Standard (EADGBE)

means that wherever "F" occurs in the song, play it on the 6th string, and wherever

"F(2)" occurs, play it on the 5th string. The reason for this seems obvious to me, but

I kinda have to explain it because 99% of the internet is retarded: the purpose is each

chord, "F" and "F(2)" are both technically of the fifth form F5 , the only difference

being that F(2) is one octave higher than F. So in a song where there is an F played on

the 6th string, then later, an F is played on the 5th string, the two must somehow be

differentiated or else it will sound weird when the reader attempts to play it. Duh.

Anyhow, I chose this method over tabbing the chords over and over throughout the song

because it keeps things nice and neat. I also tried to place the chord changes over the

lyrics as accurately as possible, but it's not precise. It shouldn't need to be anyhow;

music is all vibes. Get a feel for the song and the chord changes should come naturally,

as should the rhythm. Practice makes perfect!

If you find any major errors or what-not, feel free to send me an e-mail. Chances are, I

won't respond if you have a minor variation to a solo or a lyric. If you're good enough to

hear what I can't, then you don't really need this file, do you? Leave me alone. If, on the

other hand, there's some outrageous mistake, let me know. I'll be cool about it.

So, that's it. Enjoy. And if you're in Phoenix, give me a shout; we'll party. Until

next time, kiddies - rock on!

Track List:

1. American Idiot

2. Jesus of Suburbia

3. Holiday

4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams

5. Are We the Waiting

6. St. Jimmy

7. Give Me Novocain

8. She's a Rebel

9. Extraordinary Girl

10. Letterbomb

11. Wake Me Up When September Ends

12. Homecoming

13. Whatsername

--== American Idiot ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

Verse 1

 Don't wanna be an American idiot.

 Don't want a nation that under the new media.

 And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

 The subliminal mindfuck America.

Chorus

Welcome to a new kind of tension.

All across the alien nation.

Everything isn't meant to be okay.

Television dreams of tomorrow.

We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Convincing them to walk you.

Verse 2

 Well maybe I'm the faggot America.

 I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.

 Now everybody do the propaganda.

 And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Chorus

Welcome to a new kind of tension.

All across the alien nation.

Everything isn't meant to be okay.

Television dreams of tomorrow.

We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Convincing them to walk you.

Solo

Bridge

Verse 3

Don't wanna be an American idiot.

One nation controlled by the media.

Information nation of hysteria.

(no chords)

It's going out to idiot America.

Chorus

Welcome to a new kind of tension.

All across the alien nation.

Everything isn't meant to be okay.

Television dreams of tomorrow.

We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Convincing them to walk you.

Outro

--== Jesus of Suburbia ==--

Notes:

This song is complicated yet simple; the chord structure is

characteristically Green Day in that there are very few chords played in

different patterns for the verse, pre-chorus, chorus, etc. Where it differs

from their other songs, however, is its dramatic shifts in style and tone

throughout. Incidentally, the song is nearly 10 minutes long, comparable in

length to rock operas like "Stairway to Heaven" and "Bohemian Rhapsody."

To date, this is Green Day's only rock opera (with the possible exception of

"Homecoming," another track on this album).

Consequently, I've broken it down into component parts, each part denoting a

shift in style or tone; these are denoted by "PART" and then a roman numeral

designating the part of the song.

Chords Used:

PART I:

Verse 1

(no chords)

I'm the son of rage and love

(no chords)

The Jesus of suburbia

The bible of none-of-the-above

On a steady diet of...

(no chords)

Soda pop and Ritalin

(no chords)

No one ever died for my sins

In hell, far as I can tell

At least the ones I got away with

Chorus 1

 And there's nothing wrong with me

 This is how I'm supposed to be

 In a land of make-believe

(no chords)

I don't believe in me

Verse 2

(no chords)

Get my television fix

(no chords)

Sitting on my crucifix

A living room on my private womb

While the moms and brads are away

(no chords)

So fall in love and fall in debt

(no chords)

To alcohol and cigarettes

And Mary-Jane, to keep me insane

Doing someone else's cocaine

Chorus 1

 And there's nothing wrong with me

 This is how I'm supposed to be

 In a land of make-believe

(no chords)

I don't believe in me

Bridge 1

PART II:

Verse 3

 At the center of the Earth in the parking lot

 Of the Seven-Eleven where I was taught

The motto was just a lie

 It says home is where your heart is, but what a shame

 Cuz' everyone's heart doesn't beat the same

It's beating out of time

Chorus 2

City of the dead

At the end of another lost highway

Signs misleading to nowhere

City of the damned

Lost children with dirty faces today

No one really seems to care

Verse 4

 I read the graffiti on the bathroom stall

 Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall

And so it seemed to confess

 It didn't say much but it only confirmed

 That the center of the Earth is the end of the world

And I can really care less.

