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Green Day: American Idiot Album Bass Tab


Author: Chris Adams
Tab ID: 146793
Tab Rank: #13974
Posted: Feb 4, 2006
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Ok so this took me a REALLY long time so I would greatly appreciate it if you 
could rate this.  This is perfect and every song is tabbed better than the 
songs that are tabbed individuallt by people.  Have fun.
American Idiot Album
Track Listing
1.	American Idiot
2.	Jesus of Suburbia
Jesus of Suburbia
City of the Damned
I Don’t Care
Dearly Beloved
Tales From Another Broken Home
3.	Holiday
4.	Boulevard of Broken Dreams
5.	Are We the Waiting
6.	St. Jimmy
7.	Give Me Novacaine
8.	She’s a Rebel
9.	Extraordinary Girl
10.	Letterbomb
11.	Wake Me Up When September Ends
12.	Homecoming
The Death of St. Jimmy
East 12th St.
Nobody Likes You
Rock and Roll Girlfriend
We’re Coming Home Again
13.	Whatsername
American Idiot
Guitar Enters First
Main Riff (X7)
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-------4---4-4-------4-----------
E-4-4-4---------2---2-----4---2---

Chorus
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------
E---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------
E---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

G---------------------------------
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------

Rest for two measures while drums play then:
Main Riff (X6)
Chorus
Rest for two measures while drums play then:
Main Riff (X4)

Guitar Solo (play over and over until the solo is over)
G-------1---1-1-------1-----------
D-1-1-1-------------------1-------
A---------------4---4-------------
E---------------------------------

Next comes verse 3, which is not played by bass.
Chorus
Main Riff (X5)
Jesus of Suburbia
(Jesus of Suburbia-0:00)
Verse (X2)
G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A-4---4---4---4------------------1---1---1---1---
E------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

Chorus
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------4---4---------------------------
E-2---2---2---2---4-4-4-4-4-(rest)--------4---4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

G----------------------------------
D----------------------------------
A-4---4----------------------------
E---------4---4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—

Verse (X2)
Chorus

Interlude
G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A-4---4---4---4------------------1---1---1---1---
E------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-




G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A-4---4---4---4------------------1---1---1---1---
E------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A-1---1---1---------------
E-------------4---4---4---
(City of the Damned-1:51)
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E-2---2---2-------4---4---4-------

Verse (X2)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-4---4---3---3---1---1-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------4---4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

Chorus (X2)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-11111-1---------44444-4---------1-1-1-1-------------------------
E---------44444-4---------22222-2---------4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

Verse (X2)
Chorus (X2)

Ending (X3)
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----------------
E-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
(I Don’t Care-3:42)
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------4---4---4---------------4---4---4---------------
E-4---4---4---------------4---4---4---------------2---2---2---

G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-4---4---4---------------------------
E-------------4---4---4---4---4---4---

Chorus (X4)
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------4---4---4---------------4---4---4---------------
E-4---4---4---------------4---4---4---------------2---2---2---

G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-4---4---4---------------------------
E-------------4---4---4---4---4---4---
Small Fill
G---------
D---------
A---------
E-2---4---

Verse (X12)
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------
E-------------------------5---4---

Bridge (play the first line X4, and on the 4th time play a 2 on the E string instead 
of 4 on A.  The line below is the second part of the bridge and you play it X4)
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-------------------------4-------
E-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-----4---

G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------
E-------------------------2---4---

Ending
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-4---    4---    4---    4---------------------------------------
E-----------------------------4-4-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---

G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-3-
(Dearly Beloved-5:25)
Verse (X6)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---
E-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------

G
D-------------------------------------------------1---1---1---1---
A-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------
E---------------------------------4---4---4---4-------------------
(Tales From Another Broken Home-6:31)
Verse (X12)
G-----------------
D-----------------
A---------------4-
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---





And then play this X2
G---------------------------------
D---1-1-----1---1-----------------
A-4-----4-4---4-------------------
E-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

Verse (X8)

And then play this X4
G---------------------------------
D---1-1-----1---1-----------------
A-4-----4-4---4-------------------
E-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

And then this X2
G---------------------
D---------------------
A-------------------4-
E-4-(rest)--------2---              

Guitar Solo (play over and over again until the solo’s over)
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----------------
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---

Then comes the bridge, which is only played by piano so there is no bass.

