Bad Religion
Parallel
The Gray Race (1996)

e -----8-----8-----8--
B -------8-----8------  x 4  G  \\\
G --/8-----8-----8----
    c   g   a♭

Cm(B♭)    A♭  F  x 2

Cm(B♭)                   A♭           F
Sleeping on a time bomb, staring into space
           Cm(B♭)                         A♭              E♭ B♭
There's an ocean of unpleasantries we are not prepared to face
Sitting on the fence post to watch the storm roll in
And terrified of the damage it will bring when it begins

Cm    E♭        B♭
      It will begin

  Cm                   B♭  F
  Splintered dreams of uni ty               w/ (our lives are parallel)
  So far from reali ty
  Independent trajecto ries
  Separate terms of equali ty

        Cm     Cm  G  G A♭ G       fin: G -> B♭
    Our lives  are pa rallel  x 4

Cm(B♭)    A♭  F  x 2

Is there no redemption? no common good?
Is there nothing we can do for ourselves or only what we should?
Comes the hard admission of what we don't provide
Goes the insistence on the ways and means that so divide

They so divide

  Side by side suffering loneliness         w/ (our lives are parallel)
  Phony collective progress
  Accepting that it's all such a mess
  Gesturing without hope of redress

    Our lives are parallel  x 4

A♭             B♭         B                           (P.M.)
Forging little plays of deception and pain
As we watch our foundation crumble away
A♭              B♭              B    G♭
Staggering like birds against a hurricane
    D♭             A♭            E♭          B♭
And trying all the while to stay out of each other's

Cm  B♭  A♭  G  x 4  w/ Way  puis  solo

  Broken dreams of unity                    w/ (our lives are parallel)
  Independent trajectories
  Screaming out for understanding
  Turning inward and suffering

    Pa rallel  x 4

    Our lives  are pa rallel  x 4           w/ (our lives are parallel)

      3e: juste Pa rallel

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