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