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Strange Denial

Bad Religion

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

BDiagram coming soon
G
D××
A×
E
Bm×
F#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              hide this tab Intro: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|--4-4-4-4--2--0----------4-4-4-4--2--0----------4-4-4-4--2--0--------|  
A|-----------------4--0-------------------4--0-------------------4--0--|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|  
 
e|----------------------------------------------|  
B|----------------------------------------------|  
G|----------------------------------------------|  
D|--4-4-4-4--2--0----------4-4-4-4--2--0--------|  
A|-----------------4--0-------------------4--0--|  
E|----------------------------------------------|  
 
e|------------------------------------------|  
B|------------------------------------------|  
G|------------------------------------------|  
D|------------------------------------------|  
A|--4\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5--|  
E|------------------------------------------|  
 
verse 1: 
Bm      F#               
A mutinous enemy carved a nascent country    This part you must play quietly. 
G                                   
Sweat, blood, and valor                      This part you must play quietly. 
D                     A    
Forms the grit of our history               } From here and next you can play as loud as you want =) 
Bm       
Beqeathed to everyone: 
F# 
Chance and free expression 
G 
Substance was restrained 
D                  A  
And the spirit was broken                   {Pause break} 
 
 
Bm F#  G         D  A 
I feel a strange denial 
Bm           F# 
Rythmic as a change 
G            A 
Constance as time 
Bm  F# 
Lonely 
G         D   A 
Insistent whispers 
Bm          F#   G 
Somber as a wave bye bye 
D   A 
Bye bye 
 
 
verse 2: 
Bm                      F# 
Searching for solution, without constitution 
G 
Blackcoats by our sides 
D         A 
Promising salvation 
Bm               F# 
Advocating dogma as tickets to hereafter 
G 
Mortals in their prime 
D                    A 
With their desperate hands in the air 
 
 
 
Bm   F# 
Daunting 
G       D   A 
Complex and burning 
Bm         F# 
Rythmic as change 
G           A 
Constant as time 
Bm F# 
Conflicts 
G       D    A 
Craving approval 
Bm          F#       G 
Weighted as a murder trial 
D           A       Bm 
Oh I feel a strange denial 
 
Solo: 
Bm   F# 
Bm   A 
Bm   F# 
Bm   A 
 
verse 3: 
Bm 
Correct is Consensus               This part you must play quietly. 
F# 
Everything else, nonsense          This part you must play quietly. 
G 
Forward is the hope                This part you must play quietly. 
D      A 
Forget recompense 
Bm                     F# 
Peace and tranquility is only for the wealthy 
G 
Dearth for the massses 
D      A 
And inequality                     {Pause break} 
 
 
 
Bm F#  G         D  A 
I feel a strange denial 
Bm           F# 
Rythmic as a change 
G            A 
Constance as time 
Bm  F# 
Lonely 
G         D   A 
Insistent whispers 
Bm          F#     G 
Dissipating in the night 
D           A         Bm 
Like a lone forgotten light 
 
Outro: 
Bm   F# 
Bm   A 
Bm                    A 
And no one is helping me 
Bm             F# 
It's a strange denial 
Bm   F# 
Bm   A 
          
 

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Chord set

B · G · D · A · E · Bm · F#

Practice tip

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