Bad Religion – Candidate (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
D                    A    F#               Bm
As I walk along this road paved with human kindness

      G     D                A
I can never forget the price you've paid

D                 A        F#         Bm
I'm an actor on a role, an artificial virus

         G      D        A
I'm your daddy, I'm your disgrace

      G             D
I say kid just move along

F#                Bm
We don't want it, don't need it

G             D          A
Your politics just breed despair

G                 D       F#      Bm
I salute an empty flag an ancient tribalism

    G               F#
And trust me nobody cares
[Chorus]
              Bm   G    D    A
For I am your candidate

     Bm              G       D     A
I am bloody lips and makeup

    Bm        G     D
I'm your caliphate

A     Bm    G           D      A
opioids and mutilation

   Bm      G   D
A celebrity

A      Bm      G            D     A
and my name is competition

    Bm                 G     D         A
I've come to bear your pain (Bear your pain)

Bm
And I can make it go away, I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away
[Solo] D A F#m Bm G D A D A F#m Bm G D A [Verse 2]
G                     D       F#                        Bm
Believers, dupes, and clowns, I want you all to gather 'round

G          D             A
To glorify ignorance and fear

G          D                   F#         Bm
I dispense misinformation to a post-truth generation

   G                      F#
My darlings, don't shed a tear
[Chorus]
              Bm   G     D    A
For I am your candidate

  Bm                 G       D    A
I am bloody lips and makeup

    Bm       G      D
I'm your caliphate

A     Bm       G        D      A
opioids and revelation

   Bm        G    D
An hermaphrodite

A      Bm                G         D
in restrooms and service stations

A       Bm        G     D         A
I truly feel your pain (Feel your pain)

Bm                                               G
And I can make it go away, I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away
[Outro] F# Bm