Intro: Ab   Db   Gb   Db  Ab   Gb   ( repeat 4x )

Verse 1:
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Don't wanna be an American idiot.
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Don't want a nation that under the new media.
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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
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The subliminal mindfuck America.


Chorus:
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Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

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Verse 2:
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Well maybe I'm the xxxxxx 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:
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

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Ab   Db   Gb   Db  Ab
Ab   Db   Gb   Db  Ab   Gb
Ab   Db   Gb   Db  Ab

Solo

Bridge:
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Verse 3:
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Don't wanna be an American idiot.
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One nation controlled by the media.
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Information nation of hysteria.
( no chords )
It's going out to idiot America.


Chorus:
Db
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb                           Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Db
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Outro:
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