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American Idiot

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Guitar 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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Band:Green Day 
Song:American Idiot (Live)(3:18)
Album:American Idiot (Reprise Records 2004)
Guitar/Lead Vocals:Billie Joe Armstrong
Bass/Vocals:Mike Dirnt
Drums/Vocals:Tre` Cool 
Guitar 2:Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder)
Tabber:Richard Hurtado
Tuning:Standard (E A D G B E) or Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Both Guitars Distorted

Tab. Notation:
/  = slide
^  = bend

Amp Settings:
Distortion:On
Drive:6
Treble:10
Middle:8
Bass:5

Pick-Up Positions:
Billie Joe:Bridge Pick-Up
Jason White:Neck Pick-Up

           
 ______Billie Joe (BJ)__________     ______Jason White (JW)_________
/                               \\\\   /                               \\\(distorted)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|----------------------------||play this part first then start playing
D|-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX----||song.
A|-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX----||
E|-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX----||

INTRO (distorted)(0:00-0:02)        INTRO (distorted)(0:02-0:02)
E|----------------------------||    E|-----------------------------|| 
B|----------------------------||    B|-----------------------------|| 
G|------6-66------6-----------||    G|-----------------------------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||    D|----------------------4------||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||    A|----------------------4------||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||    E|----------------------2------||
                        ^When this note is played guitar 2,bass & drums come in.

CHORUS (distorted)(0:02-0:05)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:02-0:05)
E|---------------------0------||    E|----------------------------||
B|---------------------0------||    B|----------------------------||
G|------6-66------6----0------||    G|------6-66------6-----------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6-0------||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6-0------||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||
E|-440--------22-----4-0------||    E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||

CHORUS (distorted)(0:05-0:07)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:05-0:07)
E|----------------------------||    E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||    B|----------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-----------||    G|------6-66------6-----------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||    E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||

CHORUS (distorted)(0:07-0:10)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:07-0:10)
E|---------------------0------||    E|----------------------------||
B|---------------------0------||    B|----------------------------||
G|------6-66------6----0------||    G|------6-66------6-----------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6-0------||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6-0------||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||
E|-440--------22-----4-0------||    E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||


CHORUS (distorted)(0:13-0:16)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:13-0:16)
E|---|------------------------||    E|---|------------------------||
B|---|------------------------||    B|---|------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6-------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(0:10-0:13) Dont want to be an american idiot.

CHORUS (distorted)(0:17-0:20)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:17-0:20)
E|---|---------------------0--||    E|---|------------------------||
B|---|---------------------0--||    B|---|------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6----0--||    G|---|------6-66------6-------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6-0--||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6----||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4----||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(0:16-0:17) Dont want a nation under the new media.

CHORUS (distorted)(0:23-0:26)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:23-0:26)
E|---|------------------------||    E|---|-------------------------||
B|---|------------------------||    B|---|-------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6--------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4--||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4--||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2--||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(0:21-0:23) And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

CHORUS (distorted)(0:28-0:31)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:28-0:31)
E|---|------------------------||    E|---|-------------------------||
B|---|------------------------||    B|---|-------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6--------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4--||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4--||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2--||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(0:26-0:28) The subliminal mind*** america.

VERSE (distorted) (0:31-0:49) (GUITAR 1&2)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
  Welcome  |All       |Everything|       |Television|We\\'re not |For thats 
  to a new |across    |isn\\'t     |       |dreams of |the ones  |enough to
  kind of  |the       |meant to  |       |tommorow  |who\\'re    |argue
  tension  |alienation|be okay   |       |          |meant     |
                                                    |to follow |
Drums (0:49-0:51) 

CHORUS (distorted)(0:51-0:54)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:51-0:54)
E|-0-|------------------------||    E|---|-----------------------||
B|-0-|------------------------||    B|---|-----------------------||
G|-0-|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6------||
D|-0-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4||
D|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4||
E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2||

