Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

[intro]
G

[verse]
G         G/F#
Summer has come and passed, the
G/E         D
innocent can never last
C          Cm             G   G
Wake me up when September ends
G         G/F#
Like my fathers' come to pass,
G/E            D
seven years has gone so fast
C          Cm             G   G   G/F#
Wake me up when September ends

[chorus]
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
G        G/F#
As my memory rests, but
G/E          D
never forgets what I lost
C               Cm        G
Wake me up when September ends

[interlude]
G  G  G  G

[verse 2]
G         G/F#
Summer has come and passed,
    G/E         D
the innocent can never last
C          Cm             G
Wake me up when September ends
G           G/F#
Ring out the bells again,
G/E             D
like we did when spring began
C          Cm             G   G  G/F#
Wake me up when September ends

[chorus]
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
G        G/F#
As my memory rests, but
G/E          D
never forgets what I lost
C               Cm        G   G  G/F#
Wake me up when September ends

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

[interlude]
G  G  G  G

[verse 3]
G         G/F#
Summer has come and passed, the
G/E         D
innocent can never last
C          Cm             G
Wake me up when September ends
G               G/F#
Like my father's come to pass,
G/E             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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