“Wake Me Up When September Ends” is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in June 2005 as the fourth single from their seventh album, American Idiot.
In this song Armstrong reveals his feelings about his father who died in September of 1982 when Armstrong was 10 years old. However this is not the only meaning that this song bears.
Intro: Play G5 Four Times
G5 G5/F#
Summer has come and passed
Em7 D4
The innocent can never last
C Cm G5
Wake me up when September ends
G5 G5/F#
Like my father’s come to pass
Em7 D4
Seven years has gone so fast
C Cm G5
Wake me up when September ends
Em7 G/B
Here comes the rain again
C G5 G5/F#
Falling from the stars
Em7 G/B
Drenched in my pain again
C D
Becoming who we are
G G5/F#
As my memory rests
Em7 D4
But never forgets what I lost
C Cm G5
Wake me up when September ends
Play G5 x 4 Sets ( 8 Times )
G5 G5/F#
Summer has come and passed
Em7 D4
The innocent can never last
Alternate Strum
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
Pluck Chords
G5 G5/F#
Ring out the bells again
Em7 D4
Like we did when spring began
Alternate Strum
C Cm G G/F#
Wake me up when September ends
Em7 G/B
Here comes the rain again
C G G/F#
Falling from the stars
Em G/B
Drenched in my pain again
C D
Becoming who we are
Pluck Chords
G5 G5/F#
As my memory rests
Em7 D4
But never forgets what I lost
Alternate Strum
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
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Play G5 x 4 sets ( 8 Times )[/quote_box_center]
G5 G5/F#
Summer has come and passed
Em7 D4
The innocent can never last
Alternate Strum
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
Pluck Chords
G5 G5/F#
Like my father’s come to pass
Em7 D4
Twenty years has gone so fast
Alternate Strum
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends x 3 times
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