CHORUS (distorted)(0:54-0:56)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:54-0:56)
E|----------------------0-----||    E|--------------------------||
B|----------------------0-----||    B|--------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-----0-----||    G|------6-66------6---------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--0-----||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4---||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--0-----||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4---||
E|-440--------22-----4--0-----||    E|-440--------22-----4--2---||

CHORUS (distorted)(0:59-1:02)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(0:59-1:02)
E|---|------------------------||    E|---|-----------------------||
B|---|------------------------||    B|---|-----------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(0:57-0:59) Well maybe I\\'m the faggot america.

CHORUS (distorted)(1:04-1:07)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:04-1:07)
E|---|---------------------0--||    E|---|------------------------||
B|---|---------------------0--||    B|---|------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6----0--||    G|---|------6-66------6-------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6-0--||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6-0--||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4-0--||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(1:02-1:04) I\\'m not a part of a redneck agenda.

CHORUS (distorted)(1:09-1:12)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:09-1:12)
E|---|------------------------||    E|---|------------------------|| 
B|---|------------------------||    B|---|------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6-------|| 
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||  
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||   
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-|| 
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(1:07-1:09) Now everybody do the propaganda.

CHORUS (distorted)(1:15-1:17)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:15-1:17)
E|---|------------------------||    E|---|------------------------||
B|---|------------------------||    B|---|------------------------||
G|---|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6-------||
D|-4-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-4-|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-2-|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||
(Says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
(1:12-1:14) And sing along in the age of paranoia.

VERSE (distorted) (1:18-1:35) (GUITAR 1&2)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
  Welcome  |All       |Everything|       |Television|We\\'re not |For thats 
  to a new |across    |isn\\'t     |       |dreams of |the ones  |enough to
  kind of  |the       |meant to  |       |tommorow  |who\\'re    |argue
  tension  |alienation|be okay   |       |          |meant     |
                                                    |to follow |

Drums (1:35-1:38) 

CHORUS (distorted)(1:38-1:40)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:38-1:40)
E|-0-|------------------------||    E|---|------------------------||
B|-0-|------------------------||    B|---|------------------------||
G|-0-|------6-66------6-------||    G|---|------6-66------6-------||
D|-0-|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||    D|---|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||    A|---|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||    E|---|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(1:40-1:43)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:40-1:43)
E|----------------------0-----||    E|-------------------------||
B|----------------------0-----||    B|-------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-----0-----||    G|------6-66------6--------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--0-----||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4--||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--0-----||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4--||
E|-440--------22-----4--0-----||    E|-440--------22-----4--2--||

CHORUS (distorted)(1:43-1:45)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:43-1:45)
E|----------------------------||    E|------------------------||
B|----------------------------||    B|------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-----------||    G|------6-66------6-------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||    E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(1:45-1:48)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(1:45-1:48)
E|----------------------------||    E|------------------------||
B|----------------------------||    B|------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-----------||    G|------6-66------6-------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-----||    D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-----||    A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-----||    E|-440--------22-----4--2-||


SOLO PT.1 (distorted) (1:48-1:58) (guitar 2)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------9-----11----------11---9^--||
G|10101010101010/8-6--88888/10-8-6-5--33333-5-6-5-3---88----88-----88---88----8-----||
D|X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X--XXXXX-X--X-X-X------------------------------------------------||
A|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6-4--66666/8--6-4-3------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

SOLO PT.2 (distorted) (1:58-2:07) (guitar 2)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|10101010101010/8-6--88888/10-8-6-5--33333-5-6-5-3--13------||
D|X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X--XXXXX-X--X-X-X-------------------------||
A|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6-4--66666/8--6-4-3-------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

GUITAR 2:VERSE (distorted)(1:48-2:07)(guitar 1 plays this,while guitar 1 plays solo)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||

