[Riff] The Riff G5  G5/F#  G5/E  G5/D  is played so:
 
   G5               G5/F#            G5/E             G5/D
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
[Intro]
   G5
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] (See Riff)
G5         G5/F#                G5/E         G5/D
Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
C          Cm             G5          G5
Wake me up when September ends
G5         G5/F#               G5/E            G5/D
Like my fathers' come to pass, seven years has gone so fast
C          Cm             G5          G5   G5/F#
Wake me up when September ends
 
[Chorus]
Em             Bm          C                G5    G5/F#
Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars
Em             Bm            C             D
Drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are
G5        G5/F#         G5/E          G5/D
As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost
C               Cm        G5      G5     G5     G5
Wake me up when September ends
 
[Interlude]
G5   G5   G5   G5
 
[Verse 2]
G5         G5/F#                G5/E         G5/D
Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
C          Cm             G5
Wake me up when September ends
G5           G5/F#        G5/E             G5/D
Ring out the bells again, like we did when spring began
C          Cm             G5         G5  G5/F#
Wake me up when September ends
 
[Chorus]
Em             Bm          C                G5    G5/F#
Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars
Em             Bm            C             D
Drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are
G5        G5/F#         G5/E          G5/D
As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost
C               Cm        G5        G5  G5/F#
Wake me up when September ends
 
[Solo]
Em     Bm   C      G5  D/F#
Em     Bm   C
Dsus4  D    Dsus4  D
 
[Interlude]
G5   G5   G5   G5
 
[Verse 3]
G5         G5/F#                G5/E         G5/D
Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
C          Cm             G5
Wake me up when September ends
G5               G5/F#         G5/E             G5/D
Like my father's come to pass, twenty years has gone so fast
C          Cm             G5
Wake me up when September ends
 
[Outro]
C          Cm             G5
Wake me up when September ends
C          Cm             G5
Wake me up when September ends