Capo on 1st fret
[Intro]
[G]Do[C]Don'[F]n't [C]wa[G]nn[F]a be an American idiot.
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F]
[Verse]
[N.C.]Don't want a nation under the new media. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[N.C.]And can you hear the sound of hysteria? [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[N.C.]The subliminal mindfuck America.[G]America. [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Chorus]
[C]Welcome to a new kind of tension.
[G]All across the alien nation.
[D]Everything isn't meant to be [G]okay.
[C]Television dreams of tomorrow.
[G]We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
[D]For that's enough to argue
[Instrumental]
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Verse2]
[N.C.]Well maybe I'm the faggot America. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[N.C.]I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[N.C.]Now everybody do the propaganda. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
N.C.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.
[Chorus]
[C]Welcome to a new kind of tension.
[G]All across the alien nation.
[D]Everything isn't meant to be[G]be okay.
[C]Television dreams of tomorrow.
[G]We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
[D]Convincing them to walk you.
[Instrumental]
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F]
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F]
[Bridge]
[C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G]
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Verse3]
[G]Don't wanna be an American idiot.
On[G]One nation controlled by the media.
[G]Infor[C]Information [F]nat[C]ion of hys[G]teri[F]a.
N.C.
It's going out to idiot America.
[Chorus]
[C]Welcome to a new kind of tension.
[G]All across the alien nation.
[D]Everything isn't meant to be[G]be okay.
[C]Television dreams of tomorrow.
[G]We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
[D]Convincing them to walk you.
[Outro]
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]