As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Wake Me Up When September Ends, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.

This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day.
This song was released in 2005 as the fourth single from the band’s hugely successful album American Idiot. It was written by the frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and the song is about the death of his father when Billie Joe was just ten years old. The song reached the number six spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
Alright, let’s start learning how to play Wake Me Up When September Ends!
As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Wake Me Up When September Ends, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.
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Join The Mailing ListOK let’s now get into the lesson. Although this arrangement is reasonably straightforward, like most things fingerstyle it’s still quite challenging at times. So just go very slow and really take your time. Good luck!
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Hopefully you were OK with the first tutorial, now let’s learn how to play the rest of the song!