[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]
[Verse 1 - No drums - BPM 170 - Capo 1st fret, standard tuning - Don't bother for live] [Telefonics have capo on 2 I believe? Mainly vocals] [D] Do you have the [A] time To [Bm] listen to me [F#m] whine A [G] bout nothing and [D] everything All [A] at once
[D] I am one of [A] those Me [Bm] lodramatic [F#m] fools Neu [G] rotic to the [D] bone No doubt about [A] it
[Chorus - Bass drum just on each chord once] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself the [D] creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me (more bass drum) It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up (full drums) ... Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just .....
[Verse 2 - Full drums] I [D] went to a [A] shrink To [Bm] analyze my [F#m] dreams She [G] says it's lack of [D] sex That's bringing [A] me down I [D] went to a [A] whore He [Bm] said my life's a [F#m] bore So [G] quit my whining [D] cause It's bringing [A] her down
[Chorus - More bass drum so like low tom figures] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? [################Scroll#################] Uh, yuh, yuh....
[Riff - Full drums] ya [D][A][Bm][A] x 4
[Bridge - Backward drums] [G] Grasping to con [A] trol [N.C.] (stop) So I better hold
[Instrumental - Full drums] on.... [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A] (drum fill SBBSBB S) [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A]
[Chorus] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just
[Outro] stoned? [D] - [G5/D-xx0033] - [Bm][Bm#5-225432] - ([G][D]) - [A] Play above 4 times [G][D][A]
