Screeching Weasel – The Science Of Myth (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 02:27:36 -0400 performed by Screeching Weasel written by Ben Weasel (C) 1991 Screeching Weasel from the Lookout! Records release My Brain Hurts (LK 50 LP/CS/CD) transcribed by Mike Ripplinger ([email protected]) [Notes] * All F# chords refer to X-9-11-11-X-X-X, not 2-4-4-X-X-X. *** ["The Science of Myth"] [Intro chord: F#]
F#                                                        B
   If you've ever questioned beliefs that you hold you're not alone

    F#                                          B
But you oughta realize that every religion is a methaphor

D#  C#             B            D#         C#        B
    In the case of Christianity    and Judaism there exists the belief

     D#        C#          B
That spiritual matters are enslaved to history

    F#                                                B
The Buddhists believe that the functional aspects override the myth

      F#                                                B
While other religions use the literal core to build foundations with

D#              C#             B
   See half the world sees the myth as fact

         D#        C#         B
And it's seen as a lie by the other half and

D#            C#                 B
   The simple truth is that it's none of that cause

D#                            B
   Somehow no matter what the world keeps turning

F#                           C#
   Somehow we get by without ever learning

D#                            B
   Somehow no matter what the world keeps turning

F#                           C#
   Somehow we get by without ever learning

D#             F#               B          C#
   Science and religion are not mutually exclusive

D#                         F#
   In fact for better understanding

            B                C#
We take the facts of science and apply them

D#                         F#                  B             C#
  And as both factors keep evolving then we continue getting information

D#                     F#                B               C#
  But closing off possibilities makes it hard to see the bigger picture

   F#                                                 B
Consider the case of the woman whose faith helped her make it through

             F#
When she was raped and cut up, left for dead in a trunk,

          B
But her beliefs held true

D#            C#             B
   It doesn't matter if it's real or not

      D#              C#              B
Cause some things are better left without a doubt and

D#       C#           B
   If it works and it gets the job done...

D#                            B
   Somehow no matter what the world keeps turning

F#                           C#
   Somehow we get by without ever learning

D#                            B
   Somehow no matter what the world keeps turning