American Idiot Green Day
Complete Tab of American Idiot (2004) by Green Day
Tabbed By Steve Gray (reizig@gmail.com)
Completed on 9/19/2004
Boulevard of Broken Dreams no longer sucks. Outro included.
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This is a tab for the entire American Idiot Album, front to back,
lyrics included. If you want to post this somewhere, or use parts
of it, just keep my name and e-mail on it and you can do whatever
you want.
I am extremely confident about the accuracy of each tab, and I tried
to make each one as easy to understand as possible. But given the
structure of some of the songs, that was a little difficult. Just
pay close attention to the "Order" section of each tab and you'll be
fine.
For most of the tabs, the strumming pattern/timing is not included.
All tuning is standard (E A D G B E) except for Whatsername, which
is in drop D (D A D G B E).
Tracks:
1. American Idiot
2. Jesus Of Suburbia
I. Jesus of Suburbia
II. City of the Damned
III. I Don't Care
IV. Dearly Beloved
V. Tales of 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
I. The Death of St. Jimmy
II. East 12th Street
III. Nobody Likes You
IV. Rock and Roll Girlfriend
V. We're Coming Home Again
13. Whatsername
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Track 1: American Idiot
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Note: The xxx000 in the Main Riff/Verse is often overlooked.
Listen to the song carefully; it often replaces the final F#5.
As far as I've seen, though, they don't bother with it while
playing live, so you can just play an F#5 instead.
Main Riff:
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|------6---------6-----------------| D|-6----6----4----6---6---4---------| A|-6----4----4----4---6---4---------| E|-4---------2--------4---2---------|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5]
e|------------------------0---------| B|------------------------0---------| G|------6---------6-------0---------| D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------| A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------| E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
Verse:
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------6---------6------------| D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6---4----| A|---------------6----4----4----4---6---4----| E|---------------4---------2--------4---2----|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5]
e|--------------------------------------0-----| B|--------------------------------------0-----| G|--------------------6---------6-------0-----| D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6---------| A|---------------6----4----4----4---6---------| E|---------------4---------2--------4---------|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------6---------6------------| D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6---4----| A|---------------6----4----4----4---6---4----| E|---------------4---------2--------4---2----|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5]
e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------6---------6------------| D|--(drums)------6----6----4----6---6--------| A|---------------6----4----4----4---6--12\---| E|---------------4---------2--------4--------|
Chorus:
[C#5] [G#5] [D#5] [G#5]
e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-6---------8----------------| D|-6----6----8----6-----------| A|-4----6----6----6-----------| E|------4---------4-----------|
[C#5] [G#5] [D#5]
e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-6---------8--------------| D|-6----6----8--------------| A|-4----6----6--------------| E|------4-------------------|
Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-6---8-8-8-8-8-8/10-8-6-5-----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6-4---6-6-6-6-6-6/8--6-4-3-----------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------6----8----6----------------------| B|-------------------------9-----------------9v------------------| G|--3-3-3-3-3-5-6-5-3---88---88---88---88--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-6---8-8-8-8-8/10-8-6-5-------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6-4---6-6-6-6-6/8--6-4-3-------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|--3-3-3-3-3-5-6-5-3-8/13v--------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
End:
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5]
e|-------------------------0--------| B|-------------------------0--------| G|------6---------6--------0--------| D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------| A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------| E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|------6---------6-----------------| D|-6----6----4----6---6---4---------| A|-6----4----4----4---6---4---------| E|-4---------2--------4---2---------|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5]
e|------------------------0---------| B|------------------------0---------| G|------6---------6-------0---------| D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------| A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------| E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|------6---------6-----------------| D|-6----6----4----6---6---4---------| A|-6----4----4----4---6---4---------| E|-4---------2--------4---2---------|
[G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [C#5] [G#5]
e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|------6---------6-----------------| D|-6----6----4----6---6-------------| A|-6----4----4----4---6-------------| E|-4---------2--------4-------------|
Order:
Main Riff x2
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff x1
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff x1
Chorus w/ Solo (no lyrics)
Second part of Main Riff x5
Chorus
[End]
Lyrics:
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania (Verse 1)
Can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be OK (Chorus)
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda (Verse 2)
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along in the age of paranoia
(Chorus)
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media (Verse 3)
Information age of hysteria
It's going out to idiot America
(Chorus)
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Track 2: Jesus of Suburbia
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The song is split up into 5 parts as describe by the CD booklet,
and I've tabbed each one as it's own song.
