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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day Guitar Lesson

Green Day

SONG DETAILS

DIFFICULTY:

2

TUNING:

Standard

TEMPO:

190 BPM

KEY:

G Major

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) is a fantastic song for developing your right hand techniques.

Originally Billie Joe Armstrong played it using a pick but many people prefer to play it fingerstyle, and as we’re dedicated to the art of fingerpicking that’s how we’re going to learn it.

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) consists of just 4 chords – G, Cadd9, D and Em and thankfully it isn’t too tricky to change between them. If you are unfamiliar with these chords I recommend practising the changes first by strumming between them.

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Intro/Verse

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) has a really fast tempo at 190 bpm, so make sure that you don’t rush when first learning it. Take your time and focus on accuracy over speed.

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Chorus

Hopefully you were OK with the Intro/Verse. Now let’s jump into the chorus, which is no harder to play and just as much fun.

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