INTRO:  A D G D A G 

Don't wanna be an American idiot.    A D G D A G 
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Don't want a nation that under the new media.   A D G D A G 
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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?    A D G D A G 
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The subliminal mindfuck America.   A D G D A G 

Chorus:

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 
Convincing them to walk you.

A D G D A G 
A D G D A G 
Verse 2:

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Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
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I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
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Now everybody do the propaganda.
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And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Chorus:

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 
Convincing them to walk you.

A D G D A G 
A D G D A G 
A D G D A G 

BRIDGE:
D  A  E  A 
D  A  E  A 
(INTRO)
Verse 3:

VerseII: (Chords same as intro)
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Ab   C#   F#   C#  Ab   F# 
Information nation of hysteria.
(no chords)
It's going out to idiot America.

Chorus:

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 
Convincing them to walk you.

Outro:

A D G D A G 
A D G D A G