Bad Religion — Cease Chords

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From: "Evan (Jackal) Hulka" 
Subject: CRD: Cease —— Bad Religion


SONG: Cease
AUTHOR: Greg Graffin
ARTIST: Bad Religion
ALBUM: The Gray Race
YEAR: 1996
TABBED BY: The Jackal

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

B         A         G       F#
Flat top pave—ment com—fort me
         B                      A             G             F#
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
           B       A          G    F#
There=D5s a distant fuzz of a frequency
     B         A             G         F#
It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
         B          A            G      F#
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
G    A    F#
Vio—lent—ly
          B      A           G
What protection everlasting peace (??)
      A          B
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)
B        A        G            F#
Brave me—mo—rials hewn white stone
           B                      A            G                   F#
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
(strum from here —— resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
     B          A           G   F#
It evokes such pain and significance
B                A           G     F#
What was once is reduced to remembrance
         B            A           G     F#
And the generations pass without recompense
G   A   F#
Aa—aaaa—hhh...
         B        A           G
What protection everlasting peace
       A          B
Everything must cease




Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 21:14:29 —0800 (PST)
From: Evan MALVOLIO Hulka 
Subject: CRD: Cease (revised) — Bad Religion


SONG NAME: Cease
ARTIST: Bad Religion
ALBUM: The Grey Race
YEAR: 1996
TABBED BY: Malvolio
 
Cease —— Bad Religion
Kind of an amend to my earlier tab
 
The way this sounds best is if you play it in E (power chords). Then the 
intro is:
EED CCB. the basic chord pattern is E D C B (Black top pavement...) When 
it goes "Shakes the leaves off of..." C D B, and "Violently" is C B A. 
"Everything must cease" is E D C ... D E.
If that's a little hard to understand, listen to the album. E. Hulka