Green Day - When Its Time

this is the version billie joe sings at the end of the american idiot broadway cast album .

when it’s time
billie joe armstrong

G D/F#
words get trapped in my mind ,

Em C
sorry i don’t take the time to feel the way i do .

G D
cause the first day you came into my life ,

G D
the time ticks around you

G D/F#
but then i need your voice

Em C
as the key to unlock all the love that’s trapped in me

G D G G7
so tell me when it’s time to say i love you .

C G
all i want is you to understand , that

D G G/A G/B
when i take your hand , it’s ’cause i want to .

C G
we are all born in a world of doubt

D
but there’s no doubt , i figured out

C G/B G/A
i love you .

guitar solo

G D/F# Em
C G/B D
G D/F# Em
C G/B D

C G
all i want is you to understand , that

D G G/A G/B
when i take your hand , it’s ’cause i want to .

C G
we are all born in a world of doubt

D
but there’s no doubt , i figured out

C G/B G/A
i love you .

G D/F#
i feel lonely for

Em C
all the losers that will never take the time to say ,

G D/F# D
what was really on their mind instead

G G/D D
they just hide away

G D/F#
yet they’ll never have

Em C
someone like you to back down and help along the way .

G D G
or tell them when it’s time to say i love you .

G D C G/B D/A G
so tell me when it’s time to say i love you .