Punk Rock Song

Bad Religion
The Grey Race (1996)
Chords

Intro 

A|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
E|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-| 
C|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-|2x 
G|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-| 


Verse 1
have you been to the desert? have you walked with the dead?
      A|-4--4--4--4--7---7---7---7----x---x---x---x---9--9--9--9-|
      E|-4--4--4--4--7---7---7---7----7---7---7---7---9--9--9--9-| 
      C|-1--1--1--1--4---4---4---4----6---6---6---6---6--6--6--6-|
      G|-1--1--1--1--4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4---6--6--6--6-|

there's a hundred thousand children being   killed for  their  bread
     A|-4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
     E|-4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4-| 
     C|-1--1--1--1---4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--3--3--3--3-|
     G|-1--1--1--1---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--1--1--1--1-|

Bridge 1
and the figures don't lie they speak of human disease
     A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
     E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
     C|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
     G|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

but we do what we want and we  think what we please
    A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---7---7---7---x-----x--x--x-|
    E|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7---7---7---7-----7--7-—7-| 
    C|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6---4---4---4---6-----6--6--6-|
    G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---4---4---4---4—----4--4--4-|


Verse 2
have you lived the experience? have you witnessed the plague?
      A|-4--4--4--4---7---7---7---7----x--x--x--x---9--9--9--9-|
      E|-4--4--4--4---7---7---7---7----7--7--7--7---9--9--9--9-| 
      C|-1--1--1--1---4---4---4---4----6--6--6--6---6--6--6--6-|
      G|-1--1--1--1---4---4---4---4----4--4--4--4---6--6--6--6-|

People making babies sometimes just to  escape
A|-4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
E|-4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4-| 
C|-1--1--1--1--4--4--4--4---6--6--6--6--3--3--3--3-|
G|-1--1--1--1--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--4--1--1--1--1-|

Bridge 2
in this land of competition the compassion is gone
     A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
     E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
     C|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
     G|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on 
    A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--7--7--7--x-----x--x--x-|
    E|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7-—7-| 
    C|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--6-----6--6--6-|
    G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4—----4--4--4-|

We keep pushing on
A|-7---7---7-—-9----9-9-9-|
E|-7---7---7---9----9-9-9-|
C|-4---4---4---6----6-6-6-|
G|-4---4---4---6----6-6-6-|


Chorus
Lead Uke
  This is    just a   punk rock song     written for the people who can see something's wrong
A|-----11-11-----11-11-----11-----11--11-11----11-11-----11-----------|
E|-9-9-------9-9-------9-9----9--9---9------9-9------9-9----8---------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Uke
A|-4-4-4-4--x-x-x-x--7-7-7-7--x-x-x-x--4-4-4-4--x-x-x-x--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--|
E|-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4--|
C|-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3--|
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--x-x-x-x--|

1st time: like ants in a colony we do our share but there's so many other fetchin' insects out there
2nd time: like workers in a factory we do our share but there's so many other fetchin' robots out there
Lead Uke
A|-9/11-11-11-12-12-11-11--11--10--10--10--11--12--11--11------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Uke
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

and this is just a    punk rock song
Lead Uke
A|-----11-11-----11-11--------(4)-| 
E|-9-9-------9-9-------9---11-(4)-|
C|----------------------------(1)-|
G|----------------------------(1)-|
Rhythm Uke
A|-4-4-4-4--0--------7----x---(4)-| 
E|-4-4-4-4--0--------7----7---(4)-|
C|-1-1-1-1--4--------4----5---(1)-|
G|-1-1-1-1--2--------4----4---(1)-|

Intro

Verse 3
have you visited the quagmire? have you sank in the ship?
      A|-4--4--4--4---7---7---7---7----x--x--x--x---9--9--9--9-|
      E|-4--4--4--4---7---7---7---7----7--7--7--7---9--9--9--9-| 
      C|-1--1--1--1---4---4---4---4----6--6--6--6---6--6--6--6-|
      G|-1--1--1--1---4---4---4---4----4--4--4--4---6--6--6--6-|

the party     conventions and the real            politic
 A|-4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
 E|-4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4-| 
 C|-1--1--1--1---4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--3--3--3--3-|
 G|-1--1--1--1---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--1--1--1--1-|

Bridge 3
the faces always different, the rhetoric the same
 A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
 E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
 C|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
 G|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

but we swallow  it, and we see nothing change
   A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--7--7--7--x-----x--x--x-|
   E|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7-—7-| 
   C|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--6-----6--6--6-|
   G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4—----4--4--4-|

Nothing has changed
A|-7---7---7-—-9----9-9-9-|
E|-7---7---7---9----9-9-9-|
C|-4---4---4---6----6-6-6-|
G|-4---4---4---6----6-6-6-|


Chorus 


solo 
Lead Uke
A|-4-4------4-4------4-----4--4--6--7--6--4--3-4--------------------| 
E|-----3-4------3-4----3-4------------------------4-0-2----4-0-2----| 
C|------------------------------------------------------1--------0--| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----7-9-11-14-14b-14-11-9-7-9b---------------------------------------| 
E|-7-9----------------------------------------------------| 
C|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Uke- Intro 4X 

  10 million dollars on a  losing     campaign
  20 million  starving and writhing in pain
  Big strong   people    unwilling to  give
  Small  in    vision and  perspective
A|-4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--x--x--x--x--9--9--9--9-| 
E|-4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9-| 
C|-1--1--1--1--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
G|-1--1--1--1--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6-|
     
Bridge 4
 one in five kids below the poverty line
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
C|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
G|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

  one  population runnin'  out of   time
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--7--7--7--x-----x--x--x-|
E|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7-—7-| 
C|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--6-----6--6--6-|
G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4—----4--4--4-|

Running out of time
A|-7---7---7-—-9----9-9-9-|
E|-7---7---7---9----9-9-9-|
C|-4---4---4---6----6-6-6-|
G|-4---4---4---6----6-6-6-|


Chorus

Bridge 1

Bridge 4

Lead Uke
  This is   just a    punk rock song       
A|-----11-11-----11-11-----11-----11--11-|
E|-9-9-------9-9-------9-9----9--9---9---|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
Rhythm Uke                                  2X
A|-4-4-4-4--x-x-x-x--7-7-7-7--x-x-x-x-|
E|-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
C|-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-|
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|

Lead Uke
  This is   just a   punk rock song       
A|-----11-11-----11-11-----------|
E|-9-9-------9-9-------9--11--9--|
C|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
Rhythm Uke                           
A|-4-4-4-4--x-x-x-x---x---x---7--|
E|-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5---7---5---7--|
C|-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4---6---4---4--|
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2---4---2---4--|