----------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Idiot (Live) - Green Day ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Country Bass E-mail: aaron.white8@education.nsw.gov.au Track: 1 Album: Bullet In A Bible I've tabbed it out for the bullet in a bible album, The only real difference between the live and studio version is Billie extends the guitar solo and gets the crowd pumped during the bridge The studio version is the exact same except the bridge the bass only plays the final 4th fret A Tuning: Standard Intro Guitar starts the song with muted strumming followed by the main riff once, then the bass comes in G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|--------4-4-4-----4---4--| x3 E|--4-4-4-------2-2---2----| Verse G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------4-4-4-----4---4--------------4-4-4-----4---4--| x2 E|--------4-4-4-------2-2---2----------4-4-4-------2-2---2----| Chorus G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--6-| E|-------------------------4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4--| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--6-| E|-------------------------4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------| Pre-Verse G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-4-------4-4-4-----4---4-------4-4-4-----4---4-| E|---4-4-4-------2-2---2---4-4-4-------2-2---2---| Bridge G|---| |-----------------------| D|---| |-----------------------| A|-4-| |------4-4-4-----4---4--| x4 E|---| |4-4-4-------2-2---2----| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--6-| E|-------------------------4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4--| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--6-| E|-------------------------4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|--------4-4-4-----4---4--| x32 E|--4-4-4-------2-2---2----| Chorus 3/Outro G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--6-| E|-------------------------4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4--| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6--6-| E|-------------------------4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4--4-------------------------| G|-------------------------| |----------| D|-------------------------| |----------| A|--------4-4-4-----4---4--| x4 Guitar plays riff once |-----4-4--| E|--4-4-4-------2-2---2----| |-4-4------| Playing Order Intro Verse Chorus Pre-Verse Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus 3/Outro Have Fun | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================