Cease chords by Bad Religion

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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

BB     A augmentedA     G+G    F#F#
Flat top pave-ment ...
     BB           A augmentedA       G+G       F#F#
Like a chemical reaction or a ...
      BB    A augmentedA     G+G  F#F#
There=D5s a distant fuzz ...
   BB     A augmentedA       G+G     F#F#
It tickles my ears, ...
     BB     A augmentedA      G+G   F#F#
And it shakes the leaves ...
G+G  A augmentedA  F#F#
Vio-..
     BB   A augmentedA      G+G
What protection ...
   A augmentedA     BB
Everything ...

(same chords as before)
In-sti-tu-tion on the ....

(pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
BB    A augmentedA    G+G      F#F#
Brave me-mo-rials hewn ...
      BB           A augmentedA      G+G          F#F#
Like the comforting caress of a mother ...
(strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
   BB     A augmentedA      G+G  F#F#
It evokes such pain ...
BB        A augmentedA      G+G   F#F#
What was once is reduced ...
     BB      A augmentedA      G+G   F#F#
And the generations pass ...
G+G  A augmentedA  F#F#
Aa-aaaa-hhh...
     BB    A augmentedA      G+G
What protection ...
    A augmentedA     BB
Everything ...

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 MajorE (power chords). Then the
intro is:
EED CCB. the basic chord pattern is E MajorE D MajorD C majorC BB (Black top pavement...) When
it goes "Shakes the leaves off of..." C majorC D MajorD B, and "Violently" is C majorC BB A.
"Everything must cease" is E MajorE D MajorD C majorC ... D MajorD E.
If that's a little hard to understand, listen to the album. E. Hulka

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