Chorus 2

City of the dead

At the end of another lost highway

Signs misleading to nowhere

City of the damned

Lost children with dirty faces today

No one really seems to care

PART III:

Solo

Chorus 3

I don't care if you don't |

|

Ab Eb | Repeat this part

I don't care if you don't | 4 times

|

I don't care if you don't care |

/

I don't care...

Bridge 2

Verse 5

 Everyone's so full of shit

 Born and raised by hypocrites

 Hearts recycled but never saved

 From the cradle, to the grave

 We are the kids of War and Peace

 From Anaheim to the Middle East

 We are the stories and disciples of

 The Jesus of Suburbia

Pre-chorus 3

Land of make-believe

And it don't believe in me.

Land of make-believe

And I don't believe.

Chorus 3

And I don't care.

I don't care.

I don't care.

I don't care.

I don't care.

PART IV:

Verse 6

Dearly beloved are you listening

I can't remember a word that you were saying

Are we demented or am I disturbed

The space that's in between insane and insecure

Oh therapy can you please fill the void

Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed

Nobody's perfect and I stand accused

For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse (sigh)

PART V:

Verse 7

(kinda hard to express the rhythm here; just repeat the little verse

intro)

To live and not to breathe

is to die in tragedy

To run, to run away

To find what you believe

Chorus 4

(again, kinda hard to express rhythm; each chord is strummed only once and

on the beat)

And I

leave behind

This hurricane

of fucking lies

Verse 8

I lost my faith to this

This town, that don't exist

So I run, I run away

The light of masochist

Chorus 4

And I

leave behind

This hurricane

of fucking lies

And I

walked this line

On million and one

fucking times

But not this time

Solo 2

PART VI:

Verse 9

(no chords, just piano)

I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize

When there ain't nowhere you can go

Running away from pain when you've been victimized

Tales from another broken...home

Outro

You're leaving

You're leaving

You're leaving

You're leaving home.

--== Holiday ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

Say hey, cha...

Verse 1

Hear the sound of the falling rain

Coming down like an Armageddon flame

The shame the ones who died without a name

Hear the dogs howling out of key

To a hymn called "Faith and Misery"

I plead, the company that lost the war today

Chorus

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

(no chords)

On holiday.

Verse 2

Hear the drum pounding out of time

Another protester has crossed the line

To find the money's on the other side

Can I get another amen? Amen!

There's a flag wrapped around a score of men

A gag, a plastic bag on a monument

Chorus

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

(no chords)

On holiday.

Bridge

Solo

**The representative from California has the floor!**

Verse 3

(no chords for awhile)

Sieg Heil to the President-Gas-Man

"Bombs away!" is your punishment!

Pulverize the Eiffel Towers

Who criticize your government

Bang! Bang! goes a broken classic

Kill all the fags that don't agree

Triumph by fire

Setting fires is not a way that's meant for me

Bridge 2

Just cause

Just cause

Because we're on holiday

Chorus

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

This is our lives on holiday....

Outro

--== Boulevard of Broken Dreams ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

 (Delay pedal)

Verse 1

I walk a lonely road

 The only one that I have ever known

Don't know were it goes

 But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street

 On the Boulevard of broken dreams

Were the city sleeps

 And I'm the only one and I walk alone

Pre-chorus

I walk alone I walk alone, I walk alone and I walk a-

Chorus

My shadows the only one that walks beside me

My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

'Till then I'll walk alone

Ah..ah..

Verse 2

I'm walking down the line

That divides me somewhere in my mind

On the border line of the edge

 And where I walk alone

Read between the lines

What's fucked up and everything's alright

Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive

And I walk alone

Pre-chorus

I walk alone I walk alone, I walk alone and I walk a-

Chorus

My shadows the only one that walks beside me

My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

'Till then I'll walk alone

Ah..ah..

