american idiot

by:green day


INTRO:  A D G D A G

Don't wanna be an American idiot.    A D G D A G

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Don't want a nation that under the new media.   A D G D A G

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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?    A D G D A G

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The subliminal mindfuck America.   A D G D A G

Chorus:

D
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

A
All across the alien nation.

E                            A
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

D
Television dreams of tomorrow.

A
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

E
Convincing them to walk you.


A D G D A G

A D G D A G
Verse 2:

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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 in the age of paranoia.



Chorus:

D
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

A
All across the alien nation.

E                           A
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

D
Television dreams of tomorrow.

A
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

E
Convincing them to walk you.

A D G D A G
A D G D A G
A D G D A G



BRIDGE:
D  A  E  A
D  A  E  A
(INTRO)
Verse 3:


VerseII: (Chords same as intro)
Don't wanna be an American idiot.


One nation controlled by the media.

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Information nation of hysteria.

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It's going out to idiot America.



Chorus:

D
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

A
All across the alien nation.

E                           A
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

D
Television dreams of tomorrow.

A
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

E
Convincing them to walk you.



Outro:

A D G D A G
A D G D A G