Past Is Dead Chords & Lyrics by Bad Religion
Past Is Dead
guitar chords lyrics
Bad Religion
Past Is Dead
True North
2013 Epitaph Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Am - x02210
F - 133211
C - x32010
G - 320003
E/G# - 476xxx
E - 022100
Dm - xx0231
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
Chorus 1:
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
Chorus 2:
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)
