Requiem For Dissent chords by Bad Religion

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Am

🎸 Intro:

Am F C G   (x4)



🎸 Verse :

Am
Oratory of hope and glory, a whisper and a rhyme
   F         G
An effigy, a soldier out of time
Am
Citizen and patriot, you can't be far behind
    F                    G
The funeral is weighting heavy on your mind

🎸 Chorus:

Am
Requiem
          F              C
Bring the dissident from slumber
Am
Requiem
          F              G
Raise the rebel from his grave
Am
Requiem
          F            C
Sound the revolution's thunder
  G          D        F      G      Am
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed


🎸 Interlude:

Am F C G
Am F C G
Am F C G
Am F C G


🎸 Verse 2:

Am
Dig around the cemetery, a record of the day
F                        G
Friends and neighbors in stages of decay
Am
But the saddest thing of all eludes discovery
    F                G
The stimulus of this somber ceremony


🎸 Chorus 2:

Am
Requiem
          F              C
Bring the dissident from slumber
Am
Requiem
          F              G
Raise the rebel from his grave
Am
Requiem
          F            C
Sound the revolution's thunder
  G          D        F      G      Am
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed


🎸 Solo:

Am D F G
Am D F G
Am C D F G
Am C D F G


🎸 Verse 3:

    Am
The sanctimonious minions how they grovel at the feet
   F         G
Authority is populist deceit
Am
Pity yet another casualty's demoralized decline
F                  G
Just a victim of irrational design
Am      F C
Requiem
Am      F G
Requiem


🎸 Chorus 3:

Am        F C G D F G Am
Requiem
          F              C
Bring the dissident from slumber
Am
Requiem
          F              G
Raise the rebel from his grave
Am
Requiem
          F            C
Sound the revolution's thunder
  G          D        F      G      Am
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed


🎸 Outro:

Am F C G
Am F C G
Am F C G
Am F C G