Bad Religion
Strange Denial
No Substance (1998)

     Bm              A
D --/4-4-4-4-4-2-0------  x 2
A -----------------4-0--

Bm  A  Bm  A  G  A  Bm   F♯(+)   w/ riff

  B5
A mutinous enemy                         Bequethed to everyone
F♯5
Carved a nascent country                 Chance and free expression
G5
Sweat, blood, and valor                  Substance was restrained
          D    D      A(sus4)
Forms the grit of our history            And the spirit was broken        !

  Bm   F♯   G           D A                [Bm = d c♯ b a f♯]
  I    feel a strange denial
  Bm          F♯      G           A
  Rhythmic as change, constant as time
  Bm  F♯  G         D   A
  Lonely, insistent whispers
  Bm          F♯       G
  Somber as a wave bye bye

  D   A
  Bye bye

Searching for solution                   Advocating dogma
Without constitution                     As tickets to hereafter
Blackcoats by our sides                  Mortals in their prime
Promising salvation                      With their desperate hands in the air

  Daunting, complex and burning
  Rhythmic as change, constant as time
  Conflicts craving approval
  Weighted as a murder trial

  G           A
  Oh I feel a strange denial

Bm  A  Bm  A  G  A  Bm   F♯(+)   x 2  w/ solo

Correct is consensus                     Peace and tranquility
Everything else nonsense                 Is only for the wealthy
Forward is the hope                      Dearth for the masses
Forget recompense                        And inequality                   !

  I feel a strange denial
  Rhythmic as change, constant as time
  Lonely, insistent whispers
  Dissipating in the night

  Like a lone forgotten light

Bm  A  Bm  A  w/ solo

       G              A
And no one is helping me
Bm               F♯(+)
It's a strange denial

Bm  A  Bm  A  G  A  Bm   F♯(+)   w/ solo  fin: American Jesus  Bm