INTERLUDE (distorted)(2:07-2:10)    GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(2:07-2:10)
E|-----------------------||         E|------------------------||  
B|-----------------------||         B|------------------------||
G|11----11----11----13---||         G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---11----11----11----11||         D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-----------------------||         A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-----------------------||         E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

INTERLUDE (distorted)(2:10-2:13)    GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(2:10-2:13)
E|-----------------------||         E|------------------------||  
B|-----------------------||         B|------------------------||
G|11----11----11----13---||         G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---11----11----11----11||         D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-----------------------||         A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-----------------------||         E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

INTERLUDE (distorted)(2:13-2:16)    GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(2:13-2:16)
E|-----------------------||         E|------------------------||
B|-----------------------||         B|------------------------||
G|11----11----11----13---||         G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---11----11----11----11||         D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-----------------------||         A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-----------------------||         E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

INTERLUDE (distorted)(2:16-2:19)    GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(2:16-2:19)
E|-----------------------||         E|------------------------||
B|-----------------------||         B|------------------------||
G|11----11----11----13---||         G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---11----11----11----11||         D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-----------------------||         A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-----------------------||         E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

INTERLUDE (distorted)(2:19-2:22)    GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(2:19-2:22)
E|-----------------------||         E|------------------------||
B|-----------------------||         B|------------------------||
G|11----11----11----13---||         G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---11----11----11----11||         D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-----------------------||         A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-----------------------||         E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

INTERLUDE (distorted)(2:22-2:25)    GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(2:22-2:25)
E|------------------------||        E|------------------------||
B|------------------------||        B|------------------------||
G|11----11----11----13----||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---11----11----11----11~||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|------------------------||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|------------------------||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(2:25-2:28)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:28-2:28)
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(2:28-2:31)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:31-2:31)
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(2:31-2:34)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:34-2:34)
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(2:34-2:37)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:37-2:37)
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(2:37-2:40)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:40-2:40)
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||
Dont want to be an american idiot.

CHORUS (distorted)(2:40-2:43)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:43-2:43)      
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||
One nation controlled by the media.


CHORUS (distorted)(2:43-2:46)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(2:46-2:46)
E|---------------------0--||        E|------------------------||
B|---------------------0--||        B|------------------------||
G|---------------------0--||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|---------------------0--||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|---------------------0--||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|---------------------0--||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||
Information age of hysteria.

NO GUITARS (2:46-2:48) It\\'s going out to idiot america. 

VERSE (distorted) (2:48-3:03) (GUITAR 1&2)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
  Welcome  |All       |Everything|       |Television|We\\'re not |For thats 
  to a new |across    |isn\\'t     |       |dreams of |the ones  |enough to
  kind of  |the       |meant to  |       |tommorow  |who\\'re    |argue
  tension  |alienation|be okay   |       |          |meant     |
                                                    |to follow 

CHORUS (distorted)(3:03-3:06)       GUITAR 2:AFTER-CHORUS (distorted)(3:06-3:06)
E|------------------------||        E|-----------------------||
B|------------------------||        B|-----------------------||
G|------6-66------6-------||        G|-----------------------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||        D|---------------------4-||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||        A|---------------------4-||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-||        E|---------------------2-||

                   
CHORUS (distorted)(3:06-3:09)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(3:06-3:09)
E|------------------------||        E|------------------------||
B|------------------------||        B|------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-------||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(3:09-3:12)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(3:09-3:12)
E|------------------------||        E|------------------------||
B|------------------------||        B|------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-------||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||

CHORUS (distorted)(3:12-3:15)       GUITAR 2:CHORUS (distorted)(3:12-3:15)
E|------------------------||        E|------------------------||
B|------------------------||        B|------------------------||
G|------6-66------6-------||        G|------6-66------6-------||
D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||        D|-660--6-66--44--6--6--4-||
A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||        A|-660--4-44--44--4--6--4-||
E|-440--------22-----4--2-||        E|-440--------22-----4--2-||


