• Song:

    Germs Of Perfection

  • Artist:

    Bad Religion

  • Album:

    New Maps Of Hell

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GERMS OF PERFECTION
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 2007 Album NEW MAPS OF HELL)

Transcribed by Whoabot
        

Words and Music by Bad Religion
Arranged by Bad Religion

Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Gtr II (E A D G B E)

 Intro
  Q=152
  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
 4/4
  Gtr I
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-||
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-||
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-||
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Verse
    E5      F5    D5      E5      F5    D5
    E E E E  E  S E S E   E E E E  E  S E S E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
|
|   E E E E  E  S E S E   E E E E  E  S E S E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|


  A5                    F5        G5
  E S E S E E S E S E   E S E S E E S E S E
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3----||
|
| E S E S E E S E S E   E S E S E E S E S E
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------o||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3----||


 horus
  A5                B5  C5
  E S E S E E S E S E    E  S  E  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
|   PM    PM----|
| E S E S E E S E S E    E  S  E  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7---7-7---------7---|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


  G5                    C5       D5
  E S E S E E S E S E   E S E. E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3S5--5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------||
|
| E S E S E E S E S E   E S E. E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3S5--5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------||


 Re-Intro
  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7--||
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7--||
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5--||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17--||
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15--||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


   Verse
    E5      F5    D5      E5      F5    D5
    E E E E  E  S E S E   E E E E  E  S E S E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
|
|   E E E E  E  S E S E   E E E E  E  S E S E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||--9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|


  A5                    F5        G5
  E S E S E E S E S E   E S E S E E S E S E
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3----||
|
| E S E S E E S E S E   E S E S E E S E S E
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------o||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3----||


 Chorus
  A5                B5  C5
  E S E S E E S E S E    E  S  E  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
|   PM    PM----|
| E S E S E E S E S E    E  S  E  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7---7-7---------7---|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


  G5                    C5       D5
  E S E S E E S E S E   E S E. E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3S5--5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------||
|
| E S E S E E S E S E   E S E. E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3S5--5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------||


 Re-Intro
  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7--||
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7--||
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5--||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17--||
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15--||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


   Breakdown Verse
    E5        F5    D5      E5        F5    D5        E5      F5    D5
    Gtrs I, II
    PM------------------------------------------|
    E E S S E  E  S E S E   E E S S E  E  S E S E  4x E E E E  E  S E S E
||------------------------|------------------------||---------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||---------------------||
||------------------------|------------------------||-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-||
||--9-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7--||-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-||
||o-7-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-o||-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-||
||------------------------|------------------------||---------------------||


 Out-Chorus
  A5                    C5
  E S E S E E S E S E    E  S  E  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


  G5                    C5       D5
  E S E S E E S E S E   E S E. E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5--5S7--7--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3S5--5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------||


 Outro
  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
  Gtr I
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  E5             F5    D5         E5             F5    D5
   E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  E     E  E  S  E  S  E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7--|
|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7-|--9--9--9-----9-10-10--7--7--7--|
|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5-|--7--7--7-----7--8--8--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E    E  E  S  S  E  E  S  E  S  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-20-20-17-17-17--|
|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-18-18-15-15-15--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  N.C.        E5            N.C.
  Gtrs I, II
  W           Q.   E H      W
|-----------|-------------|------*|
|-----------|-------------|------*|
|-x\--------|-9\----------|------*|
|-x\--------|-9\----------|------*|
|-x\--------|-7\----------|------*|
|-----------|-------------|------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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