Green Day

Wake Me Up When September Ends(Tabs)

Green Day

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	        Intro: 
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Verse's 1,2: 
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  Summer has           come and passed, the innocent can         never last  
 
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   Wake me up        when September ends  
 
 
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   Like my father's    come to pass,         seven years has     gone so fast  
 
   C                    Cm                   G 
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   Wake me up        when September ends  
 
 
Chorus 1: 
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   Here comes the rain again           Falling from the stars 
 
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   Drenched in my     pain again,         becoming who we are  
 
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  As my memory rests,   but never forgets   what I lost  
 
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   Wake me up        when September ends  
 
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                                             (drums start in) 
 
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   (distortion, and what sounds like a second guitar - echo, maybe?) 
 
Verse's 3,4: 
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  Summer has           come and passed, the innocent can         never last  
 
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   Wake me up         when September ends 
 
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   Ring out the bells again,             like we did when spring began  
 
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   Wake me up         when September ends 
 
 
Chorus 2: 
(no lead parts, just chords now) 
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Here comes the rain again  
C                G     F# 
Falling from the stars 
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Drenched in my pain again  
C               D 
Becoming who we are 
 
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  As my memory rests,   but never forgets   what I lost  
 
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   Wake me up         when September ends 
 
Solo: 
 
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Verse's 5,6: 
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  Summer has           come and passed, the innocent can         never last  
 
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   Wake me up         when September ends 
 
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   Like my father's    come to pass,         twenty years has     gone so fast   
 
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   Wake me up         when September ends 
 
 
Outro: 
 
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Written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank e Iii Wright, Mike Pritchard

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