Wake Me Up When September Ends

Had to do the Ukulele chords for this one this of all months :-) I suggest playing Dsus4 as 0220 rather than 2230. Watch this guy for the riff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdhvi9hgMx4

Riff: Open G and 3 and 5 on E and A
Open G 2 and 5
Open G open E and 5
Open G 2 on C and 5
Open G open C, 8 and 7 together
Open G open C, 8 and 6 together



G           0222
Summer has come and passed
    0202           0235
The innocent can never last
C          Cm             G      G
Wake me up when September ends
G           0222
Like my fathers come to pass
    0202           0235
Seven years has gone so fast
C          Cm             G    G  -  G/F#  -
Wake me up when September ends


Bridge :
Em             Bm
Here comes the rain again
C                 G  -    G/F#  -
Falling from the stars
Em             Bm
Drenched in my pain again
  C             D
Becoming who we are


2nd verse/chorus :
G         Bm
As my memory rests
    Em           Dsus4
But never forget what I lost
C          Cm             G      G
Wake me up when September ends


Main riff x6
3rd verse/chorus :
G          Bm
Summer has come and passed
Em               Dsus4
The innocent can never last
C          Cm             G      G
Wake me up when September ends
G            Bm
Ring out the bells again
Em               Dsus4
Like we did when spring began
C          Cm             G     G  -    G/F#  -
Wake me up when september ends


Bridge :
Em             Bm
Here comes the rain again
C                 G  -    G/F#  -
Falling from the stars
Em             Bm
Drenched in my pain again
  C             Dsus4 D
Becoming who we are


4th verse/chorus :
G         Bm
As my memory rests
    Em           Dsus4
But never forget what I lost
C          Cm             G      G  -    G/F#  -
Wake me up when September ends


Solo :
[Em][B][C][G-G/F#]
[Em][B][C][D]
[D][D][D]

Main riff x4


5th verse/chorus :
G          Bm
Summer has come and passed
    Em           Dsus4
The innocent can never last
C          Cm             G      G
Wake me up when September ends
G               Bm
Like my fathers come to pass
Em              Dsus4
Seven years has gone so fast

Outro :
C          Cm             G    G
Wake me up when September ends
C          Cm             G    G
Wake me up when September ends
C          Cm             G    G>let ring
Wake me up when September ends

Mistakes

Mistakes, lyrics by Edgar Leslie & music Everett Lynton was a big hit of the 1920s. Here's a lovely ukulele version I've worked out by watching this and the help of ukulele underground. The uke is a Martin 5K.


Am/C Cmaj7 F C 1213 1203 0213 G7

C       Cmaj7                          B7    2320
we make mistakes when we worry
G        0222 G7      C
All over nothing at all
1203      1202                       Am/C
we make mistakes that bring heart
Am
aches and the
D7 (2223) 4223 5223
tear drops fall like
G7sus4  G7   0332
rain drops


C       Cmaj7
we make mistakes and feel
B7   2320
sorry
C                 C7
when we've made somebody
F    A7 0101  A7
blue          but
F
I made the
1313
greatest mis-
C
take
E7
of
A7 Am
all   when
D7
I said good
1313
bye
0012
to
5333  D7 1113  C
you

0007  harmonic top fret

Jolene cover by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

This is rather good I think :-)

Riff: hammer on from Am to Dm

Dm       F       C       Dm
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
     C                                   Dm
I`m begging of you please dont`t take my man
  Dm      F       C      Dm
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
   C                   Am               Dm
Please don`t take him just because you can

       Dm        F
Your beauty is beyond compare
       C                Dm
With flaming locks of auburn hair
       C             Am              Dm
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
       Dm             F
Your smile is like a breath of spring
       C                  Dm
Your voice is soft like summer rain
       C         Am             Dm
And i cannot compete with you, Jolene

    Dm             F
He talks about you in his sleep
     C                Dm
There`s nothing i can do to keep
     C               Am               Dm
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
    Dm            F
And i can easily understand
    C                 Dm
How you could easily take my man
    C               Am                   Dm
But you don`t know what he means to me, Jolene

  Dm      F       C       Dm
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
      C                                Dm
I`m begging of you please don`t take my man
  Dm      F       C       Dm
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
  C                    Am             Dm
Please don`t take him just because you can

   Dm              F
you could have your choice of men
    C              Dm
But i could never love again
    C           Am          Dm
He`s the only one for me, Jolene
   Dm               F
I had to have this talk with you
   C            Dm
My happines depends on you
   C            Am           Dm
Whatever you decide to do, Jolene


Jolene, Jolene ,Jolene, Jolene
I`m begging of you please don`t take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don`t take him even though you can