Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends American Idiot (2004) G5 e --------------- B ------3-----3-- G ----0-----0---- x 4 D --5-----5------ A --------------- G Dadd4/F♯ (doux) Summer has come and passed Em7 G/D The innocent can never last Cadd2 Cm G Wake me up when September ends Like my father's come to pass Seven years has gone so fast Wake me up when September ends D/F♯ Em Bm Here comes the rain again C G D/F♯ Falling from the stars Em Bm Drenched in my pain again C D Becoming who we are As my memory rests But never forgets what I lost Wake me up when September ends G5 x 2 G5 x 2 w/ drum G5 x 2 w/ légère disto Summer has come and passed (semi) The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends (disto) Ring out the bells again (semi) Like we did when spring began Wake me up when September ends (disto) Refrain As my memory rests (semi) But never forgets what I lost Wake me up when September ends D/F♯ (disto) Em Bm C G D/F♯ Em Bm C Dsus4 D Dsus4 D w/ solo G5 x 4 w/ harmoniques Summer has come and passed (doux) The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends (disto) Like my father's come to pass (semi) Twenty years has gone so fast Wake me up when September ends (disto) Wake me up when September ends x 2 G (reste) w/ petit G5 clean