Song: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Artist: Green Day Album: Nimrod (1997)/International Superhits (2001) Tabbed By: Paul Wolffersdorff Tuning: Standard Notes: I took this picking pattern directly from the February 2002 issue of Guitar World. This article was actually an interview of Billie Joe, and thus this is the exact way that he plays it. The main thing to remember is that you don't have to pick this very precisely; as long as you pick something like this, it will sound just fine. When you strum the chords, you pretty much can play in a similar fashion. Just add some extra sixteenth notes if you want it to sound like the CD. You can have a lot of fun with this song if you play it on an electric guitar, like Billie typically does when he plays it live. If you do this, you can add palm muting and little fills to make it really cool. Check out the download of this song at the Bizarre Festival (2000-2002 page) to see what I mean by this. Chords: Csus2 D5 Em G5 e|-----------------0---------------| B|-3-------3-------0-------3-------| G|-0-------2-------0-------0-------| D|-x-------0-------2-------0-------| A|-3---------------2-------x-------| E|-----------------0-------3-------| Verse: G5 Csus2 D5 e|------------------------------|------------------------------| B|------3--------------3--------|------3--------------3--------| G|----0----0---0-----0----0---0-|----0-0--0---0--2----2--2---0-| D|----0------0-------0------0---|----------------0--0------0---| (x2) A|-----------x------------------|-3---------3------------------| E|-3---------3----3-------------|------------------------------| e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s Pre-chorus: Em D5 Csus2 G5 e|-----------------------------|------------------------------| B|------0-------------3--------|------3--------------3--------| G|----0----0---0--2---2--2---0-|----0----0---0-------0--0-----| D|-2--------------0--------0---|-------------------0------0-0-| (x2) A|-2---------2-----------------|-3---------3-------x------x---| E|-0---------0-----------------|----------------3--3------3---| e s e s s s e. e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s Chorus: Em G5 Em D5 e|------------------------------| |------------------------------| B|-0----0--------------3--------| |-0----0---------3----3--------| G|-0----0--0---0-------0--0-----| |-0----0--0------2----2--2---2-| D|-2---------2-0--0--0------0-0-| (x2) |-2---------2-2--0--0------0---| A|-2---------2----x--x------x---| |-2--2--------2----------------| E|-0--0------0----3--3------3---| |-0--0-------------------------| e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s End: e|------------------| B|-3----------------| G|-0----------------| D|-0----------------| A|-x----------------| E|-3----------------| Rings out Order: Verse (picked) (x2) Pre-chorus (picked) Chorus (picked) Verse (strummed) (x2) Pre-chorus (strummed) Chorus (strummed) Verse (strummed) (x2) Pre-chorus (strummed) Chorus (strummed) Verse (strummed) Chorus (picked) Verse End