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I. Jesus of Suburbia
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Verse:
[C#5] [A#5] [F#5] [G#5]
e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|-6-6-6-6-------------------------------------------------| D|-6-6-6-6----8-8-8-8----444444444444444--666666666666666--| A|-4-4-4-4----8-8-8-8----444444444444444--666666666666666--| E|------------6-6-6-6----222222222222222--444444444444444--|
Chorus:
F#5 G#5 x3
e|--------------| B|--------------| G|--------------|
D|-4444--66666--|
A|-4444--66666--|
E|-2222--44444--|
Bridge:
C#5 G#5 F#5 x2
e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|-6-6------------------| D|-6-6--6-6--4-4444444--| A|-4-4--6-6--4-4444444--| E|------4-4--2-2222222--|
Outro:
[C#5] [F5] [A#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|-6-6-6-6--------------------------------| D|-6-6-6-6----3-3-3-3----8-8-8--6-6-6--4--| A|-4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3----8-8-8--6-6-6--4--| E|------------1-1-1-1----6-6-6--4-4-4--2--|
(Let ring)
Order:
Verse x2
Chorus
Riff 1
Verse x2
Chorus
Riff 1
Verse (no lyrics)
Outro
Lyrics:
I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia (Verse 1)
From the Bible of "none of the above"
On a steady diet of
Soda pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell (Verse 2)
As far as I can tell
At least the ones I've gotten away with
And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be (Chorus)
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me
Get my television fix
Sitting on my crucifix (Verse 3)
The living room in my private womb
While the moms and brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes (Verse 4)
And Mary Jane to keep me insane
And doing someone else's cocaine
(Chorus)
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II. City of the Damned
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Intro:
[F#5] [G#5]
e|-----------| B|-----------| Come in from final F#5 of Jesus of Suburbia G|-----------| D|-4-----6---| A|-4-----6---| E|-2-----4---|
Verse:
[C#5] [A#5] [G#5] [F#5] [G#5]
e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-6---6----------------------| D|-6---6---8---6------4---6---| A|-4---3---8---6------4---6---| E|---------6---4------2---4---|
Chorus:
[A#5] [G#5] [C#5] [F#5] [A#5] [G#5] [F#5]
e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-------------6---------------------------| D|-8-----6-----6-----4-----8-----6-----4---| A|-8-----6-----4-----4-----8-----6-----4---| E|-6-----4-----------2-----6-----4-----2---|
Order:
Intro
Verse x2
Chorus
Verse x2
Hold final F#5
Lyrics:
At the center of the earth
In the parking lot (Verse 1)
Of the 7-11 were I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says home is were your heart is
But what a shame (Verse 2)
Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
We're beating out of time
City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Sign misleading to nowhere (Chorus)
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care
I read the graffiti
In the bathroom stall (Verse 3)
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much
But it only confirmed that (Verse 4)
The center of the earth is the end of the world
And I could really care less
(Chorus)
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III. I Don't Care
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Intro:
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 x5
e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--------6------------6------------6------------| D|-6------6-----6------6-----4------6-------6----| A|-6------4-----6------4-----4------4-------6----| E|-4------------4------------2--------------4----|
Intro lead:
e|-----------------------------------------------| B|---------------------6-----7-7-77-6-------9v---| G|--------6-6-6----------8-6----------8-6-8------| D|-6-6-66-------6-6-66---------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff 1:
F#G#5 C#5 A5G#5 x4
e|--------|---------------| B|--------|---------------| G|--------|--6------------| D|-4-6----|--6-----7-6----| A|-4-6----|--4-----7-6----| E|-2-4----|--------5-4----|
Verse:
A5G#5 x8
e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-------(bass)------------------| D|------------------------7-6----| A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----7-6----| E|------------------------5-4----|
Chorus:
F#5 G#5 C#G#5 x3 F#5 G#5
e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|-----------6--------------------| D|-4----6----6-6--------4----6----| A|-4----6----4-6--------4----6----| E|-2----4------4--------2----4----|
Riff 2:
F#G#5 C#5 x4
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|--------6----| D|-4-6----6----| A|-4-6----4----| E|-2-4---------|
Outro
[C#5] [G#5]
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|-6-6-6-66----| D|-6-6-6-66-6--| A|-4-4-4-44-6--| E|----------4--|
(Let ring)
Order:
Intro w/Intro lead
Intro x4
Riff 1
Verse
Chorus
Riff 2
Outro
Lyrics:
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't (Intro) x4
I don't care if you don't care
I don't care! (Riff 1)
Everyone is so full of shit
Burn and raised by hipocrits
Hearts recycled but never saved
From the cradle to the grave (Verse)
We are the kids of war and peace
From Anaheim to the Middle East
We are the stories and disciples
Of the Jesus of Suburbia
Land of make believe
And it don't believe in me (Chorus)
Land of make believe
And I don't believe
And I don't care!
