Wake Me Up When
September Ends
Words & Music:
Billy Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool & Mike
Dirnt (Green Day)
G5 G5/F#
Em7 G5/D
Summer has come and passed; the innocent can
never last.
C Cm
G5
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.
CHORUS:
Em
Bm C
G5 D/F#
Here comes the rain again; falling from the
stars
Em
Bm
C D
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.
CHORUS:
As my memory rests; but never forgets what I
lost.
Wake me up when September ends. INSTRUMENTAL OVER: E5 Bm C G5 [2x]
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. [repeat 3x]
[German translation]
Der Sommer kam und ging; für den Arglosen ist nichts von Bestand!
Deshalb weck mich, wenn der September zu Ende geht.
Der ewige Kreislauf: Kommen, um zu vergehen! So, wie es meinem Vater erging!
Sieben Jahre sind schnell dahin!
Weck mich, wenn der September vorbei ist!
Der Regen kehrt zurück. Wie Sternschnuppen fallen die Tropfen herab.
Vom Schmerz überwältigt, erkenne ich unsere Bestimmung!
Obwohl meine Erinnerung verblasst,
Werde ich niemals vergessen, was ich verloren habe.
Weck mich, wenn der September zu Ende ist.
Lass uns die Glocken läuten!
So wie damals, als der Frühling Einzug hielt.
Zwanzig Jahre sind so schnell vergangen,
Also weck mich, wenn der September zu Ende geht!
Guitar
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