How to Play American Idiot on Guitar?

Green Day - American Idiot can be played in the key of G using the G, C, F, D chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play American Idiot with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Green Day - American Idiot Chords

Chord reference G, C, F, D

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G] [C] [F]Don’t [C] [G] [F]wanna be an American idiot.

[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] Don’t want a nation under the new media. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] And can you hear the sound of hysteria? [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] The subliminal mindfuck [G]America. [C] [F] [C] [G]

[C]Welcome to a new kind of tension. [G]All across the alien nation. [D]Everything isn’t meant to be [G]okay. [C]Television dreams of tomorrow. [G]We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow. [D]For that’s enough to argue

[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] Well, maybe I’m the faggot America. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] I’m not a part of a redneck agenda. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] Now everybody do the propaganda. [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] And sing along in the age of paranoia.

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

[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G]Don’t wanna be an American idiot. [G]One nation controlled by the media. [G] [C]Information [F]nat[C]ion of hys[G]teri[F]a. It’s going out to idiot America.

[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]

Artist Green Day

Album American Idiot

Genres Alternative, Punk, Rock

Year 2004

Key G

Green Day - American Idiot can be played in the key of G using the G, C, F, D chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play American Idiot with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.