Guitar CHORDS: Time of your Life (Green Day)

This is one of the first songs based on chords that I mastered. Any song based purely on an acoustic guitar is a treat to me! Hope you like it too!

Chords:   G   Em  Cadd9 D   C

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Intro (The Screw-Up)

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Verse 1 (Play 4 times, twice without vocals, twice with verse)

G             G             Cadd9         D

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1. -

2. -

3. Another turning point a fork stuck in the road

4. Time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go

Play twice:

Em            D             C             G

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1. So make the best of this test and don't ask why

2. It's not a question but a lesson learned in time

Play once:

Em            G             Em            G

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

Em            D

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... I hope you had the time of your ...

--Strumming section--

Strum with the rhythm. Strum the top 3 strings a few times, then the bottom 3 a few times for each chord.

G G Cadd9 D

... Life

G G Cadd9 D

G           G           Cadd9               D

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind.

G            G             Cadd9           D

Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.

Em         D            C            G

Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.

Em               D            C             G

Through what its worth it was worth all the while

Em                  G             Em              G

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right

  Em               D            G

I hope you had the time of your life

Now a bridge starts, with the violin.

G  G  Cadd9  D (4 times)

Em  D  C  G  (2 times)

Em                  G             Em              G

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right

  Em               D            G

I hope you had the time of your life

G Cadd9 D

G G Cadd9 D

Now, the ending...

Em            G             Em            G

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

Em            D

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1. I hope you had the time of your ...

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1. ... life.

Start off slowly and get even slower...

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