Wake Me Up When September Ends
Green Day
CHORDS
RHYTHM GUITAR STRUMMING PATTERN < < D D D D D D D D < = accent (play louder) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
INTRO AND MAIN RIFF
INTRO G---/ (X4)
VERSE 1 G Bm
Summer has come and passed, Em D
the innocent can never last. C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends.
VERSE 2 G Bm Like my Father’s come to pass, Em D
seven years has gone so fast.
C Cm G G/F# Wake me up when September ends.
BRIDGE Em Bm
Here comes the rain again C G G/F# falling from the stars. Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again. C D Becoming who we are.
VERSE 3 G Bm As my memory rests, Em D
but never forgets what I lost. C Cm G Wake me up when September ends.
G---/ (X6)
VERSE 4 G Bm
Summer has come and passed, Em D
the innocent can never last. C Cm G Wake me up when September ends.
VERSE 5 G Bm
Ring out the bells again, Em D
like we did when spring began.
C Cm G G/F# Wake me up when September ends.
BRIDGE Em Bm
Here comes the rain again, C G G/F# falling from the stars. Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again. C D Becoming who we are.
VERSE 6 G Bm
As my memory rests, Em D
but never forgets what I lost.
C Cm G G/F# Wake me up when September ends.
SOLO Em---/Bm---/C---/G--G/F#--/ <-- DISTORTED RHYTHM
Em---/Bm---/C---/Dsus4---/D---/Dsus4---/D---/Dsus4---/ <-- DISTORTED RHYTHM G---/ (X4) <-- PICKING PATTERN
VERSE 7 G Bm
Summer has come and passed, Em D
the innocent can never last. C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends.
VERSE 8 G Bm
Like my Father's come to pass, Em D
twenty years has gone so fast. C Cm G Wake me up when September ends
OUTRO C Cm G Wake me up when September ends C Cm G Wake me up when September ends
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