Verse (X4)

Ending
G-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------
A-------------------5-------------------5---
E-4-              2---4-              2---4-
Holiday
Guitar comes in first
Verse (X5) On the 4th time play 3 on the A string instead of 1 on D.
G---------------------------------
D-3---3-------------------1-1-1---
A---------4---4-------------------
E-----------------4---4-----------

And then play this
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E---------------------------------

Verse (X3) On the 2nd time play a 3 on the A string instead of 1 on D.






And then play this
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E---------------------------------

Chorus (X2) Second time play a 3 on A string instead of 1 on D.
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
A-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------
E---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------

Verse (X3) On second time play a 3 on A string instead of 1 on D.

And then play this
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E---------------------------------

Verse (X3) On second time play a 3 on A string instead of 1 on D.

And then play this
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E---------------------------------

Chorus (X2) Second time play a 3 on A string instead of 1 on D.

Bridge (X2)
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------1-----------------------1-------3---
A-----------------4---1-------3-----------------------3-------
E-1---1-3-4---4-------------------1---1-3-4---4---------------

Guitar Solo
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------3-3-1-1---------------------------------
A-4-4-4-4---------3-3-3-3---------4-4-4-4---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E---------4-4-4-4-------------------------4-4-4-4-----------------

G-----------------
D-----------------
A-3-3-3-3-3-3—3-3-
E-----------------

Bass Solo [Same as Bridge (X6)]

Then:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A-3---------------3--------3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus (X4) on 2nd and 4th time play 3 on A string instead of 1 on D.

And then play this
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E-------------------------------------------------

Verse (X3)

Ending
G-------------------------------------------------
D-3---3-----------1-------3-----------------------
A---------4---4-------3---------------------------
E-----------------------------1-------------------
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Bass doesn’t come in until about 17 seconds
Verse (X5)
G---------------------------------
D-----------------1---1-----------
A-------------------------1---1---
E-1---1---4---4-------------------

And then play this:
G---------------------------------
D-----------------1---1-----------
A-------------------------1-1-1-1-
E-1---1---4---4-------------------

Chorus (X3)
G---------------------------------
D-----------------1-1-1-1---------
A-4-4-4-4-------------------------
E---------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1-

Chorus ending
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-4-4-4-4---------3-3-3-3-3-
E---------4-4-4-4-----------------

Verse (X8)

And then play this:
G---------------------------------
D-----------------1---1-----------
A-------------------------1-1-1-1-
E-1---1---4---4-------------------

Play the chorus X3 and then the chorus ending

Verse X1

And then play this:
G---------------------------------
D-----------------1---1-----------
A-------------------------1-1-1-1-
E-1---1---4---4-------------------

Guitar Solo
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------1-1-1-1-------------------------1-1-1-1---------
A-4-4-4-4-------------------------4-4-4-4-------------------------
E---------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1---------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1-

G-------------------------------------------------
D-----------------1-1-1-1-------------------------
A-4-4-rest------------------------4-4-rest--------
E---------4-4-rest--------1-1-1-1---------4-4-rest

G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-rest
E---------------------------------

Next comes the 3rd verse, but there is no bass in it, just acoustic guitar

Chorus (X3)

And then this (X2)
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E---------------------------------

And then this (X3)
G-------------------------------------------------
D-----------------1---1-1-----------------2---2-2-
A---------4---4-4---------5---5-5-----------------
E-1---1-1-------------------------4---4-4---------

Ending
G---------------------------------
D-----------------1---1-1---------
A---------4---4-4-----------------
E-1---1-1-----------------4-4-0-0-
Are We the Waiting
Ok so in this song there is very little bass, and notes are few and far between. 
 I wrote out the lyrics so that you will know when to play the note because I 
made it so the music and lyrics are in sync with each other.  At the end of the 
song is the order that everything is played.
Verse
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-5-
  Starry nights, and city of lights coming down over me.
  get me nots, and second thoughts live in isolation.

G--------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------
E-5-
  Skyscrapers, and star gazers in my head.
  Heads or tails, and fairy tales in my mind.
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E-5-
  Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting unknown?
  Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting unknown?

G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------5---------------
E------2--------------
  This dirty town, was burning down in my dreams.
  The  rage and love, the story of my     life.

G--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5---------------
E-2---------------0--------------------------------
  Lost and found, city bound in my dreams.         And screaming…
  Jesus of     Suburbia is a       lie.            And screaming…

Chorus
G---------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E-5-
 “Are we, we are, are we, we are the waiting?”     And screaming…

Order: Verse, Chorus (X2), Verse, Chorus (X4)
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