American Idiot - Green Day


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[Intro]

     
    
     
    


[Verse 1]

              
Don't wanna be

              
 an American i

                
diot
              
Don't want a n

              
ation under th

               
e new mania
              
And can you he

              
ar the sound o

                
f hysteria?
              
The subliminal

              
 mind-fuck Ame

               
rica


[Chorus]


Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
           
Where everythi

              
ng isn't meant

        
 to be okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow
           
For that's eno

                      
ugh to argue

     
    


[Verse 2]

              
Well, maybe I'

              
m the faggot, 

               
America
              
I'm not a part

              
 of a redneck 

              
agenda
              
Now everybody 

              
do the propaga

               
nda
              
And sing along

              
 to the age of

              
 paranoia


[Chorus]


Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
           
Where everythi

              
ng isn't meant

        
 to be okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow
           
For that's eno

                      
ugh to argue
     
    
     
   

(Slide your fingers through the fretboard twice)


[Guitar Solo]

             
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[Bridge]

   
Don't wanna be

  
 an American i

diot
   
One nation con

  
trolled by the

 media
   
Information ag

  
e of hysteria
N.C.
It's calling out to idiot America


[Chorus]


Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
           
Where everythi

              
ng isn't meant

        
 to be okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow
           
For that's eno

                      
ugh to argue