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Green Day - Sassafras Roots Chords

Chord reference G, C, D, E7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G]Roaming round your house, wasting your [C]time[D] [G]No obligation just wasting your [C]time [D] [G]So why are you alone wasting your [C] [D]time? [G]When you could be with me wasting your [C]time [D]

[C]I’m a waste like [D]you, with [C]nothing else to [D]do May [C]I waste [G]your time [D]too?

[G] [G] [C] [D] [G]Wording off regrets, wasting your [C]time [D] [G]Smoking cigarettes, wasting your [C]time [D] [G]I’m just a parasite wasting your [C]time [D] [G]Applying myself to wasting your [C]time [D]

[C]I’m a waste like [D]you, with [C]nothing else to [D]do May [C]I waste [G]your time [D]too?

[E7] [C] [E7] [C] [E7] [C] [D] [G]So why are you alone wasting your [C] [D]time? [G]When you could be with me wasting your [C]time [D] [C]I’m a waste like [D]you, with [C]nothing else to [D]do

May [C]I waste [G]your time [D]too? May [C]I waste [G]your time [D]too? May [C]I waste [G]your time [D]too? May [C]I waste [G]your time [D]too?

Artist Green Day
Album Dookie
Genres Alternative, Indie, Rock
Year 1994
Key G

How to Play Sassafras Roots on Guitar?

Green Day - Sassafras Roots can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D, E7 chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Sassafras Roots with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.