I don't care!
I don't care! (Riff 2)
I don't care!
I don't care!
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IV. Dearly Beloved
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The first time, a distorted electric guitar strums each
chord once. After that, an acoustic strums through them
with the electric palm muting.
Only Riff:
G#5 C5 C#5 G#5D#5 x6
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|------5----6-------8---| D|-6----5----6----6--8---| A|-6----3----4----6--6---| E|-4--------------4------|
Lyrics:
Dearly beloved are you listening?
I cant remember a word that you were saying
Are we demented or are we disturbed?
The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse
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V. Tales of Another Broken Home
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Intro:
G#5 F#5 C#5 x4
e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|--------(bass)------------6----| D|-6--------------------4---6----| A|-6--------------------4---4----| E|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2--------|
Main Riff:
[G#5] [F#5] [C#5]
e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|--------------------------6----| D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----4---6----| A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----4---4----| E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2--------|
Chorus
C# G# C# G# C# D# G# D# G# D# x2
e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-6-----6-----6-----8-----8-----8-----| D|-6--6--6--6--6-----8--8--8--8--8-----| A|-4--6--4--6--4-----6--8--6--8--6-----| E|----4-----4-----------6-----6--------|
Solo 1:
x2
e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|-10-13---13-15-11-13------11-10--10-11-8-10---| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
Solo 2: x2
e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9p8p6-9p8p6-9p8p6-9p6---11p9p8-11p9p8-11p9p8-11p9p8-11p8---| D|-----------------------9---------------------------------11-| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Piano Interlude:
[C#]I don't feel [D#]any shame
I [G#]wont apolo[C#]gize
[C#]When there ain't [D#]nowhere you can [G#]go
[C#]Running a[D#]way from pain
When y[G#]ou've been victim[C#]ized
[C#]Tales from a[D#]nother broken...
Order:
Intro
Main Riff x8
Chorus
Main Riff x8
Chorus x2
Main Riff x2
Main Riff x4 w/Solo 1
Chorus w/Solo 2
Piano Interlude
Main Riff x6
Lyrics:
To live and not to breathe
Is to die in tragedy (Verse 1)
To run, to run away
To find what you believe
And I
Leave behind (Chorus)
This hurricane of fucking lies
I lost my faith to this
This town that don't exist (Verse 2)
So I run, I run awy
The light of masochist
And I
Leave behind (Chorus)
This hurricane of fucking lies
And I
Walked this line (Chorus 2)
A million and one fucking times
But not this time
I don't feel any shame
I wont apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go (Piano Interlude)
Running away from pain
When you've been victimized
Tales from another broken...
Home!
You're leavin'
You're leavin'
You're leavin'
You're leavin HOME!