I walk alone and I walk a-

Solo

Verse 3

I walk this empty street

 On the Boulevard of broken dreams

Were the city sleeps

 And I'm the only one and I walk alone

Chorus

My shadows the only one that walks beside me

My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

'Till then I'll walk alone

Outro

--== Are We The Waiting? ==--

Chords Used:

NOTES: This song makes use of a particular riff, introduced at the beginning. This

pattern is played over the chords being strummed in the background. So, when the

rhythm guitar strums the "A" chord, the lead guitar plays this riff over A, when

the background guitar plays "D", the pattern stays the same, but is then played

over "D". This pattern occurs consistently throughout the song. I'll tab out the

pattern over each chord once; after that, I'll assume the reader knows the pattern

And is playing it over the transcribed chords

)

Intro

Verse 1

(Continue the riff from the intro)

Starry nights, city lights

 Coming down over me

Skyscrapers and stargazers

 In my head

Are we we are, are we we are the waiting unknown

(The riff is now played over F# and E):

This dirty town was burning down in my dreams

(repeat above riff)

Lost and found city bound in my dreams

Chorus

And screaming

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...

And screaming

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...

Verse 2

Forget me nots, second thoughts

 Live in isolation

Heads or tails and fairytales in my mind

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting unknown

The rage and love, the story of my life

The Jesus of suburbia is a lie

Chorus

And screaming

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...

And screaming

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...

Outro

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...

And screaming

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...unknown

Are we we are, Are we we are the waiting...unknown

--== St. Jimmy ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

Verse 1

St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway

Up on the boulevard like a zip code on parade

Light on the silhouette

He's insubordinate

Coming at you on account of wonder

(no chords)

1 2 3 4

Verse 2

My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out

Suicide commando that your momma talked about

King of the forty thieves and I'm here to represent

That needle in the vein of the establishment

Chorus

I'm the patron saint of the denial

 With an angel face and a taste for suicidal

Verse 3

Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag to sell

I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allen Poe

Raised in the city in the hail of lights

But ain't it worth it that we've been victimized

Chorus

I'm the patron saint of the denial

 With an angel face and a taste for suicidal

Bridge

You talkin' to me? I'll give you something to cry about.

ST. JIMMY

Solo

Verse 4

My name is St. Jimmy I'm a son of a gun

 I am the one that's runaway out of town now

A teenage assassin executing some fun

 In the cult of the life of crime

I really hate to say it but I told you so

 So shut your mouth before I shoot you down old boy

Welcome to the club and give me some blood

 And the resident leader at the lost and found

Outro

It's comedy and tragedy

It's St. Jimmy

And that's my nameeeeeee.

 ... and don't wear it out!

--== Give Me Novocain ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

Verse 1

Take away the sensation inside

Bittersweet migraine in my head

It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind

I can't take this feeling anymore

Chorus

Drain the pressure from the swelling,

The sensation's overwhelming,

Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright

Tell me that I won't feel a thing

(no chords)

So give me Novocain

Verse 2

Out of body and out of mind

Kiss the demons out of my dreams

I get the funny feeling, that's alright

Jimmy says it's better than air,

I'll tell you why

Chorus

Drain the pressure from the swelling,

The sensation's overwhelming,

Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright

Tell me that I won't feel a thing

 So give me Novocain

Bridge

Oh Novocain ...

Solo

Chorus

Drain the pressure from the swelling,

The sensation's overwhelming,

Give me a kiss goodnight and everything will be alright

Tell me Jimmy that I won't feel a thing

(no chords)

So give me Novocain

Outro

--== She's A Rebel ==--

Chords Used:

Verse 1

She's a rebel

She's a saint

She's assault of the earth

 And she's dangerous

She's a rebel

Vigilante

Missing link on the brink

 Of destruction

Verse 2

From Chicago to Toronto

She's the one that they

Call 'ol whatsername

She's the symbol of resistance

And she's holding on my

Heart like a hand grenade

Verse 3

Is she dreaming

What I'm thinking

Is she the mother of all bombs

 Gonna detonate

Is she trouble

Like I'm trouble

Make it a double twist of fate

 Or a melody that

Chorus

She sings of revolution

 The dawning of our lives

She brings this liberation

 That I just can't define

Well nothing comes to mind

Bridge

Chorus

She sings of revolution

 The dawning of our lives

She brings this liberation

 That I just can't define

Well nothing comes to mind

Verse 4

She's a rebel

She's a saint

She's assault of the earth

 And she's dangerous

She's a rebel

Vigilante

Missing link on the brink

 Of destruction

Verse 5

She's a rebel

She's a saint

She's assault of the earth

 And she's dangerous

She's a rebel

Vigilante

Missing link on the brink

 Of destruction

Outro

She's a rebel

She's a rebel

She's a rebel

And she's dangerous

She's a rebel

She's a rebel

She's a rebel

And she's dangerous

--== Extraordinary Girl ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

(played very faintly in background)

