Intro:

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#   (repeat 4x)

Verse 1:

                                 Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.

                                             Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
Don't want a nation that under the new media.


                                      Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?


                               Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
The subliminal mindfuck America.



Chorus:

C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

Ab
All across the alien nation.

Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.

Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Eb
Convincing them to walk you.


Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab


Verse 2:

                                 Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.

                                 Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.

                               Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Now everybody do the propaganda.

                                    Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab 
And sing along in the age of paranoia.



Chorus:

C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

Ab
All across the alien nation.

Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.

Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Eb
Convincing them to walk you.


Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab


Bridge:

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab



Verse 3:


Ab       C#   F#    C#   Ab   F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
 
Ab      C#      F#    C#     Ab
One nation controlled by the media.

Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F#
Information nation of hysteria.


It's going out to idiot America.



Chorus:

C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.

Ab
All across the alien nation.

Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.

C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.

Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Eb
Convincing them to walk you.



Outro:


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Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab
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