TITLE: Goodbye Twenty-Nine Year Old John
MUSIC AND LYRICS: Hank Green
ORIGINAL ARTISTS: Hank Green
TRANSCRIPTION: Andrew Marsden
The chords here are also applicable to:
- Goodbye Twenty-Six Year Old Me
- Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0
- Goodbye Thirty-Two Year Old John
[Technically, no chords as Hank didn't have his guitar that day, but it's the same song as
Goodbye Twenty-Six-Year-Old Me]
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NO CAPO
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VERSE 1
C G F
The day that you died was a good day.
C G F
You said that it was better than Oprah's best birthday.
C G F
But instead of having a wake,
C G F
Lots and lots of people ate blended birthday cake.
CHORUS
F C G
So goodbye twenty-nine-year-old John.
F C G
You should be proud of the awards you won.
C G F
Though silver is not as good as gold.
D C G
Oh my God, you're 30 years old.
VERSE 2
C G F
Well you started out obsessed with Ze Frank and lonelygirl.
C G F
But then you decided to jump into their world.
C G F
And somehow you dragged your brother in it with you,
C G F
and started this thing we call Brotherhood Two.
CHORUS
F C G
So goodbye twenty-nine-year-old John.
F C G
You should be proud of the awards you won.
C G F
Though silver is not as good as gold.
D C G
Oh my God, you're 30 years old.
VERSE 3
C G F
Well your eye got infected and it threatened to explode.
C G F
You found yourself a yard that needed to be mowed
C G F
And you got yourself a house, and you got yourself a Wii
C G F
And you and the Yeti had your first anniversary.
CHORUS
F C G
So goodbye twenty-nine-year-old John.
F C G
You should be proud of the awards you won.
C G F
Though silver is not as good as gold.
D C G
Oh my God, you're 30 years old.
D C G
Oh my God, you're 30 years old.
D C G
Oh my God, you're 30 years old.
OUTRO
D C
Oh my God, you're 30.
G
Years old.