Verse 1

She's an Extraordinary girl

in an ordinary world

 And she can't seem to get away

Verse 2

Guitar 1:

| |

| |

He Lacks the courage in his mind Like a child left behind Like a pet left in the rain

Chorus

She's all alone again

Wiping the tears from her eyes

Some days she feels like dying

She gets so sick of crying

Verse 3

She sees the mirror of herself

And image she wants to sell

 To anyone willing to buy

Verse 4

Guitar 1:

| |

| |

He steals the image in her kiss From her heart's apocalypse From the one called whatsername

Chorus

She's all alone again

Wiping the tears from her eyes

Some days she feels like dying

She gets so sick of crying

Solo

Guitar 1:

| |

| |

Guitar 1:

| |

| |

Chorus

She's all alone again

Wiping the tears from her eyes

Some days she feels like dying

Some days it's not worth trying

Now that they've pulled the fun in

She gets so sick of crying

Outro

Guitar 1:

| | |

| | | (play 2x)

She's An Extraordinary girl An Extraordinary girl

An Extraordinary girl An Extraordinary girl

--== Letterbomb ==--

Chords Used:

Intro

Nobody likes you...

Everyone left you...

They're all out without you...

Having fun...

Verse 1

Where have all the bastards gone?

 The underbelly's accidental high

 The dummy failed the crash test

 Collecting unemployment checks

You're fucking only along for the ride

Where have all the riots gone?

 As your city's model gets pulverized

 What's in love is now in debt

 On your birth certificate

So strike the fucking match to light this fuse

Pre-chorus

The television's an obstructionist

And you don't even know that you exist

Stand still wish to die

You better run for your fucking life

Chorus

It's not over 'till you're underground

It's not hope before it's too late

It's cities burnin'

It's not my burden

It's not hope before it's too late

There's nothing left to analyze

Solo

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| |

| |

Where will all the martyrs go when the virus cures itself?

And where will we all go when it's too late?

Guitar 1:

| |

| |

And don't look back

Pre-chorus

You're not the Jesus of Suburbia

The St. Jimmy's opinion of

Your father's rage and your mother's love

That's made the idiot America

Chorus

It's not over 'till you're underground

It's not hope before it's too late

It's cities burnin'

It's not my burden

It's not hope before it's too late

Outro

She said I can't take this place

 I'm leaving it behind

Well she said I can't take this town

 I'm leaving you tonight

--== Wake Me Up When September Ends==--

Chords Used:

Intro

Verse's 1,2:

Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass, seven years has gone so fast

Wake me up when September ends

Chorus 1

Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are

As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

(drums start in)

(distortion, and what sounds like a second guitar - echo, maybe?)

Verse's 3,4:

Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again, like we did when spring began

Wake me up when September ends

Chorus 2

(no lead parts, just chords now)

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again

Becoming who we are

As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

Solo

Verse's 5,6:

Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass, twenty years has gone so fast

Wake me up when September ends

Outro

--== Homecoming ==--

NOTE: Sorry about listing all of these chords here, but this song is like 9 minutes

long and certain parts of use different forms of the same chords. Technically,

you could ignore these and just play power chords, which would be a good enough

approximation. I'm simply including these for individuals who want to know the precise

chords (or rather, as precise as I can figure them)

Chords Used:

Intro

(kinda hard to explain the rhythm, listen to the song to get the timing of the rake)

PART I:

Verse 1

My heart is beating from me

I am standing all alone

Please call me only if you are coming home

Waste another year flies by

Waste a night or two

You taught me how to live

Verse 2

In the streets of shame

Where you've lost your dreams in the rain

There's no sign of hope

The stems and seeds of the last of the dope

There's a glow of light

The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night

Bearing gifts and trust

A fixture in the city of lust

Chorus

What the hell's your name?

What's your pleasure what is your pain?

Do you dream too much?

Do you feel what you need is a crutch

Verse 3

In the crowd of pain.

