Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 19:16:00 -0800 (PST)
From: «Evan (Jackal) Hulka»
Subject: CRD: Cease — Bad Religion
SONG: Cease
AUTHOR: Greg Graffin
ARTIST: Bad Religion
ALBUM: The Gray Race
YEAR: 1996
TABBED BY: The Jackal
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
B A G F#
Flat top pave-ment com-fort me
B A G F#
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
B A G F#
There=D5s a distant fuzz of a frequency
B A G F#
It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
B A G F#
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
G A F#
Vio-lent-ly
B A G
What protection everlasting peace (??)
A B
Everything must cease
(same chords as before)
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people=D5s will (??)
There=D5s 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)
B A G F#
Brave me-mo-rials hewn white stone
B A G F#
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you’ve always known
(strum from here — resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
B A G F#
It evokes such pain and significance
B A G F#
What was once is reduced to remembrance
B A G F#
And the generations pass without recompense
G A F#
Aa-aaaa-hhh…
B A G
What protection everlasting peace
A B
Everything must cease
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 21:14:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Evan MALVOLIO Hulka
Subject: CRD: Cease (revised) — Bad Religion
SONG NAME: Cease
ARTIST: Bad Religion
ALBUM: The Grey Race
YEAR: 1996
TABBED BY: Malvolio
Cease — 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