Summer has come and passed
Em BmThe innocent can never last
C Cm Gwake me up when september ends
G D
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
C Cm Gwake me up when september ends
Em Bm
here comes the rain again
C Gfalling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
C Dbecoming who we are
G Bm
as my memory rests
Em7 Gbut never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
Em7 GThe innocent can never last
C Cm Gwake me up when september ends
G Bm
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
C Cm Gwake me up when september ends
Em Bm
here comes the rain again
C Gfalling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
C Dbecoming who we are
G Bm
as my memory rests
Em7 Gbut never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
Em7 GThe innocent can never last
C Cm G
wake me up when september ends
G Bm
like my fathers come to pass
C Gseven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
C Cm Gwake me up when september ends
C Cm Gwake 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.