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In this tutorial we'll learn a made easy version of 'American Idiot' as made famous by Green Day. This is an energetic pop-punk song, played with simple chord shapes and strums. You can use any guitar, acoustic or electric, to play this tune. This song uses open chords and open power chords, and a simple strum pattern with both downstrokes and upstrokes.

There are 2 guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is a crunch electric guitar that digs into some power chord rhythms throughout. Guitar 2 is the lead guitar that digs into a melodic solo. This song uses power chords, solid rhythm strumming, octaves, and melodic lead approaches.

In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "American Woman", by The Guess Who. Mike will talk a bit about the song and the tone and tuning first, then dive into the bluesy acoustic intro. The we're off into the electric parts in the main body of the tune, starting with the classic verse riff. You'll then learn the lead melodic motif, followed by two guitar solos. We'll close out by doing a play along performance, then you take over in the jam along.