OUTRO (distorted) (3:15-3:18)       GUITAR 2:OUTRO (distorted)(3:17-3:18)
E|------------------------||        E|-----------------------||
B|------------------------||        B|-----------------------||
G|----------------6-6-6---||        G|-----6-66------6-6-6---||
D|----------------6-6-6-6-||        D|-660-6-66--44--6-6-6-6-||
A|----------------4-4-4-6-||        A|-660-4-44--44--4-4-4-6-||
E|----------------------4-||        E|-440-------22--------4-||
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GreenDay39100GreenDay39100 Unknown Date
I dont know if ive ever seen anyone put that much time into a tab. Its really long to. its looks pretty good. Good Job man.
nickelback6690nickelback6690 Unknown Date
OMG that's American Idiot?





Wowee...if you're not a professional tabber, get into the business...you'd get loads!





This is the MOST thorough guitar tab I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!
13aLiEnSeXiSt1313aLiEnSeXiSt13 Unknown Date
Holy!!! This is the best tab i've ever seen man..


you rock keep up the good work and hey since your so good can you please tab out the jesus of suburbia solo cause' it seems that everyone copy pasted the tab because everybody has it the same and it's wrong..


thanks and great job man!!!
13aLiEnSeXiSt1313aLiEnSeXiSt13 Unknown Date
hey man!! i'm the same guy again i'm sorry i forgot to put my e-mail in lol..


it's rocuenca_7@hotmail.com


please email me if you can with the tab.. thanks
bammargera07bammargera07 Unknown Date
the intro and chorus is wrong their both actually


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-------666-----6-------------------------


-4-666-666-444-6-6-----------------------


-4-666-444-444-4-6-----------------------


-2-444-----222---4-----------------------





but other than that the tab is perfect excllent tab man just blos my mind away how much detail u put into it
GuitarJunky99GuitarJunky99 Unknown Date
you have the chorus and verse mixed up, but otherwise it's correct.
Bozone19Bozone19 Unknown Date
Very good tab but your chours and verses are mixed up.
Studzgreenday87Studzgreenday87 Unknown Date
WOW! This is the most pleasing dispaly of tab I have ever seen. This looks more like a book. You are really, really good. You should become a profesional tabber. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
watspinkandfluffywatspinkandfluffy Unknown Date
Aazin tab man i hvnt seen anythin like it!!
PWCNTPWCNT Unknown Date
After the intro and verse you shouldn't strum all 6 strings, you should strum fret 2 on E,B, and G. Also on the 3rd chord of the intro and verse, it should be the same as the previous 2 not open
n1ghtraid3rn1ghtraid3r Unknown Date
The Verse is labelled as CHORUS and vice versa. other than that GREAT TAB!
ScrewtheSystemScrewtheSystem Unknown Date
good job but i think that they played that at aol sessions
acdcrocker12acdcrocker12 Unknown Date
This is the best tabi have ever seen!!it looks like you put a lot of time in to it
AndyRoodlesAndyRoodles Unknown Date
This Song Needs No correction Apart From Solo:





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-----3-4-5-3-4-5-3-4-5-3-4--


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That's All.





Any Questions or comments.


Put Them On My Atreyu: The


Crimson Tab.


Cheers.


Plus Johnny Heulin Is The


World's Greatest Sex Machine!!


