Guitar Tabs Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day

Song: Wake Me Up When September Ends
Artist: Green Day
Album: American Idiot
Tabbed by: 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 - |x32010| Em - |022000|
Cm - |x35543| Bm - |x24432|
G - |3x0033| D - |xx0232|
G/Gb - |200033|

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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| |----------------| ||
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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. ||



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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 G G/Gb
play |----3-----------|
this > |----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-------|

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

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

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-|

E5 Bm C5 D5
e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |----------------|----3-3-3-3-3---|----------------|----------------|
G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D| |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-|
A| |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-|
E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|

e| |----------------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|
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 G5 G5/Gb
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-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|


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| |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-|
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-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|

E5 Bm C5 D5
e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
B| |----------------|----3-----------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G| |----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D| |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-|
A| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|
E| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|--------------|



D5
e| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
B| |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
E| |----------------|----------------|----------------|

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-------------|