Graduate chords by Jonathan McReynolds

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

The B sounds better like a "barre G" at the 7th fret

B:799877

Pre-Intro:
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We are turning living rooms, into life rooms
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We are turning living rooms, into life rooms

Intro:
   G    Em7    Dm7
e?-----?-----?-----?
B?-----?-8---?-6-6-?
G?-4---?---7-?-----?
D?---5-?-----?-----? 2x
A?-----?-7---?-5-5-?
E?-3---?-----?-----?


Verse 1:
G              Em7              Dm7
 Four years of school to get to college
G              Em7       Dm7
 Four years of bad for a degree
G               Em7    Dm7
 It's easier to master knowledge
G        Em7          Dm7
 Than it is to master me


 Pre-Chorus:
         Am             D          G
 But I'm making this my graduation party
    Am              D             G
 It took awhile for me to make it here
      Am              D        G
 When I showed up the ceremony started
            Am
 I threw my cap up in the air, ooh


 Chorus 1:
 G                   B
 All I know, I gotta graduate
       C                        A    D
 Can't stay here forever, gotta graduate
     G                       B
 Old things pass away when I graduate
     C                        A    D
 All things become new when I graduate


 Verse 2:
G                             Dm7
 Thank the Lord that I'm much smarter
G              Em7         Dm7
 Than I'd ever thought I'd be
G             Em7      Dm7
 I won't fail again, I promise
      G        Em7            Dm7
 Hey, that's a promise that I gotta keep


 Pre-Chorus:
        Am             D          G
 So I'm making this my graduation party
    Am              D             G
 It took awhile for me to make it here
      Am              D        G
 When I showed up the ceremony started
            Am
 I threw my cap up in the air, ooh


 Chorus 2:
 G                   B
 All I know, I gotta graduate
       C                        A    D
 Can't stay here forever, gotta graduate
 G                      B
 Anybody help me try to graduate
       C            A    D
 Gotta grow up now, graduate
 G           B
 I've gotta, graduate
      C          A    D
 Yeah I've gotta graduate
     G                         B
 Oh, I know it's time I better graduate
 C              A    D
 Gotta move on, graduate
 G                    B              C                    A    D
 What was once in the windshield, is now in my rear view, graduate
     G                                B
 The Enemy gonna have to come up with something new (graduate)
          C                           A    D G
 'Cause I ain't gon' like news 'til I graduate


 Post-Chorus:
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 Graduate, ooh, graduate
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 Ooh, graduate (I gotta)
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 Ooh, graduate
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 Ooh, graduate
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 Ooh, graduate (gotta graduate)
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 Ooh, yeah


 Outro:
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 Keep it going
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Graduation
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You gotta celebrate
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Graduate
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Today you are great
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Graduation
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Has arrived
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It's upon ya
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You're going to the next level
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Next level...