G# C# F# C# G# F# Don't wanna be an American Idiot. G# C# F# C# G# F# Don't want a nation that under the new media. G# C# F# C# G# F# And get you with the sound of hysteria? G# C# F# C# G# F# The subliminal mind fuck America.
C# Welcome to a new kind of tension. G# All across the alienation. D# G# Everything isn't meant to be okay. C# Television dreams of tomorrow. G# We're not the ones who're meant to follow. D# Convincing them to walk you.
Verso:
G# C# F# C# G# F# Well maybe I'm the faggot America. G# C# F# C# G# F# I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. G# C# F# C# G# F# Now everybody do the propaganda. G# C# F# C# G# F# And sing along in the age of paranoia.
C# Welcome to a new kind of tension. G# All across the alien nation. D# G# Everything isn't meant to be okay. C# Television dreams of tomorrow. G# We're not the ones who're meant to follow. D# Convincing them to walk you.
Verso:
G# C# F# C# G# F# Don't wanna be an American Idiot. G# C# F# C# G# F# One nation controlled by the media. G# C# F# C# G# F# Information age of hysteria. G# C# F# C# G# F# It's going out to Idiot America.
C# Welcome to a new kind of tension. G# All across the alien nation. D# G# Everything isn't meant to be okay. C# Television dreams of tomorrow. G# We're not the ones who're meant to follow. D# Convincing them to walk you.