St. Jimmy comes without any shame

He says "we're fucked up" but we're not the same

And mom and dad are the ones you can blame

Chorus 2

Jimmy died today

He blew out his brains into the bay

In the state of mind

Is my own private suicide

PART II:

Bridge

(again, the timing is kind of tricky; listen closely to get it right)

A D A G A --\

Well nobody cares |

|

Well nobody cares |

|

Does anyone care if nobody cares? --/

Verse

Jesus filling out paperwork now

At the facility on East 12th st.

He's not listening to a word now

He's in his own world

And he's daydreaming

He'd rather be doing something else now

Like cigarettes and coffee with the under belly

His life's on the line with anxiety now

And she had enough

And he had plenty

Somebody get me out of here

Anybody get me out of here

Somebody get me out of here

Get me the fuck right out of here

So far away

I don't want to stay

Get me out of here right now

Just wanna be free

Is there a responsibility

Get me out of here right now

This lifelike dream ain't for me

Part III:

(keep strumming D for awhile; it sounds like Billie is using a flange effect)

I fell asleep while watching Spike TV

 After 10 cups of coffee

 And your still not here

Dreaming of a song

 But something went wrong

 And you can't tell anyone

 'Cause no one's here

Left me here alone

 And I should've stayed home

 After 10 cups of coffee

 I'm thinking where'd you go

Nobody likes you

Everyone left you

They're all out without you

Havin' fun

Where'd you go?

Everyone left you

Nobody likes you

They're all out without you

Havin' fun

Where'd you go?

Part IV:

(apparently written and sung by Tre)

Intro

Geez...ha...

Verse

(has a blues-y feel to the rhythm; the pattern is a standard blues riff in A)

I got a rock and roll band

I got a rock and roll life

I got a rock and roll girlfriend

And another ex-wife

I got a rock and roll house

I got a rock and roll car

I play the shit out the drums

And I can play the guitar

I got a kid in New York

I got a kid in the bay

I haven't drank or smoked nothin'

In over 22 days

 So get off my case

 Off of my case

 Off of my case

Part V:

(very tricky rhythm here; listen closely to the timing)

Here they come marching down the street

Like a desperation murmur of a heartbeat

Coming back from the edge of town

Underneath their feet

The time has come and it's going nowhere

Nobody ever said that life was fair now

Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear

In the summer heat

The world is spinning

Round and round

 Out of control again

From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down

 So send my love a letterbomb

 And visit me in hell

We're the ones going

PART VI:

Home We're coming home again

Home We're coming home again

I started fuckin' running

 As soon as my feet touched ground

We're back in barrio

 And to you and me, that's jingle town

 That's home We're coming home again

Home We're coming home again

Home We're coming home again

Home We're coming home again

Home We're coming home again

Outro

(play a "D" chord and let it ring over the "nobody likes you" voice)

Nobody likes you

Everyone left you

They're all out with out you

Havin' fun...

--== Whatsername ==--

Notes: Guitar is "Drop D" tuned. Sounds a bit like two songs put together:

"One Headlight" by the Wallflowers, with the chorus of "Surrender" by Cheap Trick

as a bridge. But, whatever. I smoke a lot of crack.

Chords Used:

Intro

Verse 1

Thought I ran into you down on the street

Then it turned out to only be a dream

Chorus

I made a point to burn all of the photographs

She went away and then I took a different path

I remember the face but I can't recall the name

Now I wonder how whatsername has been.

Solo 1

Verse 2

Seems that she disappeared without a trace

Did she ever marry oh whats-his-face?

Chorus

I made a point to burn all of the photographs

She went away and then I took a different path

I remember the face but I can't recall the name

Now I wonder how whatsername has been.

Bridge

(repeat twice)

Remember

Whatever

It seems like forever ago

Remember

Whatever

It seems like forever ago

The regrets (Remember)

Are useless in my mind (Whatever)

 She's in my head I must confess (It seems like forever ago)

The regrets (Remember)

Are useless in my mind (Whatever)

 She's in my head so long ago (It seems like forever ago)

Go... go... go..

And in the darkest nights

If my memory serves me right

I'll never turn back time

Forgetting you but not the time

Outro

Well, that's the complete album. I hope it helps those of you who like

Green Day enough to emulate them via your guitar. Special thanks go out

to Mike Fireball & Brian Grey for getting me the cd, greendayauthority.com

for most of the lyrics and to reizig for the parts of "Letterbomb" I borrowed

from his tab. And of course, Green Day!