Bad Religion
Empty Causes
The Gray Race (1996)

              f e d c d
C  G  Am  Em  F       G

C              G/B                 Am                G         F  G
Everywhere you looked there was confusion, violence, drama and drugs
   C                G/B           Am        G      Fmaj7
So many righteous revolutionaries spouting utopian love

  E                             Am
  Everyone shrouded in a purple haze
           E                                 Am
  Then one day they woke up from their dream state
                 A♭                             E♭
  They found themselves no more at peace then before
                     G
  Older, meek and conformed

    C G   Am     Em
    Empty causes
      Fmaj7                   Dm          G
    A bluster for the soul, a fix for the mind
    C G   Am     Em
    Empty causes
    F             G         C     G
    Cling to everything you find

Well, the shots rang out like popcorn and the chief was hit and rushed out of sight
The mohawk-chained, leather brigade rejoiced maliciously on that night

  Someone cried out "Fuck the government"
  His mates couldn't define what he meant
  So no one gave him the time of day
  And the scene died away

    Empty causes
    A war for the body, an army in the mind
    Empty causes
    Losing steam as time goes by                           (w/o G)

F                G         C      G/B  Am
Could it be that everybody selfishly desires
A♭                 E♭  B♭
Their own personal retinue?
         F          G             C        G/B      Am
And that causes are just manifestations of too much time
A♭                    E♭  G
And far too little to dooooo? Let's go!

(Couplet)  w/ solo

E  Am  E  Am  G

    Empty causes
    Direction for the soul, conviction for the mind
    Empty causes
    Cling to it all, everything you find

    Empty causes
    A war for the body and an army in the mind
    Empty causes
    F                    G        C  G  Am  Em  F  G
    You've got yours and I've got miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, alright

B♭      F       C
Aah aah aah aah aah