Bad Religion – Pride And The Pallor (Guitar)

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chords figured out by: Viktor ([email protected]) Don't know how accurate this is, but it sure is fun to play the song this way on an acoustic guitar and sing along. [Intro] G | D | Em | C G | D | G | D [Verse 1]
 G                            D
Papa had a wife and kids, he kept them on a leash

        Em                           C
and he bid them all to do his every deed.

  G                        D
When he was a kid he was treated just the same

       Em                            C
so he hid his feelings from his family.
[Pre-Chorus]
           G              D
Lost as an island out at sea,

   Em                            D
resistant to the gentle waves of empathy, yeah!
[Chorus]
 C            D     Em
Papa and his family always on parade

 C                   D             Em
Tearing through the turnstiles, a weekender's charade.

     G         D
But time will tell

          C         D       Em
as their world crumbles to hell.

             D
What they created

       C       D      G        Em
was a family story no one will tell

         C   D          G    Em
It's a photo album too terrible

          C            D         G         Em
But the pride and the pallor continue to swell

         C      D         Em
And the matron silently prays.
[Pre-Verse] D [Verse 2]
G                   D
Junior resented the tradition they upheld

Em                                  C
And it ate him up inside most every day

G                           D
Silence was golden and they kept him to his word

   Em                             C
So bewildered when he finally ran away
[Pre-Chorus]
G                     D
Oh, obligations never cease

Em                                D
Oblivious of the ways to give his soul some peace, yeah!
[Chorus]
 C            D     Em
Papa and his family always on parade

 C                   D             Em
Tearing through the turnstiles, a weekender's charade.

     G         D
But time will tell

          C         D       Em
As their world crumbles to hell.

             D
What they created

       C       D      G        Em
was a family story no one will tell

         C   D          G    Em
It's a photo album too terrible

          C            D         G         Em
But the pride and the pallor continue to swell

        C      D         Em
As the matron silently prays.
[Bridge]
        G             D                         Em
"Get me out of here, someone's got to save the day."

      C                       D                       Em
The children are reminded to do it for their daddy's sake

     B   Em              C         D
And happiness is ever so far, far away
[Solo] G | D | Em | C G | D | Em | C [Pre-Chorus]
                G              D
Yeah lost as an island out at sea,

   Em                            D
Resistant to the gentle waves of empathy, yeah!
[Final Chorus]
 C            D     Em
Papa and his family always on parade

 C                   D             Em
Tearing through the turnstiles, a weekender's charade.

      C             D           G          Em
It's just a sick calamity that fatherhood made,

     G         D
But time will tell

          C         D       Em
as their world crumbles to hell.

             D
What they created

       C       D      G        Em
was a family story no one will tell

         C   D          G    Em
It's a photo album too terrible

          C            D         G         Em
But the pride and the pallor continue to swell

        C      D         Em
As the matron silently prays.