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

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

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

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