SONG: Cease
ARTIST: Bad Religion
ALBUM: The Gray Race
YEAR: 1996


I got an advance copy of Bad Religion's new album, "The Gray Race" (as
far as I know, it will be released March 5th). While this isn't (I guess)=

the easiest song on the album to figure out (especially lyric-wise) it's
the first one I've figured out so far, and IMHO one of the best, so
enjoy!
The lyrics are probably really screwed up by me, but from what I can make=

of 'em, they're some of Greg Graffin's best. Hey, the man has a Ph.D. for=

chrissakes!

"Cease" -- Bad Religion

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Flat top pave-ment com-fort me
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Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
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There=D5s a distant fuzz of a frequency
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It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
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And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
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Vio-lent-ly
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What protection everlasting peace (??)
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Everything must cease

(same chords as before)
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people=D5s will (??)
There=D5s a shadow stain on the west facade
It is spread like a cave to entrap the pod (???)
And the decent folks find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What protection everlasting peace
Everything must cease

(pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
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Brave me-mo-rials hewn white stone
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Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
(strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
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It evokes such pain and significance
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What was once is reduced to remembrance
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And the generations pass without recompense
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Aa-aaaa-hhh...
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What protection everlasting peace
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Everything must cease




SONG NAME: Cease
ARTIST: Bad Religion
ALBUM: The Grey Race
YEAR: 1996
TABBED BY: Malvolio