Bad Religion – Billy (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
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Tabbed by: Mr. Clean - [email protected]
intro/solo
e|--------------------------------------------5---3-5-3-8-7-5-3-----3h5-3--| B|--------------------------------------------------------------6----------| G|-2---0-2-0-5-4-2-0------0h2-0-0h2-5-4-2-0--------------------------------| D|-------------------3-----------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
main riff: A G F G (x2)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------7-----5-----3-----5--------------------------------------------|
A|----------5-----5-----3-----5--------------------------------------------|
E|----------5-----3-----1-----3--------------------------------------------|
i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7----------------------------5-----------------------------------------|
A|--5----------------------------5-----------------------------------------|
E|--5----------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade,
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3------------------------5---------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------------------5---------------------------------------------|
E|--1------------------------3---------------------------------------------|
and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
A|--5-------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
E|--5-------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3------------------------5---------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------------------5---------------------------------------------|
E|--1------------------------3---------------------------------------------|
but prescience was lacking and the present was all
Chorus: F C G A
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------5--------------5--------------7-------------------|
A|---------3-------------3--------------5--------------7-------------------|
E|---------1----------------------------3--------------5-------------------|
and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------5--------------5--------------5-------------------|
A|---------3-------------3--------------5--------------5-------------------|
E|---------1----------------------------3--------------3-------------------|
and challenging life with the abandon of a fool
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------5---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-----------5--------------5------------7-----------------------|
A|---------3-----------3--------------5------------7-----------------------|
E|---------1--------------------------3------------5-----------------------|
he squandered the hours of his day.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------5-------------7-----------------------------------|
A|---------3-------------3-------------7-----------------------------------|
E|---------1---------------------------5-----------------------------------| (Play Solo riff)
2nd Verse (Play Main Riff)
then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah.
it hit him like a friend, struck something deep within.
he couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him
just like a fatal tie toward the other side.
2nd Chorus (Play Chorus Progression)
and billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon,
and his brain was totally wasted.
he then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon
and he threw his future away.
Bridge:
bolt the door and throw away the key.
E G E G
e|-----------------------------------------------\---/----__---------------|
B|------------------------------------------------\-/----/--\--------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------\--------/--------------|
D|---2-----------5---------2------------5---------/-\------/---------------|
A|---2-----------5---------2------------5--------/---\----/----------------|
E|---0-----------3---------0------------3-------/-----\--/____-------------|
your dim reflection is all that you can see.
E G E G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2------------5-----------2---------------5----------------------------|
A|---2------------5-----------2---------------5----------------------------|
E|---0------------3-----------0---------------3----------------------------|(Play Chorus Progression)
so where is the justice when no one is at fault
and a human life is tragically wasted?
how fragile is the flame that burns within us all
to light each passing day?
Ending Chords e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------5-------------4-----------------------------------| D|---------5-------------5-------------2-----------------------------------| A|---------5-------------3-------------2-----------------------------------| E|---------3---------------------------------------------------------------|