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Good Riddance by Green Day
Lesson Overview
• Listen to Good Riddance by Green Day
• Discuss and analyse the Structure of the song
• Verses and Chorus Sections
• Look at the Chords that are used in the song
• Talk about root (Bass) notes of chords
• Write Guitar Tab of the Bass Line using root notes for the Verse Section
• Perform the Bass Line section together as a class.
Let’s have a listen to the song
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Let’s talk about the Structure.
Can we Identify the Verse and Chorus sections?
• Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
• So take the photographs, and still-frames in your mind
Hang them on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoo's of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
• It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
• Songwriters: Michael Pritchard / Frank E. / Iii Wright / Billie Joe Armstrong
• Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
Do we
[Acoustic Intro]
[Verse 1]
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the roadTime grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
agree with It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
[Chorus]
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
this
I hope you had the time of your life
[Verse 2]
So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Structure? Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while
[Chorus]
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
[Violin Break]
Why or [Chorus]
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
why not?
I hope you had the time of your life
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[Verse]
G G C D
Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
Chords G G C D
Time grabs by the wrist directs you where to go
used in the Em D C G
Verse of So make the best of this test and don't ask why
this song
Em D C G
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
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What are the Root (Bass)
notes of these chords?
• G
• C
• D
• Em
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Please take out
your work sheets
• This sheet contains 4
bars per line and has both
• TREBLE CLEFF
• GUITAR TAB
Write the names of the
Bass notes onto the
Sheet
• First, write the chord name above each
bar for the first and second lines.
• Your sheet should look like this
Write the Tab
• Write the fret numbers under the Bass
note letters
• Make sure you are writing on the
correct string
• Your sheet should look like this
Let’s play!
• Begin with the first line
• Practice
• Second line
• Practice
• Play along with the song
First Verse
Verse
G G C D
Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
G G C D
Time grabs by the wrist 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
