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Green Day-When September Ends - BPM - 107

[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]

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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 107

Drums

Intro No drums - 4
Riff A x 14 bars - sax comes in straightaway unlike later
3rd sax line varies, no sax last one
Riff A x 14 bars

Fill into
Riff B x 4 (5 bars) - drums stop

Riff A x 14 sax comes in after 2 bars
Riff B x 4 (5 bars - hold note over spoken)

Spoken pick up x 4 starts straight on that 5th bar

Sax solo x 12
Key change x 4

Riff A x 4 sax straight in
Riff B x 9

Spoken pick up x 4 with drum fills

Riff A x 1 to end

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