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Wake Me Up When September Ends
Green Day

Use tablature if you want to play this just like Billy Joe Armstrong. Or, the song can be simplified using the following strum patterns and chords.

Strum Guide
Mellow Strum:
D D U U D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +



Strum pattern for louder parts:
D D D D D D D DU
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +





Chord Guide
2 34
G: 3x0033
1 34
G/F#: 2x0033
12 34
Em7: 022033
34
G/D: xx0033
32 1
C: x32010
13421
Cm: x35543
13421
Bm: x24432
132
D: xx0232
134
Dsus4: xx0233
134
C5: x355xx
134
G5: 355xxx




Intro: / G - - - / x4
/ G - - - / G/F# - - - / Em7 - - - / G/D - - - /
/ C - - - / Cm - - - / G - - - / - - - - /

Clean w/Main Arpeggio:
G G/F#
Summer has come and passed
Em7 G/D
The innocent can never last
C Cm G (2)
Wake me up when September ends

G G/F#
Like my father's come to pass
Em7 G/D
Seven years has gone so fast
C Cm G (2)
Wake me up when September ends

Bridge:
Em Bm
Here comes the rain again
C G
Falling from the stars
Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again
C D
Becoming who we are


G G/F#
As my memory rests
Em7 G/D
But never forgets what I lost
C Cm G (2)
Wake me up when September ends



w/distortion:
G G/F#
Summer has come and passed
Em G/D
The innocent can never last
C5 C5 G5 (2)
Wake me up when September ends

G G/F#
Ring out the bells again
Em 7 G/D
Like we did when spring began
C5 C5 G5 (2)
Wake me up when September ends

Repeat Bridge using power chords

G G/F#
As my memory rests
Em7 G/D
But never forgets what I lost
C Cm G (2)
Wake me up when September ends

Instrumental Bridge, play this instead of last D:
/ Dsus4 - - - / D - - - / Dsus4 - - - / D - - - /

Intro Progression x4

Clean w/Main Arpeggio:
G G/F#
Summer has come and passed
Em7 G/D
The innocent can never last
w/distortion:
C5 C5 G5 (2)
Wake me up when September ends

G G/F#
Like my father's come to pass
Em7 G/D
Seven years has gone so fast
C5 C5 G5 (2)
Wake me up when September ends
C5 C5 G5 (2)
Wake me up when September ends
C5 C5 G5 (2)
Wake me up when September ends

End on G5