Slipknot And KoRn Rule!!
sk8rpunkrockersk8rpunkrocker Unknown Date
You have got the verse and chorus mixed around. Otherwise, good tab :-).
soad1588soad1588 Unknown Date
The only problem is that what you labeled as verse is the chorus and what you labeled as chorus is the verse. but the whole thing is flawless
guitarandbassfruitguitarandbassfruit Unknown Date
for the intro and what u have as the verse (should b chorus but w/e) the 3rd x466xx chord should b open notes on the low strings...on the cd version u can tell especially when the filter efeect is on......and for the ppl that have the songbook...i have it to...they dont have the open strings in there ...but if u use ur ears (the things on the left and right of ur head)....its clear they r there........ne way PIMPED TAB .....if i wanted to b a picky @$$ i would say ur missing some vibratos on ur solo :b
jjc2clbnjjc2clbn Unknown Date
almost perfect, after the solo, billie joe's part is just on the 13th fret, it doesnt change between 11 and 13
RHCPfan4lifeRHCPfan4life Unknown Date
you got the chorus wrong its


e-----------------------------------


b-------------------------------------


g---6-6-6-6-6-----------------8-8-8-8-8


d---4-4-4-4-4-0-6-6-6-6-6--0--6-6-6-6-6


E-------------0-4-4-4-4-4--0-----------


and so forth but good job i know that the parts are a little bit longer but didnt want to waste to much time
RHCPfan4lifeRHCPfan4life Unknown Date
srry for some reason my thing got screwed up basicly its just that in between each chord in the chorus(group of chord i mean) theres you strum the last two strings in between them i hope that makes sense
MiniLogoSk8r21MiniLogoSk8r21 Unknown Date
the intro is sortof right but you have messed up some stuff.It should be the power chord 664 three times and then it moves down to 442 x3
guitarfreakinmasterguitarfreakinmaster Unknown Date
Your Corrections


i dont no but the chords and different i have the book with that song in it but im too lazy to wip it out so HAAHAA
elloimfromfranceelloimfromfrance Unknown Date
This tab rocks dude! Everything is perfect. I love the solo though. Start a band dude. You kick ass!
C4CrateC4Crate Unknown Date
Green day is the dumbest band i have ever had to listen to and will mever compare to Black Sabbath or anything else from the 70s-80s
jerrybolegweakjerrybolegweak Unknown Date
I Credit You My friend first of all great tab I Like they way u set it up and all that...but also you gave Jason White his own column..you are a great person for that...I mean seriously Jason plays all the solo's and the hard stuff while billie joe is playin rythm guitar..whats with that...so wouldn't that make Jason white a better guitarist...and Mike and Tre are beasts and u know what.. now Jason is too thanx for proving people do care about Jason White... I mean c'mon they didn't even put his name on the CD...man that stinks well i better sum this up b4 i start to rant but anyway nice tab and Jason White....People do Care
jerrybolegweakjerrybolegweak Unknown Date
And C4Crate Shut up man people know one Black Sabbath Song but on the Other hand Led Zeppelin is the BEST
s3d4tiv3chunks3d4tiv3chunk Unknown Date
The intro and chorus are wrong. I didn't look at the rest.
Famous1Famous1 Unknown Date
BLows my mind
outcast2societyoutcast2society Unknown Date
The VERY first part is not muted strings but palm muted intro but great tab dude.
ddub965ddub965 Unknown Date
perfect
american_idiot101american_idiot101 March 12, 2008 at 7:45 pm
holy turd!! that is like freakishly awesome!!no offense to all the other tab writers but he(or she) kicks r butts,lol,sorry.but like how did u get like all that like there??i could like never do that.
shtick10shtick10 May 08, 2008 at 9:00 pm
the intro is

e-------------------------------

b-------------------------------

g-------------------------------

d----------6-66--------6-----

a----666-4-44-4-44-4-6-4

E----444--------2-22----4-2

and in the chorus you strum 10 times, if you don't belive me

try it. over all good work
shtick10shtick10 May 08, 2008 at 9:15 pm
hey its shtick10 again sorry ignore my last comment the numbers got mixed up for some reason The 1st 3 sixes on -d- should be over the 1st three 4s on -a- The three 2s on -E- should be under the three fours after the the 1st three The very last 6 on -d- should be over the 4 before the last 6 on -a-The 4 and the 2 on -E- are suposed to be under the 6 and 4 on string -a- in the same order

Sorry again hope it makes sence

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