Past Is Dead Chords by Bad Religion

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_ _ _ Some [C] _ _
regrets, [A] _ _ _ _ [A] some questions [C] _ fill my [E] head. _
_ _ [A] A measure _ [C]
of _ _ _ [C] success _ [E] is how [C] well [F] you [Am] forget.
_ _ [C] And [G] the past _ _ _ [E] is dead. _
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_ [A] Cheer loud for [C] battlefields like other remainers [D] of history.
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[A] When convenient we exalt [C] them.
They claim such respect as [D] if we're on an equivalent [F] _ [E] trajectory.
At chest [Fm] mile high [A] in the rubble [G] we've produced.
[E] The angels of our nature just didn't [G] want you rough.
[F] Now the [C] past [G] is _ dead.
[F] It's most [C] fun to mull [G] instead.
Oh, [F] the [C] magic [G] pleasant [Ab] sound of past [A] is [C] dead.
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_ [A] Who can say what [C] constitutes the most important sector [D] of society?
_ [F] _ _ [E]
When [A] the dominant portion's [C] seeking its gratification.
[D] Not proud of intellectual [F] _ [E] poverty.
I'd like to be emphatic [G] but I can't.
[E] The _ jeopardy too great to [G] make us stand.
[F] Now the [C] past [G] is dead. _
[F] Good deeds [C] won't help you [G] get ahead.
Yet [F] the [C] modern science [G] books [Ab] say the past [A] is dead.
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
[A] My next [C] great decision [A] is to fly [C] in and wait.
[A] Thy action [C] might turn out to [A] be the world's [C] most grievous [G] _ mistake. _ _ _ _
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Yet [F] the [C] past [G] is _ dead.
[F] Wonder of [C] art had never [G] been read.
Oh, [F] the [C] magic pleasant [G] _ [Ab] sound of past [A] is dead.
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