American Idiot(Chords)

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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 get you with the sound of hysteria? 
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                        The subliminal mind fuck America. 

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Welcome to a new kind of tension. 
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All across the alienation. 
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Everything isn't meant to be okay. 
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Television dreams of tomorrow. 
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We're not the ones who're meant to follow. 
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Convincing them to walk you.


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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. 

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


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Solo C#5 G#5 D#5 G#5...

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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 age of hysteria. 

It's going out to Idiot America. 

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


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Written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank e Iii Wright, Mike Pritchard