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Wake Me Up When September Ends

Wake Me Up When September Ends is a song by the band Green Day, from their 2004 album American Idiot. It was written by lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong in memory of his father, who died when Billie Joe was 10 years old. The song discusses themes of loss and mourning.

Key: G

Introduction:  G5  

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One For The Razorbacks
Green Day
 G5          G5/F#                 G5/E          G5/D 
Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
 C           Cm              G5 
Wake me up when September ends
 G5          G5/F#                G5/E             G5/D 
Like my fathers'  come to pass, seven years has gone so fast
 C           Cm              G5                G5/F# 
Wake me up when September ends

 Em              Bm           C                 G5     G5/F# 
Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars
 Em              Bm             C              D 
Drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are
 G5         G5/F#          G5/E           G5/D 
As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost
 C                Cm         G5 
Wake me up when September ends

 G5          G5/F#                 G5/E          G5/D 
Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
 C           Cm              G5 
Wake me up when September ends
 G5            G5/F#         G5/E              G5/D 
Ring out the bells again, like we did when spring began
 C           Cm              G5              G5/F# 
Wake me up when September ends

 Em              Bm           C                 G5     G5/F# 
Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars
 Em              Bm             C              D 
Drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are
 G5         G5/F#          G5/E           G5/D 
As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost
 C                Cm         G5             G5/F# 
Wake me up when September ends

 G5          G5/F#                 G5/E          G5/D 
Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
 C           Cm              G5 
Wake me up when September ends
 G5                G5/F#          G5/E              G5/D 
Like my father' s come to pass, twenty years has gone so fast
 C           Cm              G5 
Wake me up when September ends

 C           Cm              G5 
Wake me up when September ends
 C           Cm              G5 
Wake me up when September ends