Past Is Dead

Bad Religion

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
 
Intro: Am C  x4 
 
 
verse 1: 
Am C       Am C 
So lemn regret 
     Am 
transgressions 
C       Am  C 
fill my head 
  Am      C     Am  C 
A measure of success 
   Am       C     Am 
is how well to forget 
C       G       Am(hold) 
And the past is dead 
 
 
Guitar Solo: Beat became faster 
Am  C  Dm  F E  x2 
 
 
verse 2: 
 Am 
Strewn about the battlefield 
   C 
of life are the remainders 
   Dm     F E        Am 
of history   When convenient 
                  C 
we exalt them and pay them 
                         Dm 
such respect As if we're all 
                    F    E 
in an equivalent trajectory 
    Am          F   E Am 
And trash piles high  in 
                 G 
the rubble we forgot 
    Am            F     E 
The angels of our nature 
     Am               G 
just sit and watch it rot 
 
 
 
        F    C  G 
Now the past is dead 
      F 
Let's focus on 
  C         G 
tomorrow instead 
       F      C 
Oh the tragic present 
G        E/G#    Am  F C Am Am F C Am 
said The past is dead 
 
Am  F C Am Am(hold) 
 
 
verse 3: 
Am 
Who can say what constitutes 
    C 
the most important sector 
   Dm      F E        Am 
of society?   and the dominant 
                C 
portion seek an instant 
gratification And are 
Dm                    F    E 
proud of intellectual poverty 
    Am      F E Am 
I'd like to be  empathetic 
      G         Am    F E 
but I can't The jeopardy 
       Am               G 
is too great to make a stand 
 
 
 
        F    C  G 
Now the past is dead 
     F 
Good deeds won't help 
C        G 
you get ahead yeah 
    F      C 
The modern signpost 
G        E/G#    Am  F C Am Am F C Am 
read the past is dead 
 
 
Bridge: 
   Am           F 
My next great decision 
C  Am   Am       F   C 
is just lying in wait 
Am  Am 
The action might turn 
F      C  Am  Am 
out to be the world's 
     F   C    Am G   
most grievous mistake 
 
 
Guitar Solo: F C G   x4 
 
 
Chorus 3: 
         F    C  G 
Yeah The past is dead 
     F 
More veritable words 
     C          G 
have never been said 
       F      C 
Oh the tragic present 
G        E/G#    Am  F C Am Am F C Am 
said the past is dead 
 
Am  F C Am  Am  G Am(hold)

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Chord set

Am · C · G · Dm · F · E · G#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.