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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 19:16:00 -0800 (PST)
From: "Evan (Jackal) Hulka"
Subject: CRD: Cease -- Bad Religion

I got an advance copy of Bad Religion's new album, "The Gray Race" (as
far as I know, it will be released March 5th). While this isn't (I guess)
the easiest song on the album to figure out (especially lyric-wise) it's
the first one I've figured out so far, and IMHO one of the best, so enjoy!
The lyrics are probably really screwed up by me, but from what I can make
of 'em, they're some of Greg Graffin's best. Hey, the man has a Ph.D. for
chrissakes!

"Cease" -- Bad Religion

BFlat top pAave-ment cGom-fort F#me
Like a chBemical reaction or a stAeamroller, sprGeading randomlF#y 
There's a Bdistant Afuzz of Am fGrequeF#ncy
It tiBckles my eAars, rustles uGnder my feF#et
And it shBakes the leAaves off of eGvery trF#ee
GVio-lAent-lF#y 
What proteBction eAverlasting pGeace (??)
EverytAhing must cBease

(same chords as before)
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people's will (??)
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
It is spread like a cave to entrap the pod (???)
And the decent folks find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What protection everlasting peace
Everything must cease

(pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
BBrave me-Amo-rials Ghewn white stF#one
Like the coBmforting caress of a moAther or a friGend you've always knF#own
(strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
It evBokes such pAain and signGificF#ance
BWhat was once is Areduced to rGemembrF#ance
And the gBenerations paAss without rGecompeF#nse
GAa-aAaaa-F#hhh...
What protBection evAerlasting peGace
EverythAing must ceBase


Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 21:14:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Evan MALVOLIO Hulka
Subject: CRD: Cease (revised) - Bad Religion

Kind of an amend to my earlier tab

The way this sounds best is if you play it in E (power chords). Then the
intro is:
EED CCB. the basic chord pattern is E D C B (Black top pavement...) When
it goes "Shakes the leaves off of..." C D B, and "Violently" is C B A.
"Everything must cease" is E D C ... D E.
If that's a little hard to understand, listen to the album. E. Hulka