Green Day-When September Ends
[Guitar Intro - BPM 104]E-----------------
B----3---3---------- x 4
G-00--00------------
(Basic chord pattern during song - Root x 2, high chord)
[Verse 1 - No drums]
[G] Summer has [G/F#] come and passed
[Em] The innocent can [D] never last
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September end [G]
[G] Like my father's [G/F#] come to pass
[Em] Seven years has [D] gone so fast
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September [G] ends
[Chorus]
[Em] Here comes the [Bm] rain again
[C] Falling from the [G] stars [D/F#]
[Em] Drenched in my [Bm] pain again
[C] Becoming who we [D] are
[G] As my memo [G/F#] ry rests
[Em] But never forgets [D] what I lost
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September end [G]
[Guitar Intro] x 2
[Drums come in - pattern BBSB BSxx] x 4 (with chords)
[Verse 2 - Drum pattern as intro]
[G] Summer has [G/F#] come and passed
[Em] The innocent can [D] never last
(Full distortion - Straighter drums - slight indie beat)
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September [G] ends
(Less chords - drums as intro)
[G] Ring out the [G/F#] bells again
[Em] Like we did when [D] spring began
(Full distortion - Straighter drums - slight indie beat)
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September [G] ends
[Chorus - Full drums]
[Em] Here comes the [Bm] rain again
[C] Falling from the [G] stars [D/F#]
[Em] Drenched in my [Bm] pain again
[C] Becoming who we [D] are [#######Sustain chord, stop drums, scroll###########]
[Drums as per intro]
[G] As my memo [G/F#] ry rests
[Em] But never forgets [D] what I lost
(Full distortion - Straighter drums - slight indie beat)
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September [G] ends [G] [D/F#]
[Solo - Full drums]
Em - 079987, Bm - 797777, C - 81010988, (G D/F#)
Em - 079987, Bm - 797777, C - 81010988
Dsus4, D, Dsus4, D, G (drums stop)
[Guitar Intro - No drums]
G pattern x 4
[Verse 3 - Still no drums]
[G] Summer has [G/F#] come and passed
[Em] The innocent can [D] never last
(full drums)
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September end [G]
(Intro drums)
[G] Like my father's [G/F#] come to pass
[Em] Twenty years has [D] gone so fast
(full drums)
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September end [G]
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September end [G]
[C] Wake me up [Cm] when September end [G]
[End]