(intro e primeira parte)

 G          G/F#
Summer has come and passed
    Em7           D4
The innocent can never last
 C9          Cm           G
Wake me up when September ends
 G               G/F#
Like my fathers come to pass
 Em7             D4
Seven years has gone so fast
 C9          Cm           G     G/F#
Wake me up when September ends

(segunda parte)
 Em7            G/B
Here comes the rain again
 C                 G   G/F#
Falling from the stars
  Em7           G/B
Drenched in my pain again
   C              D
Becoming who we are

(terceira parte)
G          G/F#
As my memory rests
     Em7            D4
But never forgets what I lost
 C9           Cm           G
Wake me up when September ends

 G         G/F#
Summer has come and passed
    Em7           D4
The innocent can never last
 C9          Cm           G
Wake me up when September ends
 G            G/F#
Ring out the bells again
 Em7                D4
Like we did when spring began
 C9          Cm           G    G/F#
Wake me up when September ends

 Em7            G/B
Here comes the rain again
 C                 G    G/F#
Falling from the stars
  Em7           G/B
Drenched in my pain again
   C              D
Becoming who we are

G          G/F#
As my memory rests
     Em7            D4
But never forgets what I lost
 C9          Cm           G     G/F#
Wake me up when September ends

(base solo) Em7 G/B C G G/F# Em7 G/B C D4 D D4 D

G           G/F#
Summer has come and passed
    Em7           D4
The innocent can never last
 C9          Cm           G
Wake me up when September ends

 G               G/F#
Like my fathers come to pass
  Em7             D4
Twenty years has gone so fast
 C9          Cm           G
Wake me up when September ends         (3x)