Summer has come and passed
MIm SImThe innocent can never last
DO DOm SOLwake me up when september ends
SOL RE
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
DO DOm SOLwake me up when september ends
MIm SIm
here comes the rain again
DO SOLfalling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
DO REbecoming who we are
SOL SIm
as my memory rests
MIm7 SOLbut never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
MIm7 SOLThe innocent can never last
DO DOm SOLwake me up when september ends
SOL SIm
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
DO DOm SOLwake me up when september ends
MIm SIm
here comes the rain again
DO SOLfalling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
DO REbecoming who we are
SOL SIm
as my memory rests
MIm7 SOLbut never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
MIm7 SOLThe innocent can never last
DO DOm SOL
wake me up when september ends
SOL SIm
like my fathers come to pass
DO SOLseven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
DO DOm SOLwake me up when september ends
DO DOm SOLwake me up when september ends
The song was written by the group's singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, for the father, who died in September 1982 because of cancer.