Wake Me Up When September Ends lyrics by Green Day

Title: Wake Me Up When September Ends
Artist: Green Day
Ref: 1992
Key: G
Tempo: 105

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Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

[guitar solo]

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
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CHORDS

[intro]

G . . . |G . . . |
G . . . |G . . . |

[verse]

Summer has come and passed
G G/F#

The innocent can never last
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |


Like my father's come to pass
G G/F#

Seven years has gone so fast
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . G/F# . |


Here comes the rain again
Em Bm

Falling from the stars
C |G . G/F# .

Drenched in my pain again
Em Bm

Becoming who we are
C D

As my memory rests
G G/F#

But never forgets what I lost
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |


G . . . |G . . . |
G . . . |G . . . |
G . . . |G . . . |


Summer has come and passed
G G/F#

The innocent can never last
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |



Ring out the bells again
G G/F#

Like we did when spring began
Em7 G

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . G/F# . |



Here comes the rain again
Em Bm

Falling from the stars
C |G . G/F# . |

Drenched in my pain again
Em Bm

Becoming who we are
C D

As my memory rests
G G/F#

But never forgets what I lost
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . G/F# . |


[guitar solo]
Em . . . |Bm . . . |
C . . . |G . G/F# . |
Em . . . |Bm . . . |
C . . . |
Dsus4 . . . | D . . . |
Dsus4 . . . | D . . . |
G . . . | G . . . |
G . . . | G . . . |


Summer has come and passed
G G/F#

The innocent can never last
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |


Like my father's come to pass
G G/F#

Twenty years has gone so fast
Em7 G/D

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |

Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G . . . |G . . . |