Good Riddance - Tutorial

Page updated July 24, 2016


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  1. Song Audio
  2. Song Form (PDF)

Song Audio

Album: Nimrod (1997) - YouTube

Lyrics and Chords

Keyboard: strings

Guitar: acoustic

Lyrics and Chords
VERSE {plucked}
G                       C                D
Another turning point a fork stuck in the road,
G                                C                   D  
Time grabs you by the wrist, and directs you where to go
Em          D            C                 G
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
Em         D              C                 G
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
Em                    G           Em           G             
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em                 D            G
I hope you had the time of your life.


INTERLUDE
G-4 C-4 D-4   - {plucked}
G-8 C-4 D-4   - {strummed}


VERSE 2 {strummed}
G                        C                    D
Take the photographs and still frames in your mind
G                         C                    D
Hang it on a shelf and in good health and good time
Em         D                 C          G
Tattoos the memories and this test go on trial
Em            D            C             G    
For what it's worth it was worth all the while
Em                    G           Em           G             
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em                 D            G
I hope you had the time of your life.


SOLO {strummed}
G-4 C-4 D-4
G-8 C-4 D-4 
G-8 C-4 D-4 
G-8 C-4 D-4 
Em-4 D-4 C-4 G-4
Em-4 D-4 C-4 C-4

{strummed}
Em                    G           Em           G             
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em                 D            G
I hope you had the time of your life.


INTERLUDE
G-4 C-4 D-4        - {strummed}
G-8 C-4 D-4        - {plucked}

{plucked getting slower}
Em                    G           Em           G             
Its something unpredictable but in the end it's right
Em                 D            G
I hope you had the time of your life.


Outro {plucked getting slower}
G-4 C-4 D-4  
G-8 C-4 D-4        
G               - {strummed down slowly let all strings ring}

Note - When plucking pick the bass string to that chord and the G,E,B,G strings
as well with the fingers on them in the correct Places!





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