who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
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 to the age of paranoia
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Chorus 2
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Welcome to a new kind of tension
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Eb5 Eb5 6
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All across the alien nation
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Where everything isn't meant to be okay
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Television dreams of tomorrow
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We're not the ones
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who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Interlude 2
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Solo 1

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Verse 3

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Don't wanna be an Ameri can idi ot

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One nation controlled by the medi a

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Information Age of hysteria

Chorus 3
It's calling out to idiot America
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Welcome to a new kind of tension
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Eb5 Eb5 6
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All across the alien nation
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Where everything isn't meant to be okay
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Television dreams of tomorrow
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We're not the ones
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who're meant to follow
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Outro 1

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