Good Times Are Now Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays380

Good Times Are Now by Roger Taylor is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C, G, D, A, F#, G/B and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
 E                                         C                G                            D 
Across the street your smile broke, like a wave upon my face, you didn't notice me at all 
 E                                     C 
Across the street I saw you, with some other pretty face 
G                                             D 
I loved you then, I love you now. I loved you then, I love you now 
                A                                       C 
I had to take a chance cos special moments only tend to happen now and then 

verse 2 
  E                                  C                  G                              D 
I had to take my chance and grab the moment by it's ears, not be just some fly on your wall 
E                                C 
Had to take my chance there so I asked you out to dance there 
G                                             D 
I loved you then, I love you now. I loved you then, I love you now 
                A                                       C 
I had to take a chance cos special moments only tend to happen now and then 

Chorus 
G                              D               F#                          C 
 Live for the present it's the only one we have, nobody get's out of here alive 
G                         D                   C        C    G/B   Am  G  D 
 Life in the future might never come to pass, you know good times are now, oh-oh, oh-oh 

Instrumental 
E C G D E C 

Bridge 
G                                             D 
I loved you then, I love you now. I loved you then, I love you now 
                A                                       C 
I had to take a chance cos special moments only tend to happen now and then 

G                              D               F#                          C 
 Live for the present it's the only one we have, nobody get's out of here alive 
G                         D                   C        C    G/B   Am  G  D 
 Life in the future might never come to pass, you know good times are now, oh-oh 

verse 3 
 E                                         C                G                            D 
Across the street your smile broke, like a wave upon my face, you didn't notice me at all 
 E                                     C 
Across the street I saw you, with some other pretty face 
G                                             D 
I loved you then, I love you now. I loved you then, I love you now 
                A                                       C 
I had to take a chance cos special moments only tend to happen now and then 

Outro 
C        C    G/B   Am  G 
You know good times are now 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante