Green Day - American Idiot

Intro:

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Verse 1:

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Don't wanna be an American idiot.


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



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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?



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The subliminal mindfuck America.



Chorus:

C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

Ab
All across the alien nation.

Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.

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

Eb
Convincing them to walk you.


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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:

C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

Ab
All across the alien nation.

Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.

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

Eb
Convincing them to walk you.



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Solo:


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E--------------------------------------------------------------------------



Bridge:


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Verse 3:


Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.

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One nation controlled by the media.

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Information nation of hysteria.

(no chords)
It's going out to idiot America.



Chorus:

C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

Ab
All across the alien nation.

Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.

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

Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Outro:



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