Green Day › American Idiot Bass Tab

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Tuning: Standard

Intro
G|---------------------------------0---------|
D|---------------------------------0---------|
A|------------4--4-----------------0---------|
E|---4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4-------------|

Main Riff
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A|-----------4--4--4---------4---------|------------4--4--4--------4----------------|
E|--4--4--4-------------2-2-----4--2---|---4--4--4-----------2-2-----4--2-----------|

Verse 

(Pause for lyrics)

G|-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------0--|
D|-0---------------------------(pause for lyrics)--0--------------------------0--|
A|-0-------4-4---------4---------------------------0--------4-4---------4-----0--|
E|---4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4--2------------------------4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4-----|

(Pause for lyrics)

G|-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------0--|
D|-0---------------------------(pause for lyrics)--0--------------------------0--|
A|-0-------4-4---------4---------------------------0--------4-4---------4-----0--|
E|---4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4--2------------------------4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4-----|

Chorus
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|----------------------------0--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------|

Fill 1
G|-0----------|
D|-0----------|
A|-0----------|
E|------------|

Solo (bass plays this when guitar plays the solo)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|----------------------------0--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------|

Interlude  (the bit in the video when Billie imitates shooting a gun I his head)
G|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
D|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
A|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
E|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
 
G|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
D|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------0-------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------0-------|

G|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------0---|------------------------------9---------|

Outro
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------0-----------|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------0-----------|
A|------------4--4--4--------4-------|------------4--4--4---------4--0-----------|
E|---4--4--4-----------2-2-----4--2--|4--4--4-------------2-2-----4--------------|

G|------------6--6----------6--------|
D|---6--6-----6--6-----4-4--6--6--4--|
A|---6--6-----4--4-----4-4--4--6--4--|  (pause for clean played guitar)
E|---4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4--2--|

G|------6--6-------------------------|
D|---4--6--6--6----------------------|
A|---4--4--4--6----------------------|
E|---2--------4----------------------|


Order

Intro
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Fill 1
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Fill 1
Main riff x2
Solo 
Interlude
Chorus
Outro

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