NOFX – The Separation Of Church And Skate (Guitar)

Am        F       C      G    Am
Lost in a sea of combat boots

Am        F              C     G     Am
Flush the bouncers with wasted youth

Am                           F
When did punk rock become so safe?

                            C
When did the scene become a joke?

                               G
The kids who used to live for beer and speed

    G#                    Am
Now want their fries and coke

                            F
Cursing and birds are not allowed

              C                 Am
In fact let's keep noise levels down

E F                                Am
     Must separate the church and skate!

Am            F       C       G    Am
Why don't we put pads on the kids?

Am             F        C        G    Am
Helmets, head gear and mouth pieces!

Am                                F
Then we could pad the floors and walls

                              C
Put cameras inside bathroom stalls

                              G
We make sure only nice bands play

            G#          Am
Make every show a matinee

                              F
Teach kids to be all they can be

               C              Am
And we could sing My Country 'Tis of Thee

E F
    Sweet land of liberty

C                             Dm
When did punk rock become so safe?

           G                F
I know it wasn't Duane or Fletcher

Am                  F
Who put up the barricades

                     C
Like a stake in the heart

Am                      F
Somehow we got driven apart

Am         F        C       G    Am
I want conflict! I want dissent!

Am          F        C    G  F#  G  G# 
I want the scene to represent

Am                   F
Our hatred of authority

                          C
Our fight against complacency

                                   G
Stop singing songs 'bout girls and love!

               G#                  Am
You killed the owl! You freed the dove!

                       F
Confrontation and politics

                              C
Replaced with harmonies and shticks

                              G
When did punk rock become so tame?

               G#                  Am
These fucking bands all sound the same

                                F
We want our fights we want our thugs!

                               C
We want our burns we want our drugs!

                          G
Where is the violent apathy?!

               G#               Am
These fucking records are rated G!

E F                               Am
    When did punk rock become so safe?!