Introdução: A D G D A G |------->(2X) 
            A D G D A    
 
Verso: 
 
A D G D A 
              Don't wanna be an American Idiot. 
A D G D A G 
              Don't want a nation that under the new media. 
A D G D A 
              And can you hear the sound of hysteria? 
A D G D A G 
              The subliminal mind fuck America. 
A D G D A 
 
 
Refrão: 
 
D 
Welcome to a new kind of tension. 
A 
All across the alienation. 
E                            A 
Everything isn't meant to be okay. 
D 
Television dreams of tomorrow. 
A 
We're not the ones who're meant to follow. 
E 
For that's enought to argue. 
 
 
Verso: 
 
A D G D A 
              Well maybe I'm the faggot America. 
A D G D A G 
              I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. 
A D G D A 
              Now everybody do the propaganda. 
A D G D A G 
              And sing along in the age of paranoia. 
A D G D A 
 
 
Refrão: 
 
D 
Welcome to a new kind of tension. 
A 
All across the alien nation. 
E                            A 
Everything isn't meant to be okay. 
D 
Television dreams of tomorrow. 
A 
We're not the ones who're meant to follow. 
E 
For that's enough to argue. 
 
verso : A D G D A 4X 
 
Base do solo : D A E A 
 
A D G D A 2X 
 
 
A D G D A 
Don't wanna be an American Idiot. 
A D G D A  
One nation controlled by the media. 
A D G D A 
Information age of hysteria. 
 
It's going out to Idiot America. 
 
Refrão: 
 
D   
Welcome to a new kind of tension. 
A 
All across the alien nation. 
E                            A 
Everything isn't meant to be okay. 
D 
Television dreams of tomorrow. 
A 
We're not the ones who're meant to follow. 
E 
For that's enough to argue. 
 
A D G D A 4X