Band: Green Day
Song: Good riddance (Time of your life)
Standard tuning
INTRO:
E|------------------------------
B|------------------------------
G|------0-------------------0--- F**k
D|----0---0---------------0---0-
A|------------------------------
E|-3-------------------3--------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------3-------------3-------------3-------------3-------
G|----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2- X 2
D|----------0-------------0-------------2----0--------0---
A|-----------------------------3--------------------------
E|-3-------------3----------------------------------------
VERSE:
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------3-------------3-------------3-------------3------- Another turning point a
G|----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2- fork stuck in the road
D|----------0-------------0-------------2----0--------0---
A|-----------------------------3--------------------------
E|-3-------------3----------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------3-------------3-------------3-------------3-------
G|----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-Time grabs you by the
D|----------0-------------0-------------2----0--------0---wrist directs you where to go
A|-----------------------------3--------------------------
E|-3-------------3----------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------0-------------3-------------3-------------3------- So make the best of
G|----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0---0---0-----0---0---0- this task and don’t ask why
D|----------2----0--------0-------------2-------------0---
A|-2---------------------------3--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------3------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------0-------------3-------------3-------------3-------It's not a question but
G|----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0---0---0-----0---0---0- a lesson learned in time
D|----------2----0--------0-------------2-------------0---
A|-2---------------------------3--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------3------------
CHORUS:
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------0-------------3-------------0-------------3------- It's something unpredictable
G|----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0- but in the end is right
D|----------2-------------0-------------2-------------0---
A|-2---------------------------2--------------------------
E|---------------3---------------------------3------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|------0-------------3-------------3---------------------I hope you had the time of your life
G|----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0---0---0---------------
D|----------2----0--------0-------------0-----------------
A|-2------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------3--------------------------
You now need to use these chords, when the strumming part begins.
(if you listen to the track, you can get the strumming pattern pretty easily)
G9 C9 Dsus4 D
E|----3------3-----3------2---
B|----3------3-----3------3---
G|----0------0-----2------2---
D|----0------2-----0------0---
A|----2------3-----x------x---
E|----3------x-----x------x---
Em C
E|----0------0------
B|----0------1------
G|----0------0------
D|----2------2------
A|----2------3------
E|----0------x------
(Strum these chords) Interlude… with no singing…
G9 C9 Dsus4
E|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
B|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
G|----0-----------------------0--------------------2---- X2
D|----0-----------------------2--------------------0----
A|----2-----------------------3--------------------x----
E|----3-----------------------x--------------------x----
Then second verse:
G9 C9 Dsus4
E|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
B|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
G|----0-----------------------0--------------------2----
D|----0-----------------------2--------------------0----
A|----2-----------------------3--------------------x----
E|----3-----------------------x--------------------x----
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
G9 C9 Dsus4
E|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
B|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
G|----0-----------------------0--------------------2----
D|----0-----------------------2--------------------0----
A|----2-----------------------3--------------------x----
E|----3-----------------------x--------------------x----
Hang it on the shelf with good health and good time
Em D C G9
E|----0---------2-------------0----------3-------
B|----0---------3-------------1----------3-------
G|----0---------2-------------0----------0-------
D|----2---------0-------------2----------0-------
A|----2---------x-------------3----------2-------
E|----0---------x-------------x----------3-------
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
Em D C G9
E|----0---------2-------------0-------------3-------
B|----0---------3-------------1-------------3-------
G|----0---------2-------------0-------------0-------
D|----2---------0-------------2-------------0-------
A|----2---------x-------------3-------------2-------
E|----0---------x-------------x-------------3-------
For what it’s worth, it was worth all the while
Then, chorus again (this time with strumming pattern):
Em G9 Em G9
E|----0------------3-------------0------------3-------
B|----0------------3-------------0------------3-------
G|----0------------0-------------0------------0-------
D|----2------------0-------------2------------0-------
A|----2------------2-------------2------------2-------
E|----0------------3-------------0------------3-------
Its something unpredictable but in the end is right
Em D
E|----0-----------------2-------------
B|----0-----------------3-------------
G|----0-----------------2-------------
D|----2-----------------0-------------
A|----2-----------------x-------------
E|----0-----------------x-------------
I hope you have the time of your life
Long interlude, at this point, violins have begun to play, (keep strumming pattern the same), all of interlude is without singing, (play this part of interlude twice first, before going to next part):
G9 C9 Dsus4
E|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
B|----3-----------------------3--------------------3----
G|----0-----------------------0--------------------2---- X2
D|----0-----------------------2--------------------0----
A|----2-----------------------3--------------------x----
E|----3-----------------------x--------------------x----
Em D C G9
E|----0---------2-------------0----------3-------
B|----0---------3-------------1----------3-------
G|----0---------2-------------0----------0------- X2
D|----2---------0-------------2----------0-------
A|----2---------x-------------3----------2-------
E|----0---------x-------------x----------3-------
In to chorus again:
Em G9 Em G9
E|----0------------3-------------0------------3-------
B|----0------------3-------------0------------3-------
G|----0------------0-------------0------------0-------
D|----2------------0-------------2------------0-------
A|----2------------2-------------2------------2-------
E|----0------------3-------------0------------3-------
Its something unpredictable but in the end is right
Em D
E|----0-----------------2----
B|----0-----------------3----(get quieter on last chord (D) and slow
G|----0-----------------2---- down a little)
D|----2-----------------0----
A|----2-----------------x----
E|----0-----------------x----
I hope you had the time of your life
Last interlude (no singing):
G9 C9 Dsus4 G9 C9 D
E|----3------3-----3-----3-----3-----2----
B|----3------3-----3-----3-----3-----3----
G|----0------0-----2-----0-----0-----2----
D|----0------2-----0-----0-----2-----0----
A|----2------3-----x-----2-----3-----x----
E|----3------x-----x-----3-----x-----x----
Then final chorus, but with the original picking pattern:
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------------3-------------0-------------3-------|
G|----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-|
D|----------2-------------0-------------2-------------0---|
A|-2---------------------------2--------------------------|
E|---------------3---------------------------3------------|
It's something unpredictable but in the end is right
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------------3-------------3---------------------|
G|----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0---0---0---------------|
D|----------2----0--------0-------------0-----------------|
A|-2------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3--------------------------|
I hope you had the time of your life
Then, finely the outro:
E|-------------------------------------------
B|------3--------------3-------------3-------
G|----0---0---0------0---0---0-----2---2---2-
D|----------0--------------2----0--------0---
A|----------------3--------------------------
E|-3-----------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------3-
B|------3------------3------------3------------3--------3-
G|----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----2---2-2----0-
D|----------0------------0------------2----0---------0--0-
A|----------------------------3-------------------------2-
E|-3-------------3--------------------------------------3-
| x Mute note |
and there you go!!! It’s a very pretty song by Green Day (even though, its only really Billie Joe, playing/singing this) and, it doesn’t matter too much if you don’t get the picking pattern right, it still sounds pretty even with the extra notes, that you may hit!
ENJOY
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