American Idiot Music: Green Day Album: American Idiot (2004) Tab By: reizig (reizig@hotmail.com) Standard Tuning (E A D G B E) No other tab has gotten this song right, so here it is. 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: There are other places on the neck you can play it, but this is the most accurate tab of this solo you can find. 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---66---66---66---66--6---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|--1-1-1-1-1-3-4-3-1--------------------------------------------| 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|--1-1-1-1-1-3-4-3-1--------------------------------------------| 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 media (Verse 1) Hey, can you hear the sound of hysteria? 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 who're meant to follow Well that's enough to argue Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda (Verse 2) Now everybody do the propaganda And sing along in the age of paranoia (Chorus) Don't wanna be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media (Verse 3) Information age of hysteria It's going out to idiot America (Chorus) Legend: h = hammer-on p = pull-off b = bend / = slide up \ = slide down v = vibrato - reizig