Bad Religion – Past Is Dead (Guitar)

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True North 2013 Epitaph Records Submitted by: [email protected] Key: C Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: Am - x02210 F - 133211 C - x32010 G - 320003 E/G# - 476xxx E - 022100 Dm - xx0231 Intro: Am-C- x4 Verse 1:
Am C       Am C
So-lemn regret

     Am
transgressions

C       Am  C
fill my head

  Am      C     Am  C
A measure of success

   Am       C     Am
is how well to forget

C       G       Am(hold)
And the past is dead
Guitar Solo: Beat became faster Am--C--Dm--F-E- x2 Verse 2:
 Am
Strewn about the battlefield

   C
of life are the remainders

   Dm     F E        Am
of history   When convenient

                  C
we exalt them and pay them

                         Dm
such respect As if we're all

                    F    E
in an equivalent trajectory

    Am          F   E Am
And trash piles high  in

                 G
the rubble we forgot

    Am            F     E
The angels of our nature

     Am               G
just sit and watch it rot
Chorus 1:
        F    C  G
Now the past is dead

      F
Let's focus on

  C         G
tomorrow instead

       F      C
Oh the tragic present

G        E/G#    Am  F C Am Am F C Am
said The past is dead
Am--F-C-Am-Am(hold) Verse 3:
Am
Who can say what constitutes

    C
the most important sector

   Dm      F E        Am
of society?   and the dominant

                C
portion seek an instant
gratification And are
Dm                    F    E
proud of intellectual poverty

    Am      F E Am
I'd like to be  empathetic

      G         Am    F E
but I can't The jeopardy

       Am               G
is too great to make a stand
Chorus 2:
        F    C  G
Now the past is dead

     F
Good deeds won't help

C        G
you get ahead yeah

    F      C
The modern signpost

G        E/G#    Am  F C Am Am F C Am
read the past is dead
Bridge:
   Am           F
My next great decision

C  Am   Am       F   C
is just lying in wait

Am  Am
The action might turn

F      C  Am  Am
out to be the world's

     F   C    Am G--
most grievous mistake
Guitar Solo: F-C-G-- x4 Chorus 3:
         F    C  G
Yeah The past is dead

     F
More veritable words

     C          G
have never been said

       F      C
Oh the tragic present

G        E/G#    Am  F C Am Am F C Am
said the past is dead
Am--F-C-Am--Am--G-Am(hold)