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American Idiot by Green Day

Bass tab submitted by: snowy630
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Performed by:Green Day
Composers: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright, Michael Pritchard

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Green Day - American Idiot
Standard tuning
Bassist - Mike Dirnt
Album - American Idiot
Tabbed by - Snowy

Main Riff (Verse)

G------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A------4-44-----4------------------------------------------------
E-4-44------2-2---4--2------------------------------------------------

Chorus 

G------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-44-4444-44-444----------------66-6666-4p0--------------------------------------
E----------------44-4444-44-4h6-------------44-4444-44p0h2-4---------------------------
                                            (miss this off at end of chorus\'s)
Outro

G------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A---44---------------------------------------------------------
E-2----4---------------------------------------------------------

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Comments on this version of the 'American Idiot' bass tab

GreenDay39100Unknown Date

Pretty Good BUT

In the verse its not just what you have there it cuts off too like this...

G---------------------

D---------------------

A------4-44-----4------

E--4-44-----2-2---4-2--

G--------------------

D--------------------

A-------4-44----4----

E--4-44------2-2--4--

There you go

aerztefan182Unknown Date

where is the solo part?

blinkbuddy182Unknown Date

aerztefan182 - there is no bass solo, the guitar does the solo

Squire1012Unknown Date

Dude,the chorus is the solo also!

greendaybassist7997Unknown Date

the chorus is almost right..except it goes like

A 44444444444 66666666

E 444444444 44444444

no little fancy thing like that..i saw mike live he plays it like that

greendaybassist7997Unknown Date

sry its like

A-4444444-------6666666------------

E--------4444444-------4444444-----

i forgot ya had to put the strings...

GreenDay3910Unknown Date

If you think Mike is playing the 5th and 3rd fret its because hes tuned down half a step.

maximus5478Unknown Date

Mike does usually use E-flat but it doesnt really matter as long as you get the notes (being, in no particualr order, G#, C#, F, D) It only uses 4 so it can't be all that difficult.

P.S. I don't think Mike uses any ornamental notes in the chorus part, I think it's straight quavers

greenday9292Unknown Date

everyone has it wrong main riff is...

G------------------

D------------------

A-----44----4------

E--44----22---4--2-

sometimes miss of the 2 at the end

chorus is a bunch of ties!!!!1

evildoomUnknown Date

Okay. This tab is wrong for the most part, please check out my tab here:

http://www.mxtabs.net/tabs.php?path=Guitar,g,,Green+Day,American+Idiot+%28live%29,196947

topperthebassistUnknown Date

you need to begin on a and then go down to e so that it goes a---4-44 e--4-44 a--22 e--4 a---4 a--2

exposeyourselftokidsUnknown Date

green day is f*cking g.ay the bassist s.ucks a$s and this is the s.hityest tab ever

greendayguy770Unknown Date

Your Corrections

the main ruff is

----------------------------

----------------------------

---555----5-----------------

555---333---5--3------------

conasatatuUnknown Date

mate ur forgeting the bit where where billie has that vocal/guitar solo where tre hits the snare every now and again bass hits E6 every time tre the snare bout 6 times i think

bassbuddy0ixUnknown Date

you cant spell "Riff" correctly,nerver the less tab...my bud play guitar,the progression is G# C# F# C# G# F#

so that must be it for bass,dirnt doesnt half ass things

MDGDbassistUnknown Date

G-----------

D--------

A-----4-4x

E-4-4x

rsoxfan22Unknown Date

Anyone who says this tab is wrong because it is supposed to be in Eb is wrong. Sure it probably is supposed to be in Eb, but this tab is perfect for standard tuning. Also is the chorus supposed to be played twice because something doesn't seem right

esuveeUnknown Date

this tab is messed up top to bottom i will put a correct version on here

tenfootpoleUnknown Date

close....but i know for sure that you change the 2's to 3's and the 4's to 5's and the 6's to 7's.

that was really all that was wrong...nice tab.

jonnytaylor05Unknown Date

there is no pull ons or owt on dis

Oldskoolboardr90Unknown Date

start on a E2 then go into the intro and hit the A6 during the break right after the guitar solo