Green Day - American Idiot (perfect) Chords & Tabs

 

American Idiot (perfect) Chords & Tabs

Green Day Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Tab

American Idiot (perfect) Tab

Okay, this is my first tab EVER and I hope you all like it.

Tuning: Standard

Intro:
w/ weird no drive sound:

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------6--6-6-------6---|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4--6| 
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4--6|
|-4-4-4----------2-2-----4|

w/ heavy distortion:

|------------------------0|
|------------------------0|
|--------6--6-6-------6--0|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4---|
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4---|
|-4-4-4----------2-2------|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------6--6-6-------6---|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4--6| 
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4--6|
|-4-4-4----------2-2-----4|

|------------------------0|
|------------------------0|
|--------6--6-6-------6--0|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4---|
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4---|
|-4-4-4----------2-2------|

Verse:
(after drums):

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------6--6-6-------6---|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4--6| 
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4--6|
|-4-4-4----------2-2-----4|

|------------------------0|
|------------------------0|
|--------6--6-6-------6--0|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4---|
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4---|
|-4-4-4----------2-2------|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------6--6-6-------6---|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4--6| 
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4--6|
|-4-4-4----------2-2-----4|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------6--6-6-------6---|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4--6|
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4--6|
|-4-4-4----------2-2-----4|
Chorus:

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
|------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|-weird-strumming-area (figure it out)|
|-------------------------------------|                         6
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|X2, 2nd time without the 6 end
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|                         4
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/american_idiot_perfect_tab.html ]
Now you repeat everything except the intro. 

SOLO TIME!!!:)


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--8--6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-10-8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--8--6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-10-8-|
|-8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--6--4--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-8--6-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------8------------|
|--------------------------------------9-----11------------11----9|
|-6--5---3--3-3-3-3-5-6--5-3--3-3/8-8----8-8----8-8----8-8-----8--|X2
|-6---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

And then Let it ring!

|--|
|-9|
|--|
|--|
|--|
|--|

Repeat until chorus

|------------------------0|
|------------------------0|
|--------6--6-6-------6--0|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4---|
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4---|
|-4-4-4----------2-2------|

Chorus:

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
|------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|-weird-strumming-area (figure it out)|
|-------------------------------------|                         6
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|X2, 2nd time without the 6 end
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|                         4
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|

Ending:

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------6--6-6-------6---|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4--6| 
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4--6|
|-4-4-4----------2-2-----4|

|------------------------0|
|------------------------0|
|--------6--6-6-------6--0|
|-6-6-6--6--6-6--4-4--4---|
|-6-6-6--4--4-4--4-4--4---|
|-4-4-4----------2-2------|

|---------|
|---------|
|-6-6-6---|
|-6-6-6--6|
|-4-4-4--6|
|--------4|