Goodbye Twenty-six Year Old Me Chords
by Hank Green
Goodbye Twenty-six Year Old Me by Hank Green is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C G F
The day that you died was a good day,
C G F
Hundreds of people wished you on your way,
C G F
Neil Gaiman wrote about you on his blog,
C G F
and you and your girl ate mini corndogs
F C G
Oh, goodbye twenty-six-year-old me,
F C G
You made a lot of money and got a masters degree,
C G F
and you married a girl we adore,
D C G
But now I reap the rewards
verse 2
C G F
Oh, thank you for all your hard work, Hank
C G F
Your bank account swelled a lot before it shrank,
C G F
But you could have worked maybe a little bit harder,
C G F
Yeah, I could have used a few more thousand dollars
F C G
Oh, goodbye twenty-six-year-old me,
F C G
You made a lot of money and got a masters degree,
C G F
and you married a girl we adore,
D C G
But now I reap the rewards
verse 3
C G F
You watched a lot of people get married,
C G F
John and Sarah, John and Amy,
C G F
Ethan and Sarah, Jason and Ashley,
C G F
Holy crap, I bet they'll all have babies.
F C G
Oh, goodbye twenty-six-year-old me,
F C G
You made a lot of money and got a masters degree,
C G F
and you married a girl we adore,
D C G
But now I reap the rewards
D C G
But now I reap the rewards
D C G
Yeah, now I reap the rewards
OUTRO
C G F
The day that you died was a good day,