Intro: A D G D A G x4 A D G D A G Donʼt wanna be an American idiot. A D G D A Donʼt want a nation that under the new media. A D G D A G And can you hear the sound of hysteria? A D G D A G The subliminal mindfuck America. Chorus: D Welcome to a new kind of tension. A All across the alien nation. E A Everything isnʼt meant to be okay. D Television dreams of tomorrow. A Weʼre not the ones whoʼre meant to follow. E Convincing them to walk you. A D G D A G A D G D A A D G D A G Well maybe Iʼm the faggot America. A D G D A G Iʼm not a part of a redneck agenda. A D G D A G Now everybody do the propaganda. A D G D A G And sing along in the age of paranoia. Chorus: D Welcome to a new kind of tension. A All across the alien nation. E A Everything isnʼt meant to be okay. D Television dreams of tomorrow. A Weʼre not the ones whoʼre meant to follow. E Convincing them to walk you. A D G D A G A D G D A A D G D A G Donʼt wanna be an American idiot. A D G D A One nation controlled by the media. A D G D A G Information nation of hysteria. (no chords) Itʼs going out to idiot America. Chorus: D Welcome to a new kind of tension. A All across the alien nation. E A Everything isnʼt meant to be okay. D Television dreams of tomorrow. A Weʼre not the ones whoʼre meant to follow. E Convincing them to walk you.