xGreen Day - American Idiot By Shaun Lingham Date: Tuesday 3rd august 2004 Very first guitar tab of this song!!! Maybe not 100% correct...but I tabbed it by ear Tuning: Standard E A D G B E [Intro/Verses] I play mostly downstrokes but throw in a couple upstrokes as well e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|--------6666------6----------------------------------| D|---666--6666--44--6--6--4----------------------------| A|---666--4444--44--4--6--4----------------------------| E|---444--------22-----4--2----------------------------| [Chorus] e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----66666666------------88888888--------------| D|-----66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666----| A|-----44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666----| E|---------------44444444------------44444444----| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----66666666------------88888888--------------| D|-----66666666--66666666--88888888--------------| A|-----44444444--66666666--66666666--------------| E|---------------44444444------------------------| [Solo] e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------888-101010-121212-13/15/13-| D|---------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6----------------------------| A|-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3---------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------8/13~~~~------------------| D|---------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6---------------------------| A|-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3--------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| The verse riff is played clean after the solo, then the chorus comes in and then the play the Ending. [Ending] Same as the Intro/Verse but the very final time he plays the riff he misses of the last chord(F#) hence finish on the G#. e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|--------6666------6----------------------------------| D|---666--6666--44--6--6--4----------------------------| A|---666--4444--44--4--6--4----------------------------| E|---444--------22-----4--2----------------------------| (c) Shaun Lingham 2004.
