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Good Riddance

Green Day

Chord Guide
21 34 G: 320033	21 34 Cadd9: x32033	132 D: xx0232	12 Em: 022000

Strum Guide

Strum: D D U U D U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Intro:

/ G - - - / - - - - / Cadd9 - - - / D - - - / (x2)

G (2) Cadd9 D

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.

G (2) Cadd9 D
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.

Em D Cadd9 G
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why.

Em D Cadd9 G
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time.

Em G Em G

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

Em D
I hope you had the time of your life.

/ G - - - / - - - - / Cadd9 - - - / D - - - / (x2)

G (2) Cadd9 D
So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind.

G (2) Cadd9 D
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.

Em D Cadd9 G
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.

Em D Cadd9 G
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while.
Em G Em G

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

Em D
I hope you had the time of your life.

INSTRUMENTAL:

/ G - - - / - - - - / Cadd9 - - - / D - - - / (x4)

/ Em - - - / D - - - / Cadd9 - - - / G - - - / (x2)

Em G Em G

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

Em D
I hope you had the time of your life.

/ G - - - / - - - - / Cadd9 - - - / D - - - / (x2)

Em G Em G

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

Em D
I hope you had the time of your life.

/ G - - - / - - - - / Cadd9 - - - / D - - - / (x2)

End on G

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.