Green 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 |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--------6666------6----------------------------------| |---666--6666--44--6--6--4----------------------------| |---666--4444--44--4--6--4----------------------------| |---444--------22-----4--2----------------------------| Chorus |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----66666666------------88888888--------------| |-----66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666----| |-----44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666----| |---------------44444444------------44444444----| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----66666666------------88888888--------------| |-----66666666--66666666--88888888--------------| |-----44444444--66666666--66666666--------------| |---------------44444444------------------------| Solo |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------888-101010-121212-13/15/13-| |---------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6----------------------------| |-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3---------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------8/13~~~~------------------| |---------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6---------------------------| |-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3--------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| 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#. |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--------6666------6----------------------------------| |---666--6666--44--6--6--4----------------------------| |---666--4444--44--4--6--4----------------------------| |---444--------22-----4--2----------------------------| (c) Shaun Lingham 2004.