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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 | |
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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 | |||
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2 34 G: 3x0033 |
1 34
G/F#: 2x0033 |
12 34
Em7: 022033 |
34
G/D: xx0033 |
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32 1 C: x32010 |
13421
Cm: x35543 |
13421
Bm: x24432 |
132
D: xx0232 |
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134 Dsus4: xx0233 |
134
C5: x355xx |
134
G5: 355xxx |
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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
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
