Bad Religion

Past Is Dead(Chords)

Bad Religion

Key: Am

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Intro: Am C  x4 


verse 1: 
Am C       Am C 
So lemn regret 
     Am 
transgressions 
C       Am  C 
fill my head 
  Am      C     Am  C 
A measure of success 
   Am       C     Am 
is how well to forget 
C       G       Am(hold) 
And the past is dead 


Guitar Solo: Beat became faster 
Am  C  Dm  F E  x2 


verse 2: 
 Am 
Strewn about the battlefield 
   C 
of life are the remainders 
   Dm     F E        Am 
of history   When convenient 
                  C 
we exalt them and pay them 
                         Dm 
such respect As if we're all 
                    F    E 
in an equivalent trajectory 
    Am          F   E Am 
And trash piles high  in 
                 G 
the rubble we forgot 
    Am            F     E 
The angels of our nature 
     Am               G 
just sit and watch it rot 



F C G Now the past is dead F Let's focus on C G tomorrow instead F C Oh the tragic present G E/G# Am F C Am Am F C Am said The past is dead
Am F C Am Am(hold) verse 3: Am Who can say what constitutes C the most important sector Dm F E Am of society? and the dominant C portion seek an instant gratification And are Dm F E proud of intellectual poverty Am F E Am I'd like to be empathetic G Am F E but I can't The jeopardy Am G is too great to make a stand
F C G Now the past is dead F Good deeds won't help C G you get ahead yeah F C The modern signpost G E/G# Am F C Am Am F C Am read the past is dead
Bridge: Am F My next great decision C Am Am F C is just lying in wait Am Am The action might turn F C Am Am out to be the world's F C Am G most grievous mistake Guitar Solo: F C G x4 Chorus 3: F C G Yeah The past is dead F More veritable words C G have never been said F C Oh the tragic present G E/G# Am F C Am Am F C Am said the past is dead Am F C Am Am G Am(hold)

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