Song: Cease Artist: Bad Religion Album: The Gray Race Year: 1996 Tabbed by: andback@gmail.com This is not in the right key but it's how I play it acoustically and the chords sound great, and you could always use a capo to adjust it. Enjoy! The chords: Am [x 0 2 2 1 0] G [3 2 0 0 0 1] F [1 3 3 2 1 1] C [x 3 2 0 1 0] C/B [x 2 0 0 1 0] E [0 2 2 1 0 0] Dm [x x 0 2 3 1] Am G F C x2 Am G E Am G F C C C/B Blacktop pavement cover me Am Dm F G Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller Spreading randomly Am G F C There's a distant buzz and a low frequency Am G F C It tickles my ear, it rumbles under my feet Dm C G F C G And it shakes the leaves off of every tree (violently) Am G F What pretension! Everlasting peace F G Am Everything must cease Am G F C x2 Am G E Am G F C C C/B Institution on the Hill Am Dm F G Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor To ignite a people's will Am G F C There's a shadowed stain on the west facade Am G F C It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud Dm C G F C G And the descendants find oh so odd (oh so odd) Am G F What pretension! Everlasting peace F G Am Everything must cease Am G F C x2 Am G E Am G F C C C/B Grave memorial hewn white stone Am Dm F G Like the comforting caress of a mother Or a friend you've always known Am G F C It evokes such pain and significance Am G F C What was once, is reduced to remembrance Dm C G F C G And the generations pass without recompense (aaah aaah aaah) Am G F What pretension! Everlasting peace F G (Am) Everything must (cease) That's it! e-mail me if you've got any questions or corrections.
