Tabbed By Mitch Kesek (foreignobject1@hotmail.com)
Green Day
American Idiot (Title Track)
Guitarist: Billie Joe Armstrong
Recorded with: Gibson Les Paul Junior w/ Humbuckers

Watch for Billy Joe Armstrong (and more punk acts) in the upcoming movie 
"Live Freaky! Die Freaky" as Charlie Manson.

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It's a fairly easy song, all power chords except for the solo.
I'm pretty sure this is 100% right. The notes below the tabs are the power chords played. 
The solo is played on one string at a time. Not two. I know for a fact.

UPDATES--> 
-September 7th, 2004. I added the outro, and the second half of the main 
riff. See if you can spot the difference. :P
-September 14th. Someone (killbilly1982) has brought to my attention 
finally that my string notes were in the wrong order on the left. 
Thanks for pointing that out. =D
-September 22nd. Added the solo rhyme. Many people think 
the solo is played on two strings when the actual fact is that there's a rhyme.
-October 2nd. Added the pre-chorus slide and a comment.
-October 13th. Fine, it was recorded with a Gibson Les Paul Junior! Quit emailing me you morons.
-October 21st. Changed all of the "~"s to "v"s because the squiggly thing is hard to notice from a dash. It means Vibrato, so you know. Also fixed solo and added high pitched thing in the main riff.
-October 21st. Within 20 minutes of posting my above update i've gotten 4 emails asking what a vibrato is. Just wiggle the string really fast a bunch of times, not like a bend at all.
-Nov. 16th. This tab is now one hundred percent complete. No more updates. Quit emailing me and don't add me to MSN messenger. GO SEE GREEN DAY TOMORROW IF YOU'RE IN VANCOUVER.

Main Riff
e|--------------------------|---------------------[5]-|
B|--------------------------|---------------------[5]-|
G|-------666------6---------|-------666------6----[5]-|
D|-666---666--44--6--6---4--|--666--666--44--6--6-----|
A|-666---444--44--4--6---4--|--666--444--44--4--6-----|
E|-444--------22-----4---2--|--444-------22-----4-----|
   G#5  C#5  F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5   G#5  C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5

Chorus
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-12/--66666666------------88888888------------|
D|-12/--66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--|
A|-10/--44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--|
E|----------------44444444------------44444444--|
   F#5      C#5        G#5        D#5        G#5 

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--------66666666--------------88888888----------|
D|--------66666666---66666666---88888888----------|
A|--------44444444---66666666---66666666----------|
E|-------------------44444444---------------------|
             C#5         G#5        D#5

Solo
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------4---6--8--6-4v|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------44-444-44-44----|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-6--888888/10-8-6-5---3-3-3-5-6-5-333-----------------|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x--xxxxxx-x--x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-----------------|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---6-4--666666/8--6-4-3---1-1-1-3-4-3-111-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------44/9v-|
G|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-6--888888/10-8-6-5---3-3-3-5-6-5-333-------|
D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x--xxxxxx-x--x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-xxx-------|
A|---8--8--8--8--8--8--8---6-4--666666/8--6-4-3---1-1-1-3-4-3-111-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Rhyme (for solo)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--66666666------------88888888------------|
D|--66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--|
A|--44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--|
E|------------44444444------------44444444--|
       C#5       G#5       D#5       G#5 

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-----66666666------------88888888---------|
D|-----66666666--66666666--88888888--6vvvvvv|
A|-----44444444--66666666--66666666--6vvvvvv|
E|---------------44444444------------4vvvvvv|
         C#5        G#5       D#5     G#5

Outro:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-------666------6-----|
D|--666--666--44--6--6--|
A|--666--444--44--4--6--|
E|--444-------22-----4--|
    G#5  C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5  

Flow:
Main Riff(x2)
drums, then first half of main riff. (x4)
chorus. (x2)
main riff. (x1)
drums, then first half of main riff. (x4)
chorus. (x2)
main riff (x2)
Solo (and rhyme) (x1)
main riff (x3)
chorus (x1)
outro (x1)