• Song:

    Beyond Electric Dreams

  • Artist:

    Bad Religion

  • Album:

    The Empire Strikes Firs...

Standard tuning. 

Main riff/Verse riff/Intro riff:

e---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------7-7-7-7-------------------------------|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E-----------------1-1-1-1---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

This bit is played underneath the intro:

e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-etc-|
D-------------------------|
A-------------------------|
E-------------------------|

Chorus:

e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------|
D-7------3------10------5-----|
A-7-x16--3-x16--10-x16--5-x16-|
E-5------1------8-------3-----|

Post chorus (2nd chorus):

e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-5----7--9--10--9----5----7--9--10--9-|
D-5----7--9--10--9----5----7--9--10--9-|
A-3----5--7--8---7----3----5--7--8---7-|
E--------------------------------------|

Talking bit (quite heavy and sluggish. "U" = upstroke. If you don't know what I mean,
just play as a downstroke.):
   
e-------------------|
B---U-U-------------|
G-5-5-5---U-U---U-U-|
D-5-5-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
A-3-3-3-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
E-------4-4-4-5-5-5-|

This follows once the bit above has been played 4 times:

e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-5------------------5--------------------------------5------------|
D-5-x8--6-----7------5-x8--6-----7-------------3------5-x16--5-----|
A-3-----6-x8--7-x16--3-----6-x8--7-x16---------3-x16--3------5-x16-|
E-------4-----5------------4-----5-------------1-------------3-----|


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Song structure:
Main riff x3
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Main riff x1
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Post chorus x1
Sluggish, talking bit I x4
Sluggish talking bit II x1
Chorus x8 (?)

There you go! Hopefully, most of it is correct, if not all of it.
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