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Tabbed By: avatar ibenhad

Added: Apr 16, 2008

Type: Bass

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Skill Level: Intermediate

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Description:

Bass tab for American Idiot


Intro
G|---------------------------------0---------|
D|---------------------------------0---------|
A|------------4--4-----------------0---------|
E|---4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4-------------|

Main Riff
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------0---------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------0---------|
A|-----------4--4----------4---------|------------4--4----------4------0---------|
E|--4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4--2---|---4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4-------------|

Verse 

(Pause for lyrics)

G|-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------0--|
D|-0---------------------------(pause for lyrics)--0--------------------------0--|
A|-0-------4-4---------4---------------------------0--------4-4---------4-----0--|
E|---4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4--2------------------------4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4-----|

(Pause for lyrics)

G|-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------0--|
D|-0---------------------------(pause for lyrics)--0--------------------------0--|
A|-0-------4-4---------4---------------------------0--------4-4---------4-----0--|
E|---4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4--2------------------------4-4-0-----0--2-2-----4-----|

Chorus
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|----------------------------0--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------|

Fill 1
G|-0----------|
D|-0----------|
A|-0----------|
E|------------|

Solo (bass plays this when guitar plays the solo)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|----------------------------0--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------|

Interlude  (the bit in the video when Billie imitates shooting a gun I his head)
G|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
D|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
A|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
E|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
 
G|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
D|-------------------------------0---|---------------------------------0-------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------0-------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------0-------|

G|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------0---|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------0---|------------------------------9\---------|

Outro
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------0-----------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------0-----------|
A|------------4--4----------4--------|------------4--4----------4--0-----------|
E|---4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4--2--|4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4--------------|

G|------------6--6----------6--------|
D|---6--6-----6--6-----4-4--6--6--4--|
A|---6--6-----4--4-----4-4--4--6--4--|  (pause for clean played guitar)
E|---4--4--0--------0--2-2-----4--2--|

G|------6--6-------------------------|
D|---4--6--6--6----------------------|
A|---4--4--4--6----------------------|
E|---2--------4----------------------|


Order

Intro
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Fill 1
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Fill 1
Main riff x2
Solo 
Interlude
Chorus
Outro

Lyrics

(Verse 1)

(Verse 1)
Don't wanna' be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new media 
Hey, can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America

(Chorus)
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be OK                 
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

(Verse 2)
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda              
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along in the age of paranoia

(Interlude)
Don't wanna' be an American idiot
One nation by the media
Information age of hysteria?
It's calling out to idiot America

(Chorus)
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be OK                 
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Well that's enough to argue

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