Bad Religion – Shattered Faith (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] Dm Bb F C A Dm F [Verse]
     Dm                             F 
The scientist purported that there ain't no purpose

     Dm                              F
And the theologian told me that it's all been designed

        C                     Dm
And Im trying to maintain objectivity

      Dm                       F
The world wont illuminate what really matters

     Dm                       F
And Im an imperfect moral meaning extractor

 C               Dm 
Processing the complexity
[Chorus]
              Dm 
Born of the earth (are we blind?)

                   Bm
We weren't given a choice (there's no way)

                 F
What about free will? (what we have)

               C  
Do we have a voice? (is shattered faith)

                Dm
See them run in place (here and now)

                 Bm
In the human rat race (no reward)

                F                           C
So much dead weight (no debate) to our disgrace (accept your fate)

 A
Life begins when you accept your fate
(Dm F Dm F) [Verse]
  Dm                          F 
Paralysis from forces raging out of control until

   Dm                             F
My confidence and will are at an all-time low

 C
Just directionless wandering

  Dm                            F
Eternal life, eternal truth, eternal secrets

  Dm                  F
Isolated hopes and hypotheses just

 C
Leave me feeling so hungry
[Chorus]
              Dm 
Born of the earth (are we blind?)

                   Bm
We weren't given a choice (there's no way)

                 F
What about free will? (what we have)

               C  
Do we have a voice? (is shattered faith)

                Dm
See them run in place (here and now)

                 Bm
In the human rat race (no reward)

                F                           C
So much dead weight (no debate) to our disgrace (accept your fate)

 A
Life begins when you accept your fate
Dm [Verse]
Dm
Right or wrong,

           F                   Dm                   F
The main criterion is what you do and not what you say

     Dm                   F                  Dm               F 
The roads you take, the friends you make and those you throw away

     Dm                    F             Dm               F
The method is a simple synthesis of the past and present state

     Dm                 F                 Dm           F       A
You never lose if the path you choose is one you can easily navigate
[Chorus]
         Dm                Bb
I had a dream, light and carefree

                  F          C
But now there's doubt and gravity

                   Dm                                      
But I wont run in place (are we blind? )

                   Bb
In the human rat race (there's no way)

               F
I can set the pace (what we have) 

               C
And accept my fate (is shattered faith)

           Dm 
Shattered faith (here and now)

           Bb
Shattered faith (no reward)

            F
The part of me (no debate)

          C
I can't erase (accept your fate)
[Outro] Dm Bb F C