[Verse 1] [D/A] Fre-- [C][D] ezin', [D/A] rests his [C] head on a [D] pillow made of [D/A] concrete [C] , [D] again [D/A] Oh, Fee- [C] -lin [D] ' [D/A] maybe he'll [C] see a little [D] better set a [D/A] days, [C] ooh [D] yeah [D/A] Oh, haaa [C] aaan [D] d out, [D/A] faces that he [C] sees time a [D] gain ain't that fa [D/A] miliar, [C] ooh [D] yeah [D/A] Oh, daaa [C] aaar [D] k grin, [D/A] he can't help, [C] when he's [D] happy looks in [D/A] sane, o [C] h ye [D] ah
[Chorus 1] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh... Oh, s [D] omeday y [Bb] et, he'll begin his l [D] ife [C] again [Dsus2] life a-- [C] gain [Dsus2] life a-- [C] gain...
[Verse 2] [D/A] Kne--e l [C] in', [D] [D/A] looking through the [C] paper though he [D] doesn't know to [D/A] read, [C][D] ooh yeah [D/A] Oh, pra- [C] -yin [D] ', [D/A] now to something [C] that has never [D] showed him any [D/A] thing [C][D] [D/A] Oh, fee- [C] -lin [D] ', [D/A] understands the [C] weather of the [D] winters on its [D/A] way [C][D] [D/A] Oh, cei- [C] -lin [D] gs, [D/A] few and far be [C] tween all the [D] legal halls of [D/A] shame, [C] yeah [D] ...
[Chorus 2 - Can play Bb with low D if want to make bigger] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh.. [D] Oh, some [Bb] day yet, he'll begin his [D] life [C] again Oh, w [D] hispering h [Bb] ands, gently lead, lead him away [D] ... [C] [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way, [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way... [Dsus2][C] Yeah!
[Solo] C D
[Chorus 2] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh.. [D] Oh, some [Bb] day yet, he'll begin his [D] life [C] again Oh, w [D] hispering h [Bb] ands, gently lead, lead him away [D] ... [C] [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way, [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way... [Dsus2][C] Yeah!
[Intro and main riff] G1 e-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| B-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| G-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| D-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| A-----|-------3p0-0-5-----------------|-------3--0-5-----------------|-------| E-15\-|-/7--7-------0----0-0--6-5-3-0-|-/7--7------0----0-0--6-5-3-0-|-------|
[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]
