Originally in G#, I play in G and use open chords in the chorus
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
Vox on the 5
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 | |
| Don’t wanna be an American idiot |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| Don’t want a nation under the new mania |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 | |
| And can you hear the sound of hysteria? |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| The subliminal mind-fuck America |
| C5 |
| Welcome to a new kind of tension |
| G5 |
| All across the alien nation |
| D5 | G5 |
| Where everything isn’t meant to be o | kay |
| C5 |
| Television dreams of tomorrow |
| G5 |
| We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow |
Hard stop after “argue”
| D5 |
| For that’s enough to argue |
Drums for one measure
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 | |
| Well, maybe I’m the faggot, America |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| I’m not a part of a redneck agenda |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 | |
| Now everybody do the propaganda |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| And sing along to the age of paranoia |
| C5 |
| Welcome to a new kind of tension |
| G5 |
| All across the alien nation |
| D5 | G5 |
| Where everything isn’t meant to be o | kay |
| C5 |
| Television dreams of tomorrow |
| G5 |
| We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow |
Hard stop after “argue”
| D5 |
| For that’s enough to argue |
Drums for one measure
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
Solo if appropriate on chorus chords
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| Don’t wanna | be an | Ameri | can i | di | ot |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 |
| One n | ation contro | lled b | y the | media |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F |
| Inform | ation a | ge o | f hys | teri | a |
Hard stop
| G5 |
| It’s calling out to idiot America |
| C5 |
| Welcome to a new kind of tension |
| G5 |
| All across the alien nation |
| D5 | G5 |
| Where everything isn’t meant to be o | kay |
| C5 |
| Television dreams of tomorrow |
| G5 |
| We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow |
Hard stop after “argue”
| D5 |
| For that’s enough to argue |
No drum break this time
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 | F5 |
| G5 | C5 | F5 | C5 | G5 |