Learn and Play Music: Good Riddance guitar tab - Green Day tabs

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 Author/Artist: Green Day
 Title: Good Riddance
 Album: Nimrod
 Transcribed by: &y
 Email: axelstall@yahoo.com
 
 This is the sheet music tabbed out.  It doesn't sound exactly like Billie Joe but you can figure it out.
 Listen to CD for timing.
 
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 ----------------|----------|-------5---|-----7----|---------------------------
 ------------5---|-------5--|-----5---5-|---7---7--|---------------------------
 ----------5---5-|-----5---5|-3-3-------|-5-------5|---------------------------
 ------3-3-------|-3-3------|-----------|----------|---------------------------
  intro                                             repeat.                    
 
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 -----------------------------------5-------------------7----------------------
 -------5-----------5------------5-----5--------------7---7--------------------
 -----5---5-------5---5------3-3--------------------5-------5------------------
 -3-3---------3-3--------------------------------------------------------------
   Another turning point  the fork stuck in the road                           
 
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 ------------------------------------------5-----------------7-----------------
 -------5-----------------5-----------5----------5---------7---7---------------
 -----5---5-----------5------5---3----------------------5--------5-------------
 -3-3------------3-3-----------------------------------------------------------
  time grabs you by the wrist di-rects  you where to go                        
 
 -----------------|------2-----|------------------|------3---------------------
 --------0--------|--------3---|-----3------------|--------0-------------------
 -----0-----0-----|---2------2-|-------0----------|----------0-----------------
 --2-----------2--|-0----------|---2--------2-----|----------------------------
 -----------------|------------|-3----------------|---2------------------------
 -----------------|------------|------------------|-3--------------------------
  So make the best  of this test and don't ask why                             
 
 ----------------|------2--------|--------------|------3-----------------------
 --------0-------|--------3------|----3---------|--------0---------------------
 -----0------0---|---2------2----|------0-------|----------0-------------------
 --2-----------2-|-0-------------|---2-----2----|------------------------------
 ----------------|---------------|-3------------|---2--------------------------
 ----------------|---------------|--------------|-3----------------------------
  Its not a ques- tion but a les- son learned in  time       Its               
 
 --------------------|----3-----|--------------------|-------3-----------------
 --------0-----------|------0---|-------0------------|---------0---------------
 -----0------0-------|--------0-|----0-----0---------|-----------0-------------
 --2------------2----|----------|-2------------------|-------------------------
 --------------------|--2-------|--------------------|---2---------------------
 --------------------|3---------|--------------------|-3-----------------------
  Something unpredict  able but  in the end its right             I            
 
 ----------------------|-----2------|------------------------3---3---2---------
 -------0--------------|-------2----|------------------------0---3---3---------
 ----0-----0-----------|---2-----2--|------------------------0---5---2---------
 -2-----------2--------|-0----------|------------------------0---5---0---------
 ----------------------|------------|------------------------2---3---x---------
 ----------------------|------------|------------------------3---x---x---------
  hope you had the time of your life  (strum in same pattern)G   C2  D x2      
 
 -x---3--x----|--0---2----0--3---|--0--3-------------------------------|-------
 -x---3--x----|--0---3----3--0---|--0--0-------------------------------|-------
 -x---5--7----|--0---2----0--0---|--0--0-------------------------------|-------
 -5---5--7----|--2---0----2--0---|--2--0-------------------------------|-------
 -5---3--5----|--2---x----3--2---|--2--2-------------------------------|-------
 -3---x--x----|--0---x----0--3---|--0--3-------------------------------|-------
  G5  C2 D5 x2   Em  D  C(9) G x2   Em G Em G Em D(this was the chorus)        
 
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  for solo follow the same pattern until chorus, then pluck strings again.     
 
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 ---------------------------------------------5-------7------------------------
 ------------------------5---------5--------5---5---7---7----------5-----------
 ----------------------5---5-----5---5--3-3-------5-------5------5---5---------
 ------------------3-3-------3-3-----------------------------3-3---------------
  After that play                                                              
 
 ----------------------------------|--x----------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------|--x----------------------------------------
 ------------------5-------7-------|--x----------------------------------------
 -------5--------5---5---7---7-----|--5----------------------------------------
 -----5---5--3-3-------5-------5---|--5----------------------------------------
 -3-3----------------------------5-|--3----------------------------------------
                                     for the end you can either use G5 or G.   

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