When It’s Time
Written by Green Day
I tabbed this from the version of the song from the American Idiot musical, not what
Day usually plays live (that version's just chords). Not everything is perfect but I got it
sound really close to the recording. Please rate and comment with improvements.
Intro: (play twice, pause in between)
| e | 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 3 3 |
| E | |
Words get trapped in my mind, sorry if I don’t take the time to
feel the way I do. ‘Cause the
| e | 3 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 5 |
| E | |
first day you came into my life, time ticks around you
| e | 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 3 3 |
| E | |
But then I need your voice as the key to unlock all the love
that’s trapped in me. So tell me
| e | 3 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 5 |
| E | |
When it’s time, to say, I love you.
C G
All I want is you to understand, that
D G
when I take your hand, it's 'cause I want to.
C G
We are all born in a world of doubt
D D
But there's no doubt, I figured out
| e | |
| B | 1 0 |
| G | 0 0 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 |
| A | 3 3 3 |
| E | |
I love you.
(This is played very *faint* (therefore might not be perfectly accurate) after “I love
And before the 2nd verse)
| e | |
| B | 0 1 3 0 0h1 0 |
| G | 0 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 3 3 |
| E | |
And I feel lonely for all the losers that will never take the
time to say What’s
(here it switches to chords just for this line)
G D
really on their mind, instead, they just hide
| e | 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 |
| A | 5 5 |
| E | |
away
| e | 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 3 3 |
| E | |
Yet they’ll never have someone like you to guide them and help along the way.
Or tell them
G D (play intro)
When it's time to say I love you.
G D D
So tell me when it's time to say I love you.
Outro: (played right after “I love you")
| e | 3 3 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 1 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 0 0 |
| A | 3 2 1 2 2 |
| E | 3 3 |
Oooooooooh, oooooooh
(not completely sure about that last chord)
Enjoy & play on :)