Germs of Perfection Tabs & Lyrics by Bad Religion
Germs of Perfection
guitar tabs lyrics
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
