
American Idiot
Avril Lavigne
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Tom : A
Introdução: A D G D A G |------->(2X)
A D G D A
Verso:
A D G D A
Don't wanna be an American Idiot.
A D G D A G
Don't want a nation that 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 mind fuck America.
A D G D A
Refrão:
D
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
A
All across the alienation.
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
For that's enought to argue.
Verso:
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.
A D G D A
Refrão:
[Refrão]
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
For that's enough to argue.
[Próxima Parte]
verso : A D G D A (4x)
Base do solo : D A E A
A D G D A (2x)
A D G D A
Don't wanna be an American Idiot.
A D G D A
One nation controlled by the media.
A D G D A
Information age of hysteria.
It's going out to Idiot America.
Refrão:
[Refrão] (repetir)
A D G D A (4x)
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