NOFX – The Separation Of Church And Skate (Guitar)

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Chords used: C - x32010 G - 320003 Am - x02210 F - 133211 G# - 466544 A - x02220 Dm - xx0231 Em - 022000 F# - 244322 Intro: Fat Mike: Hey Kids Kids: Hey Dad Fat Mike: What you wanna do today? Kids: We Don't Know Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to madden day? Kids: No Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to the amusement park? Kids: No Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to the punk rock show? Kids: Yes! Let's go to the punk rock show! then Am-- x8, Am-C-G-Dm Am----G-G#-Am(hold) Verse 1:
Am          F      C
  Lost in a sea of combat

G    Am              F
boots  flush the bouncers

     C      G    Am Am
with wasted youth     when
did punk rock become
   F
so safe when did the

               C
scene become a joke
the kids who used to
         G
live for beer and speed

    G#             
now want their fries and

Am
coke cursing and flipping

                F
birds are not allowed

              C
in fact let's keep

             A   Em
noise levels down
Chorus 1:
F
  I must separate
Am x4 the church and skate Verse 2:
Am              F
  when don't we put pad

C      G   Am Am
on the kids     helmets

     F        C
head gear and mouth

   G  Am Am
pieces     they we could

                  F
pad the floor and walls
put cameras inside
          C
bathroom stalls we make
sure only nice bands
G
play back keeping

G#          Am
sour Madden Brothers
These kids could be
             F
and we could be

             C
And we could sing

           A      Em
my country Tiffany
Chorus 2:
F
  thee sweet land
of liberty whoa Bridge:
C
  when did punk rock

          Dm
become so safe i

        G
know it wasn't Duane

           Am
or Fletcher  who put

            F
up the barricades
like a skate in the
C    Am
heart  somehow we

            F
got driven apart
Guitar Solo: Dm-Am--F-C-- x2, Dm--F-- Interlude: Am-- x8 Verse 3:
Am          F       C
  i want conflict i want

   G   Am Am
dissent     i want the

F        C    G   Am
scene to represent  our

                 F
hatred of authority our

                       C
fight against complacency
stop singing songs about
          G
girls and love you killed

            G#        Am
the owl you freed the dove

                      F
confrontation and politics
replaced with harmonies
     C
and sticks when did punk

               G
rock become so tame these

        G#
fucking bands all sound

    Am
the same we want our fights

            F
we want our thugs we want

                      C
our burns we want our drungs
where is the violent
   G
apathy these fucking

G#                Am Em
records are rated G
Chorus 3:
F
  When did Punk Rock

          Am  G F# Am G F# Am G F# Am Am x2
become so safe