G            D/F#             
 Summer has come and passed 
    Em            G 
The innocent can never last 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends 
 
G                  D/F# 
 like my father's come to pass 
 Em                   G 
seven years has gone so fast 
 C9          Cm           G    D/F# 
wake me up when September ends 
 
 Em             Bm7 
here comes the rain again 
 C9                G  D/F# 
falling from the stars 
  Em            Bm7 
drenched in my pain again 
 C9             D 
becoming who we are 
 
G              D/F# 
 as my memory rests 
     Em             G 
but never forgets what I lost 
 C9          Cm           G     riff 1 
wake me up when September ends 
 
G            D/F# 
 Summer has come and passed 
    Em            G 
The innocent can never last 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends 
 
 G            D/F# 
ring out the bells again 
 Em                 G 
like we did when spring began 
 C9          Cm           G   D/F# 
wake me up when September ends 
 
 Em             Bm7 
here comes the rain again 
 C9                G  D/F# 
falling from the stars 
  Em            Bm7 
drenched in my pain again 
 C9             D 
becoming who we are 
 
G              D/F# 
 as my memory rests 
     Em             G 
but never forgets what I lost 
 C9          Cm           G   D/F# Solo Riff1 
wake me up when September ends 
 
G            D/F# 
 Summer has come and passed 
    Em            G 
The innocent can never last 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends 
 
 G                D/F# 
like my father's come to pass 
  Em              G 
twenty years has gone so fast 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends 
 C9          Cm           G 
wake me up when September ends