Song: Sinister Rouge
Band: Bad Religion
Album: The Empire Strikes First
Label: Epitaph Records
Tabbed by: Donahue2

Tuning: Standard

INTRO:
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--77-7-77-7------------------------------------------|
D|--77-7-77-7-77-777-7--88-888-8--33-3-55--------------|X2
A|--55-5-55-5-77-777-7--88-888-8--33-3-55--------------|
E|------------55-555-5--66-666-6--11-1-33--------------|
"Ooooooooooh, Ooooooooh, Oooooooh, Ooooh, Oooooh!"

BRIDGE:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5?-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE:
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--7----------3---5--|
D|--7--7--8--3-3-5-5?-|X2
A|--5--7--8--3-1-5-3--|
E|-----5--6--1---3----|
"Innocents burned alive at the stake, tortured and dumped in nameless graves.
  Centuries waned, authority died, scattering seeds of ancient lies"

CHORUS:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|X2
D|---------------------|
A|--5--7-8------8------|
E|----------5-6---8-5--|
"Sinister Rouge coming back for more - To even the score
  Sinister Rouge coming back for more - To even the score"

Bridge x1

Verse x2
"Child molesters and Jesuits holding secret conference
  Underneath the Pontiff's nose, and only God will ever know"

Chorus x2
"Sinister Rouge coming back for more - to even the score
  Sinister Rouge coming back for more - to even the score"

Bridge x1

SOLO:  (Some done in pinch harmonic)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------12p10-9----10~-9------------------10h12p10p9-10p9----|
D|--12~--?-12-11~---?-----10-------10~-12~-----------------------------|
A|------12---------------------------------12-10-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------13--------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-------------10-12p10p9-10-------9-------------|
D|--10---12----10h12---------------10-12---12-10-------|
A|-----------------------------------------------10-8--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

BRIDGE2: (Guitar 1)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5?-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

(Guitar 2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-11-11?-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|
B|-13-13-15-15-13-13-11-11-10-10-8-8--|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Verse x2
"Give us this day our daily bread, your legacy - we'll not forget
  Lick the wounds, cleanse the land, the modern world rejects your hand"

Chorus x2
"Sinister Rouge coming back for more - to even the score
  Sinister Rouge coming back for more - to even the score"

OUTRO (Guitar 1 plays Intro x2)


(Guitar 2)
e|--13-10-10-10--13-10-10-10?13-10-10-20^-20^-20^--13-10-10-10-8-10--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-13-15-12h13-12p10-12-10-8-10-10h12-10p9------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------7~--|
D|------------------------------------------7~--|
A|------------------------------------------5~--|
E|----------------------------------------------|
"The Nightmare comes in Sinister Rouge"

The Outro solo was tricky, so if corrections need to be made, feel free to tell me.

Donahue2: point_blanc99@hotmail.com