American Idiot Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Green Day - American Idiot
By Shaun Lingham
Date: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
 
 
[Intro/Verses]
 
I play mostly downstrokes but throw in a couple upstrokes as well
 
e|--------------------------0--------------------|
B|--------------------------0--------------------|
G|---------6-6--------6-----0--------------------|
D|---6-6---6-6---4-4--6--6-----------------------|
A|---6-6---4-4---4-4--4--6-----------------------|
E|---4-4-0----0--2-2-----4-----------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------6-6--------6--------------------------|
D|---6-6---6-6---4-4--6--6--4--------------------|
A|---6-6---4-4---4-4--4--6--4--------------------|
E|---4-4-0----0--2-2-----4--2--------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----66666666------------88888888--------------|
D|-----66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666----|
A|-----44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666----|
E|---------------44444444------------44444444----|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----66666666------------8888888888888888------|
D|-----66666666--66666666--8888888888888888------|
A|-----44444444--66666666--6666666666666666------|
E|---------------44444444------------------------|
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|---10---10-8---6---|/8---8-8-8-8-8/10-|---8---6---5-----|
D|-X----X--X--X--X--X--X--|---X----X--X---X---|-X---X-X-X-X-X-X--|---X---X---X-----|
A|-8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|---8----8--6---4---|/6---6-6-6-6-6/8--|---6---4---3-----|
E|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-8----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----9-----11-----|-------11---9~----|
G|-3---3-3-3-3-5-6-|---5---3~--------|/8-8---8-8----8-8-|---8-8----8-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
 
e|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|---10---10-8---6---|/8---8-8-8-8-8/10-|---8---6---5-----|
D|-X----X--X--X--X--X--X--|---X----X--X---X---|-X---X-X-X-X-X-X--|---X---X---X-----|
A|-8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|---8----8--6---4---|/6---6-6-6-6-6/8--|---6---4---3-----|
E|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-9~--------------|
G|-3---3-3-3-3-5-6-|---5---3----/8---|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
The verse riff is played clean after the solo, then the chorus
comes in and then they play the Ending.
 
 
[Ending]
 
Same as the Intro/Verse but the very final time he plays the riff he
misses off the last chord (F#), hence finish on the G#.
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------6-6--------6--------------------------|
D|---6-6---6-6---4-4--6--6--4--------------------|
A|---6-6---4-4---4-4--4--6--4--------------------|
E|---4-4-0----0--2-2-----4--2--------------------|
 
 
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| /  Slide up
| ~  Vibrato
| X  Dead note
 
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very nice tab! You were right about it not being 100% though.the only thing is the solo...for the most part it sounds right but some of the parts aren't right... i think some of it is played on the 1 3 and 4th frets on the A string. Overall very nice.Its nice to know green day fans are so devoted that their new song is tabbed the moment it comes out. keep up the good work.

Great Tab dude finally i know how 2 play this song thanks mate!

Awesome tab mate. Not so much with the solo though.