Bad Religion — Fertile Crescent Tab

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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:

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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——
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In the intro, (p.s.) = pick slide.
In the solo, (b) = bend.

				ENJOY. ——GEOFF.