Green Day - Wake Me Up guitar tab
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Music: Green Day
Album: American Idiot (2004)
Tab By: reizig (reizig@hotmail.com)
Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)
The arrangement on this song is somewhat complicated,
so you're probably going to have to play along with
the song a few times before you can play it in the
right order all the way through.
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3--|
G|----0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0----|
D|--5-----5-------5-----5-------5-----5-------5-----5------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3--|
G|----0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0----|
D|--5-----5-------4-----4-------2-----2-------0-----0------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|------3-----3-------3-----3----|
B|------5-----5-------4-----4----|
G|----5-----5---5---5-----5---5--|
D|--5-----5-------5-----5--------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Ending 1:
e|------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-----3---|
G|----0-----0---0---0-----0---0-|
D|--5-----5-------5-----5-------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Ending 2:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-------3------|
G|----0-----0---0---0---0---0--0-----|
D|--5-----5-------5-------4----------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Riff 2:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-------3---|
G|----0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0--0--|
D|--2-----2-----------------------------------5-------4-------|
A|----------------2-----2-------3-----3-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3-----|
G|----0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0-------0-----0---0---|
D|--2-----2-----------------------------------0-----0---------|
A|----------------2-----2-------3-----3-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3:
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3--|
G|----0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0----|
D|--5-----5-------4-----4-------2-----2-------0-----0------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
C Cm
e|-------------------------------|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|-------------------------------|
Ending 3:
G5
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Ending 4:
G5 G5/F#
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
Riff 4:
Em Bm C5 G5 G5/F#
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
Em Bm C5 D5
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
Em Bm C5 G5 G5/F#
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5----5---5------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------4----4---4-----5----5---5------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--77---77---7----------------------------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
E|-----------------77---77---7----88---88---88-------------------|
Em Bm C5
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----5----5---5-------------------------------|
G|--------------------4----4---4-----5----5---5-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--77---77---7---------------------------------|
E|-----------------77---77---7----88---88---88--|
D5
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
C Cm G5 x3
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Order:
Intro
Riff 1 w/Ending 1
Riff 1 w/Ending 2
Riff 2
Riff 1 w/Ending 1
Intro (Drums come in halfway through)
Ending 1 (distorted)
Riff 3 w/Ending 3
Riff 3 w/Ending 4
Riff 4
Riff 3 w/Ending 4
Bridge: Riff 4 (hold final D5 for two more bars) w/Solo
Intro
Riff 3 w/Ending 3
Riff 3 w/Ending 3
Outro
Lyrics:
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last (Riff 1 w/Ending 1)
Wake me up when September ends
Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast (Riff 1 w/Ending 2)
Wake me up when September ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars (Riff 2)
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost (Riff 1 w/Ending 1)
Wake me up when September ends
(Intro)
(Ending 1)
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last (Riff 3 w/Ending 3)
Wake me up when September ends
Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began (Riff 3 w/Ending 4)
Wake me up when September ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars (Riff 4)
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost (Riff 3 w/Ending 4)
Wake me up when September ends
(Bridge)
(Intro)
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last (Riff 3 w/Ending 3)
Wake me up when September ends
Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast (Riff 3 w/Ending 3)
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September Ends
Wake me up when September Ends (Outro)
Wake me up when September Ends
