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Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Tuning EADGBe
Chords used
G = 320033
Cadd9 = x32030
D = xx0232
Em = 022000
[Intro 1] (Optional)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------0------------------0------------------|
D|---------0------------------0---------------| ("Fuck.")
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--3-3---------------3-3---------------------|
[Intro 2]
|G|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3----------------------3-------------------|
D|-----------0----------------------0----------------|
G|------------------0----------------------0---------|
B|--------------2----------------------2-------------|
E|----3-3-------------------3-3----------------------|
|Cadd9| | |D|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------------------------3-----------------|
G|------------0-----0---------------------2-------2------|
D|---------------2----------------0-0----------0---------|
A|----2-2------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
(Repeat)
(Use Intro 2 for these lyrics:)
[Verse]
G Cadd9 D
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
G Cadd9 D
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
Tab 1:
|Em| |G|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------0-----------------------3-------------|
G|---------0-----0-----------------0-----0----|
D|------------2-----------------------2-------|
A|--2-2---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------3-3----------------|
(Repeat 3 times while he sings:)
Em D Cadd9 G
So make the best of this test and don’t ask why
Em D Cadd9 G
Its not a question but a lesson learned in time
[Chorus]
Em G Em G
Its something unpredictable, but in the end its right
Tab 2
|Em| |D|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------0------------------------3-----------|
G|---------0---0---------------------2-----2--|
D|-----------2---------------0-0--------0-----|
A|---2-2--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life
(On G start strumming)
G Cadd9 D x2
[Verse]
G Cadd9 D
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
G Cadd9 D
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Em D Cadd9 G
Tattoos and memories and dead skin on trial
Em D Cadd9 G
For what its worth, it was worth all the while
[Chorus]
Em G Em G
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end its right
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life
G Cadd9 D x4
Em G x3
Em D
(Picking:)
Em G Em G
Its something unpredictable, but in the end its right
Em D G
I hope you had the time of your life
G Cadd9 D x2
(Finally, strum: 32003x)