Song: Are We The Waiting
Album: American Idiot
Artist: Green Day
Drummer: Tré Cool
Tempo: 112 BPM
Tabbed by Chromana

Notes:
The same rhythm is kept throughout with only the cymbals missing from the Intro.
This song is good for beginners and the introduction to syncopation (off-beat playing).
I have seen many tabs of this song that are simply wrong, even with the wrong number of beats per bar! This aims to be the perfect tabulation.
Any corrections/questions/quibbles: chromana@gmail.com

KEY
CC = Crash Cymbal
Hf = Hi-hat With Foot
HT = High Tom
MT = Medium Tom
FT = Floor Tom
S = Snare Drum
B = Bass Drum

Intro (0:00)
  /--------x4-------/
 S|---o----|---o----|
HT|-----o--|--------|
MT|--------|-----o--|
FT|--------|-------o|
 B|o-------|o-------|
  |1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

Verse 1 (0:17)
  /-----------------x5----------------/
CC|x-------|--------|--------|--------|
Hf|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|
 S|---o----|---o----|---o----|---o----|
HT|-----o--|--------|-----o--|--------|
MT|--------|-----o--|--------|-----o--|
FT|--------|-------o|--------|-------o|
 B|o-------|o-------|o-------|o-------|

Chorus 1 (1:00) [identical to Verse 1, but only played TWICE]
  /-----------------x2----------------/
CC|x-------|--------|--------|--------|
Hf|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|
 S|---o----|---o----|---o----|---o----|
HT|-----o--|--------|-----o--|--------|
MT|--------|-----o--|--------|-----o--|
FT|--------|-------o|--------|-------o|
 B|o-------|o-------|o-------|o-------|

Verse 2 (1:17) [identical to Verse 1]
  /-----------------x5----------------/
CC|x-------|--------|--------|--------|
Hf|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|
 S|---o----|---o----|---o----|---o----|
HT|-----o--|--------|-----o--|--------|
MT|--------|-----o--|--------|-----o--|
FT|--------|-------o|--------|-------o|
 B|o-------|o-------|o-------|o-------|

Chorus 2 (2:00) [identical to Verse 1]
  /-----------------x5----------------/
CC|x-------|--------|--------|--------|
Hf|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|
 S|---o----|---o----|---o----|---o----|
HT|-----o--|--------|-----o--|--------|
MT|--------|-----o--|--------|-----o--|
FT|--------|-------o|--------|-------o|
 B|o-------|o-------|o-------|o-------|

END (2:43)
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