Chords for American Lesion (Greg Graffin) - Cease

[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] Blacktop pavement, [Ab] _ _ cover _ [Eb] _
me [D] Like [Cm] a chemical reaction [F] or a _ steamroller
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Spreading randomly There's [Cm] a distant [Bb] buzz [Ab] and low [Eb] frequency
[Cm] It tickles [Bb] my ear, [Ab] rumbles under [Eb] my feet [Fm] And it shakes the leaves off [Ab] of every [Bb] tree
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Violently, _ what [Cm] pretension [Bb] everlasting [Fm] _
tease _ _ [Am] Everything _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ [Cm] must [Bb] cease
_ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] Institution on [Eb] the hill [Dm] [Cm] Like a beacon in the [F] mind of an ancestor
To [Ab] ignite a [Bb] people's will _ There's [Cm] a [Bb] shadowed stain [Ab] on the [Eb] west facade
[Cm] It has spread [Bb] like decay [Ab] to enshroud [Eb] the fraud [Fm] And their _ descendants [Ab] find it oh [Bb] so odd
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
What _ [Cm] pretension [Bb] everlasting [Fm] _ _
peace [Ab] _ _ [Am] Everything [Bb] _ _
[G] _ [C] must cease
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Grave [Ab] memorial hewn [Eb] white stone [Cm] Like the comforting caress [F] of a mother
_ [Ab] Or a friend you've [Bb] always known [Cm] It evokes [Bb] such pain and [Ab] _
[Eb] significance
[Cm] What was [Bb] once is [Ab] reduced to _ [Eb]
remembrance [Fm] And the generations pass [Ab] without _ [Bb]
recompense
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
What [Cm] pretension [Bb] [Fm] everlasting _ _ [Ab] peace _ [F] Everything [Bb] _ _ [G] _
[Cm] must [Bb] cease
_ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Oh
[F] Everything [Bb] _ _ [Bm] _ _
must _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] cease
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _