Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Key: C
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
A|-----5------5---|-----5------5---|-----5------5---|-----5------5---|
e|-3------3-------|-3------3-------|-3------3-------|-3------3-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|
Verse:
The Placking:
Su~mmer has come and passed
A|-----5-----5--| |-----5-----5--|
E|-3-----3------| |-2-----2------|
C|--------------| |--------------|
G|---0-----0----| |---0-----0----|
The innocent can never last
A|-----5-----5--| |-----5-----5--|
E|-0-----0------| |--------------|
C|--------------| |-2-----2------|
G|---0-----0----| |---0-----0----|
Wake me up when Swptember ends
A|-----5-----5--| |-----5-----5--| |-----5-----5--| |-----5-----5--|
E|--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------|
C|-0-----0------| |-3-----3------| |-2-----2------| |-2-----2------|
G|---0-----0----| |---0-----0----| |---0-----0----| |---0-----0----|
(Then repeat it again here)
Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Chorus:
Em Bm
Here comes the rain again
C G Gm
Falling from the stars
Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again
C D
Becoming who we are
Verse 2:
Repeat the placking again here:
Or you could just strum:
G Bm
As my memory rests
Em D
But never forgets what I lost
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
Intro Instrumerntal:
A|-----5------5---|-----5------5---|-----5------5---|-----5------5---|
e|-3------3-------|-3------3-------|-3------3-------|-3------3-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|
(Do the placking)
G Bm
Summer has come and passed
Em D
The innocent can never last
(Strum here)
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
(Do the placking)
G Bm
Ring out the bells again
Em D
Like we did when spring began
(Strum here)
C Cm G G
Wake me up when September ends
Chorus:
(It becomes rock. Strum here)
Em Bm
Here comes the rain again
C G G
Falling from the stars
Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again
C D
Becoming who we are
Verse 3:
(You can either strum or plack here, both are fine)
G Bm
As my memory rests
Em D
But never forgets what I lost
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
Instrumental:
A|----2----2----------------------3----3----------------|
E|-23--23----23--23---23---23--23---23---23--3333-2222--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------2----2------------------------------|
A|----2----2----------------------3----3----------------|
E|-23--23----23--23---23---23--23---23---23--3333-2222--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------2----2------------------------------|
A|------------| |----------|
E|-3333-2222--| (Repeat 4x) |--3~------| (Let it Ring)
D|------------| (Smash the string) |----------|
G|------------| |----------|
(Do the Placking here)
G Bm
Summer has come and passed
Em D
The innocent can never last
(Strum Here)
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
Bridge:
(Do the Placking here)
G Bm
Like my father's come to pass
Em D
Twenty years has gone so fast
(Then strum until the song ends)
C Cm G G
Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G G
Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends