Bad Religion – Struck A Nerve (Guitar)

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Recipe For Hate. 1993 [Intro] G F G D Eb F G Bb G Bb [Verse 1]
G                        Bb                 G
 There's an old man on a city bus holding a candy cane

       Bb                   G
And it isn't even Christmas

                       Bb               F               C
He sees a note in the obituary that his last friend has died

G                    Bb                       G
 There's an infant clinging to his overweight mother in the cold

        Bb                        G
As they go to shop for cigarettes

                        Bb                    F     C     Gm  F
And she spends her last dollar on a bottle of vodka for tonight
[Chorus]
      Bb       F        Gm
And I guess it struck a nerve

       F      C         Gm
Like I had to squint my eyes

        F         Gm                 F      C
You can never get out of the line of sight

       Bb     F      Gm
Like a barren winter day

     F        C        Gm
Or a patch of unburned green

       Gm     F    Gm  D
Like a tragic real dreeaam

  Eb       F        G     Bb
I guess it struck a nerve
[Instrumental] G Bb G Bb F C [Verse 2]
G              Bb                    G
 Every day I wander in negative disposition

          Bb                    G
As I'm bombarded by superlatives

          Bb             F         C
Realizing very well that I am not alone

G                   Bb                   G
 Introverted, I look to tomorrow for salvation

        Bb                     G
But I'm thinking altruistically

                  Bb             F     C     Gm  F
And a wave of overwhelming doubt turns me to stone
[Chorus]
      Bb       F        Gm
And I guess it struck a nerve

       F      C          Gm
Sent a murmur through my heart

        F           Gm                F    C
We just haven't got time to crack the maze

       Bb    F        Gm
Like a magic speeding clock

     F      C      Gm
Or a cancer in our cells

     Gm     F      Gm D
A collision in the daaark

  Eb       F        G  Bb  G  Bb
I guess it struck a neeeeeerrrrve... one, two!
[Solo] G Bb G Bb G Bb F C G Bb G Bb G Bb F C Gm [Bridge]
  Eb   F              G
I trrryyy to close my eyes

    Eb         F             G
But I cannot ignore the stimuli

             Eb             F                 G         Bb
If there's a purpose for us all, it remains a secret to me

      Eb        F          D7
Don't ask me to justify my life
[Chorus]
         Bb       F        Gm
'Cause I guess it struck a nerve (It struck a nerve!)

       F      C         Gm
Like I had to squint my eyes

        F         Gm                 F     C
You can never get out of the line of sight

       Bb    F        Gm
Like a magic speeding clock

     F      C      Gm
Or a cancer in our cells

     Gm     F      Gm D
A collision in the daaark

  Eb       F        G  Bb
I guess it struck a nerve
[Outro] G Bb G Bb Eb F G Bb G Bb G Bb Eb F G