American Idiot Chords
American Idiot by Avril Lavigne is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, G and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A D G D A
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
A D G D A G
Don't want a nation under the new media.
A D G D A
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
A D G D A G
The subliminal mindfuck America.
D
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
A
All across the alien nation.
E A
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
D
Television dreams of tomorrow.
A
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
E
Well that's enough to argue.
A D G D A
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
A D G D A G
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
A D G D A
Now everybody do the propaganda.
A D G D A G
And sing along in the age of paranoia.
D
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
A
All across the alien nation.
E A
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
D
Television dreams of tomorrow.
A
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
E
Well that's enough to argue.
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information nation of hysteria.
It's going out to idiot America.
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.