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Bass Tab for American Idiot

Performed by: Green Day. Composed by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright, Michael Pritchard.
This song is published by WB MUSIC CORP. and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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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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GreenDay39100GreenDay39100 Unknown 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
aerztefan182aerztefan182 Unknown Date
where is the solo part?
blinkbuddy182blinkbuddy182 Unknown Date
aerztefan182 - there is no bass solo, the guitar does the solo
Squire1012Squire1012 Unknown Date
Dude,the chorus is the solo also!
greendaybassist7997greendaybassist7997 Unknown 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
greendaybassist7997greendaybassist7997 Unknown Date
sry its like





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


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





i forgot ya had to put the strings...
GreenDay3910GreenDay3910 Unknown Date
If you think Mike is playing the 5th and 3rd fret its because hes tuned down half a step.
maximus5478maximus5478 Unknown 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
greenday9292greenday9292 Unknown 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
evildoomevildoom Unknown 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
topperthebassisttopperthebassist Unknown 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
exposeyourselftokidsexposeyourselftokids Unknown Date
green day is f*cking g.ay the bassist s.ucks a$s and this is the s.hityest tab ever
greendayguy770greendayguy770 Unknown Date
Your Corrections


the main ruff is


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


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


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


555---333---5--3------------
conasatatuconasatatu Unknown 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
bassbuddy0ixbassbuddy0ix Unknown 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
MDGDbassistMDGDbassist Unknown Date
G-----------


D--------


A-----4-4x


E-4-4x
rsoxfan22rsoxfan22 Unknown 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
esuveeesuvee Unknown Date
this tab is messed up top to bottom i will put a correct version on here
tenfootpoletenfootpole Unknown 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.
jonnytaylor05jonnytaylor05 Unknown Date
there is no pull ons or owt on dis
Oldskoolboardr90Oldskoolboardr90 Unknown Date
start on a E2 then go into the intro and hit the A6 during the break right after the guitar solo

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