Wake Me Up When September Ends
by Green Day
🤘 Rock
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
A poignant ballad from American Idiot (2004). The gentle fingerpicked intro over a G chord with moving bass notes creates a deeply emotional opening.
e|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3------|
B|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0------|
e|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3------|
B|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------3-----------3-----------2-------0------|
E|---3-----------------------------------------------|