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Track 3: Holiday
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Intro Riff:
e|--------------------| B|-9----6----13---8---| G|-10---6----13---8---| D|-x----x----x----x---| A|-8----4----11---6---| E|--------------------|
Main Riff:
[F5] [C#5] [G#5] [D#5]
e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-10--6-------8---| D|-10--6---6---8---| A|-8---4---6---6---| E|---------4-------|
Verse:
[F5] [C#5] [G#5] [D#5] [F5] [C#5] [G#5] [C5] [F5] [C#5] [G#5] [D#5] [C5]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-10--6-------8------10--6-------5------10--6-------8---5---| D|-10--6---6---8------10--6---6---5------10--6---6---8---5---| A|-8---4---6---6------8---4---6---3------8---4---6---6---3---| E|---------4------------------4------------------4-----------|
Chorus:
[F5] [C#5] [G#5] [D#5] [F5] [C#5] [G#5] [C5]
e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|--------6-------------8-------------6-------------5---| D|-3------6------6------8------3------6------6------5---| A|-3------4------6------6------3------4------6------3---| E|-1-------------4-------------1-------------4----------|
Bridge:
F5 G#5 C# A# D# F F5 G# D# C F x2
e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|---------6-----8---------------8-----10---| D|-3---6---6--8--8--10----3---6--8--10-10---| A|-3---6---4--8--6--10----3---6--6--10-8----| E|-1---4------6-----8-----1---4-----8-------|
Solo:
Guitar 1:
[C#5] [G#5] [C5] [F5] [D#5]
e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|-6----------------------5--------10------8------| D|-6---------6------------5--------10------8------| A|-4---------6------------3--------8-------6------| E|-----------4------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------8------8----| B|-----------8-9----------8----------------8---8--| G|-10-10-10------8-6-5--5---9-5--5/10---10--------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
C#5 G#5 C5 (strum through)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-6----------------------5-------------------------------------------| D|-6---------6------------5-------------------------------------------| A|-4---------6------------3-------------------------------------------| E|-----------4--------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: (let ring)
e|------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12/13---| B|-----------8-9-------------------------13-13-13---------------------| G|-10-10-10------8-6-5-55/12-12-12-12-12------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
x6
G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------4-----6----------------------6-----8------| E|--1-1-1--4-4-4-----6-----8\1---1-1-1--4-4-4-----8-----\1--|
[D#] [C5] [F5]
e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|---This-is-played-on--------------------------------------| G|--------the-sixth-repeat:--------------------8-----10-----| D|---------------------------------------------8--10-10-----| A|---------------------------------------------6--10-8------| E|------------------------------------------------8---------|
[C5]
e|------| B|------|
G|--5---|
D|--5---|
A|--3---|
E|------|
End:
[F5] [G#5] [D#5] [C5] [F5] [F5]
e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-10--6---8-------10------| D|-10--6---8---10--10---3--| A|-8---4---6---10--8----3--| E|-------------8--------1--|
Order:
Intro Riff x4
Main Riff x2
Verse x2
Chorus
Intro Riff x2
Verse x2
Chorus
Bridge
Solo
Interlude
Chorus x2 (Hold last C5)
Main Riff x3
[End]
Lyrics:
Say! Hey!
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!) (Verse 1)
The shame, the ones who die without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!) (Verse 2)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives (Chorus)
On holiday
There's a drum pounding out of time
Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey!) (Verse 3)
To find, the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around the score of men (Hey!) (Verse 4)
A gag, A plastic bag on a monument
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
The representative from California has the floor:
"Zieg Heil!" to the president gasman
"Bombs away!" is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel Towers
Who criticize your government (Interlude)
"Bang Bang!" goes the broken glass man
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Triumph by fire setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause... just cause - because we're outlaws yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday
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Track 4: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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Riff 1:
e|-----------------------| B|--8-9---9/13-11---8-9--| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|
Riff 2: x3
e|------------------------------| B|-------8-9---9/13-11---8-9--9-| G|-10-10------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------| B|--------8-9--9/13-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-| G|-10-10---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------| B|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|
Verse:
The verse chords on the album are actually played with a
capo on the first fret as open chords (Em G D A), but
they're tabbed here for use without a capo.
[Fm] [G#] [D#] [A#] [A#] [A#] [C5]
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