Wake Me Up When September Ends

Artist: Green Day

Album: American Idiot (2004)

Music by Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt
lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong

Added on Wednesday, 03 January 2024

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Wake Me Up When September Ends

0:00 / 4:45

Lyrics and Chords

G    = [Riff 1]
G/F# = [Riff 2]
G/E  = [Riff 3]
G/D  = [Riff 4]


Intro: 0:00
G  - x4

Verse 1: 0:09
 G          G/F#
Summer has come and passed,
    G/E           G/D
The innocent can never last.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G
September ends.
0:27
 G                G/F#
Like my fathers' come to pass,
 G/E             G/D
Seven years has gone so fast.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G G/F#
September ends.

Chorus: 0:46
 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.
1:04
G          G/F#
As my memory rests,
     G/E            G/D
But never forgets what I lost.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G
September ends.

Instrumental: 1:22
G  - x6

Verse 2: 1:36
 G          G/F#
Summer has come and passed,
    G/E           G/D
The innocent can never last.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G
September ends.
1:54
 G            G/F#
Ring out the bells again,
 G/E                G/D
Like we did when spring began.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G G/F#
September ends.

Chorus: 2:12
 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.
2:31
G          G/F#
As my memory rests,
     G/E            G/D
But never forgets what I lost.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G G/F#
September ends.

Solo: 2:49
Em | Bm | C | G D/F#
Em | Bm | C
Dsus4 | D | Dsus4 | D

Instrumental: 3:14
G  - x4

Verse 3: 3:23
 G          G/F#
Summer has come and passed,
    G/E           G/D
The innocent can never last.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G
September ends.
3:41
 G                G/F#
Like my fathers' come to pass,
  G/E             G/D
Twenty years has gone so fast.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G
September ends.

Refrain: 4:00
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G
September ends.
 C           Cm
Wake me up when
          G   | G!!!
September ends.

Coda: 4:35
C Cm | G!