"Wake Me Up When September Ends"

Summer has come and passed

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

Standard Tuning
G
Bm
Em
C
Cm
G/f#
|e|
|B|
|G|
|D|
|A|
|E|

320033
x24432
022000
x32010
x35543
200033

or

355433

or

x35553

Intro:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----3------3---|-----3------3---|-----3------3---|-----3------3---|
|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|---0------0-----|
|-5------5-------|-5------5-------|-5------5-------|-5------5-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G
Bm
Summer has come and passed
Em
D
The innocent can never last
C
Cm
G
Wake me up when September ends
G
Bm
Like my fathers' come to pass
Em
D
Seven years has gone so fast
C
Cm
G
G/f#
Wake me up when September ends
Em
Bm
Here comes the rain again
C
G
G/f#
Falling from the stars
Em
Bm
Drenched in my pain again
C
D
Becoming who we are
G
Bm
As my memory rests
Em
D
But never forgets what I lost
C
Cm
G
Wake me up when September ends
G
Bm
Summer has come and passed
Em
D
The innocent can never last
C
Cm
G
Wake me up when September ends
G
Bm
Ring out the bells again
Em
D
Like we did when spring began
C
Cm
G
G/f#
Wake me up when September ends

Em
Bm
Here comes the rain again
C
G
G/f#
Falling from the stars
Em
Bm
Drenched in my pain again
C
D
Becoming who we are
G
Bm
As my memory rests
Em
D
But never forgets what I lost
C
Cm
G
Wake me up when September ends
G
Bm
Summer has come and passed
Em
D
The innocent can never last
C
Cm
G
Wake me up when September ends
G
Bm
Like my father's come to pass
Em
D
Twenty years has gone so fast
C
Cm
G
G/f#
Wake me up when September ends
C
Cm
G
G/f#
Wake me up when September ends
C
Cm
G
Wake me up when September ends

D
Summer has come and passed
C
Em
The innocent can never last
G
D
C
Wake me up when September ends
G
D
Like my father's come to pass
C
Em
Seven years has gone so fast
G
D
C
Wake me up when September ends
G
D
Here comes the rain again
C
Em
Falling from the stars
G
D
Drenched in my pain again
C
Em
Becoming who we are
(continue same chords
through the whole song)
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone

Read between the lines

What's fucked up when everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...

Song:
Artist:
Album:
Tabbed by:

Wake Me Up When September Ends

Green Day
American Idiot
Dan Benz (DanSumthing@wi.rr.com)

This is a great song from an incredible album. I heard the intro to this
and I had to tab the whole thing. Easily my best tab, it took me a long
time because I wanted to get every note right.
For the acoustic verse and bridge, I tabbed each note out the way it's
played on the album, but if you'd rather just play the chords, they're
written above the tablature. See below for chord fingerings.
C
Cm
G
G/Gb

|x32010|
|x35543|
|3x0033|
|200033|

Em - |022000|
Bm - |x24432|
D - |xx0232|

__________________________________________________||
--------------------------------------------------||
Edit (7/28/05) :
||
||
Changed this
To this
||
e| |----0-----0-----|
e| |----------------|
||
B| |----1-1---1---1-|
B| |----5-----5-----|
||
G| |--0-------0-----|
G| |----5-5---5---5-|
||
D| |----------------|
D| |--5-------5-----|
||
A| |3-------3-------|
A| |3-------3-------|
||
E| |----------------|
E| |----------------|
||
||
In Verse 1, playing the bar chord version of the ||
C chord makes it much easier to transition to
||
the Cm chord that follows it.
||

__________________________________________________||
--------------------------------------------------||
{Intro (acoustic)
{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| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{Verse 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| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{
C
Cm
G
G
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----5-----5-----|----4-----4-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|
{G| |----5-5---5---5-|--5---5---5---0-|----0-0---0---0-|----0-0---0---0-|
{D| |--5-------5-----|--------5-----0-|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|
{A| |3-------3-------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
Repeat Verse 1 except final measure, then
play
this >
>
>

G
G/Gb
|----3-----------|
|----3-------3-0-|
|----0-0-----0---|
|--0-------------|
|----------0-----|
|3-------2-------|

Bridge
Em
Bm
C
G
G/Gb
e| |----------------|----------------|----0-----0-----|----3-----------|
B| |----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----1-1---1-----|----3-------3-0-|
G| |----0-0---0-----|----4-----4-----|--0-------0---0-|----0-0-----0---|
D| |--2-------2---0-|--4---4-------4-|--------------0-|--0-------------|
A| |----------------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|----------0-----|
E| |0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|3-------2-------|
e|
B|
G|
D|
A|
E|

Em
Bm
C
D
|----------------|----------------|----0-----0-----|----2-----2-----|
|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----1-1---1-----|----3-3---3-----|
|----0-0---0-----|----4-----4-----|--0-------0---0-|--2---2---2---0-|
|--2-------2---0-|--4---4-------4-|----------------|0-------0-------|
|----------------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Repeat Verse 1
Repeat Intro
W/Distortion,
Play 2 measures of Intro, then play
the first 4 measures of Verse 1
{Chorus
{
C
Cm
G5
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
{G| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|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-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
{A| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
{E| |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Play the first 4 measures of Verse 1, then,

e|
B|
G|
D|
A|
E|

C
Cm
G5
G5/Gb
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|

Distorted Bridge
E5
Bm
C5
G5
G5/Gb
e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |----------------|----3-----------|----------------|----------------|
G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|----------------|
D| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
A| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-|
e|
B|
G|
D|
A|
E|

E5
Bm
C5
D5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----3-3-3-3-3---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|

e|
B|
G|
D|
A|
E|

|----------------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|
|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|
|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|
|5-----5---------|4-----4---------|2-----2---------|0-----0---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

e|
B|
G|
D|
A|
E|

C
Cm
G5
G5/Gb
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|

{Solo
{Guitar1
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----12----12--12|----12----12--12|----13----13--13|1515151515151515|
{G|/|1212--1212--12--|1111--1111--11--|1212--1212--12--|1212121211111111|
{D| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{A| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----12----12--12|----12----12--12|----13----13--13|1515151515151515|
{G| |1212--1212--12--|1111--1111--11--|1212--1212--12--|1212121212121212|
{D| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{A| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |1515151515151515|1515151515151515|1515151515151515|
{G| |1111111111111111|1212121212121212|1111111111111111| Go to the next
{D| |----------------|----------------|----------------| Guitar1 section
{A| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{E| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
{Guitar2 (Rhythm Guitar) during the Solo
{
E5
Bm
C5
G5
G5/Gb
{e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{B| |----------------|----3-----------|----------------|----------------|
{G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|----------------|

{D|
{A|
{E|
{
{
{e|
{B|
{G|
{D|
{A|
{E|
{
{
{e|
{B|
{G|
{D|
{A|
{E|

|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
E5
Bm
C5
D5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----3-----------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Guitar2 (still w/distortion)

G
e| |3---------------|
B| |3---------------|
G| |0---------------|
D| |----------------|
A| |----------------|
E| |----------------|
{Guitar1 (clean/acoustic)
{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| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{
{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| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
W/Distortion for the rest of the song,
Play the Chorus,
Play the first 4 measures of Verse 1,
Repeat the Chorus 2X,
End with:
C
Cm
G5
e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
G| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|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---------------|
A| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5---------------|
E| |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3---------------|