x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 15:44:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Geoffrey S. Smith" Subject: Bad Religion ARTIST: Bad Religion SONG: Fertile Crescent ALBUM: Generator TAB BY: Geoff Smith Intro: lead guitar (play twice) E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B--1-1-1-1------------1-1-1-1----------1-1-1-1------------------------------- G----------3-1-0-0-0----------3-1-0-0----------3-1-0-------3---------------- D----------------------------------------------------1-----3--5------------- A------------------------------------------------------3---1--5------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------3---(p.s.)---- 2nd guitar: C Gsharp C C Gsharp C C Gsharp C Bflat G (p.s.) Verse I: C Gsharp C Come and see the brilliant lights Don't let your emotions mask your sight It's a manifestation of a deeper fight Bflat G That effects me and you C Gsharp C My optimism was running high A new world order was on my mind But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say Bflat G They're throwing it away . . . (highG) Chorus I: Eflat Bflat c Bflat C And the fertile crescent is burning today Eflat Bflat F highG And baby my emotions are too Eflat Bflat C Bflat C The cradle of humanity has led us all astray Gsharp Bflat G and we're all in this together don't you know Gharp Bflat cause our species has nowhere else to go. Verse II: Aggression rears its ugly head, retaliation brings further dread the two are linked by unseen threads that wind back through time I don't agree with this out-dated trend, nationalism's but an evil friend Hatred's instilled by invisible lines drawn in our minds Chorus II: And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today And baby our instincts are too The ghost of humanity is warning us this way And I think we all should heed it don't you know, Cause we don't know where else to go. Solo: E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B--1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------9-------------- G----------------3-1-0-0-1-0------------------3-1-0-0-1-0----8-(B)---------- D----------------------------3---------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------11--11-10-------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---5---5-5---8---8-8------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus III: And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today And baby our instincts are too The ghost of humanity is warning us this way And I think we all should heed it don't you know Cause we've got nowhere else to go. Chords: All chords are barre chords. "highG" = ----------------- --8-------------- --7----or----12-- --5----------12-- -------------10-- ----------------- In the intro, (p.s.) = pick slide. In the solo, (b) = bend. ENJOY. --GEOFF.
