Green Day › American Idiot Bass Tab

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This is an easy song im going to include the basic lyrics aswel 
to make it easier to follow ;)

Tuning - Standard

GREEN DAY - American Idiot

INTRO;

Guitar for one bar then on 00:02

G------------------------------------|    |-------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------| X2 |-------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |--------4444--------4----------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |---44----------22-------4----0-------|

VERSE;

Don't wanna be an american idiot...

G------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |----------4444--------4----------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |--0--44----------22-------4----0-------|

And can you hear the sound of hysteria?...

G------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |----------4444--------4----------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |--0--44----------22-------4----0-------|


CHORUS; 0.31

Welcome to a new kind of tension...

G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A--44444444-------------666666666-----------|    X2
E------------44444444--------------444444444|

OR (i prefer to play this, makes it sound better)

G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--44444444--66-4-3-----------------666666666--8-6-4-6-----------------|   also X2
E-------------------44444444--0-2-4--------------------444444444--0-2-4|

DRUM BREAK

INTRO (Again)

G------------------------------------|    |-------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|    |-------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |--------4444--------4----------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |---44----------22-------4----0-------|

VERSE; 00:56

Well maybe i'm the faggot america...

G------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |----------4444--------4----------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |--0--44----------22-------4----0-------|

Now everybody into the propaganda...

G------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |----------4444--------4----------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |--0--44----------22-------4----0-------|

CHORUS 1.17;

Welcome to a new kind of tension...

G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A--44444444-------------666666666-----------|    X2
E------------44444444--------------444444444|

DRUM BREAK

INTRO X4

CHORUS X4

GUITAR SOLO (feel free to hit an open E on the drum beat here)

CHORUS X2

DRUM & GUITAR SOLO

END;

G------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
A----------4444--------4-------------|    |---------------------4-4---------------|
E--0--44----------22-------4-----2---|    |--------------------------4------------|

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