Bad Religion Inner Logic Stranger Than Fiction (1994) Tune down 1/2 step \ \ \ D5 B♭5 C5 D5 (P.M.) Automatons with business suits, swinging black boxes D5 B♭5 C5 G Sequestering the blueprints of daily life Content and free of care, they rejoice in morning rituals As they file like drone ant colonies to their office in the sky D5 B♭5 C♯5 G♯5 w/ (aah) I don't ask questions, don't promote demonstration F♯5 C♯5 G♯ Don't look for new consensus, don't stray from constitution E♭5 C♭5 D5 A5 If I pierce the complexity, I won't find salvation G5 D5 A Just the bald and overt truth of the evil and deception Dm B♭ F G C There is an inner logic And we're taught to stay far from it It is simple and elegant But it's cruel and antithetic A5 (P.M.) And there's no effort to reveal it Dm B♭ C Dm Dm B♭ C G w/ semi-solo Graduated mentors stroll in marbled brick porticos (moins) In segacious dialog they despise their average ways Betraying pomp and discipline, they mold their institutions (semi-P.M.) Where they practice exclusion on the masses every day Pré-refrain Refrain Dm B♭ C Dm B♭ F A w/ solo Decorated warriors drill harmless kids on pavement (semi-P.M.) Simulating tyranny under red alert Protecting the opulent and staging moral standard (non) They expect redemption of character and self-growth Refrain w/ (Pré-refrain) w/o effort Refrain w/ (No equality, no opportunity) (No tolerance for the progressive alternative) (!)