Fertile Crescent

Song

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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 15:44:30 -0500 (EST)

From: "Geoffrey S. Smith" <smithg@mcnet.marietta.edu>

Subject: Bad Religion

ARTIST: Bad Religion

SONG: Fertile Crescent

ALBUM: Generator

TAB BY: Geoff Smith

Intro:

lead guitar (play twice)

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

B--1-1-1-1------------1-1-1-1----------1-1-1-1-------------------------------
G----------3-1-0-0-0----------3-1-0-0----------3-1-0-------3----------------
D----------------------------------------------------1-----3--5-------------
A------------------------------------------------------3---1--5-------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------3---(p.s.)----

2nd guitar:

C Gsharp C C Gsharp C C Gsharp C Bflat G (p.s.)

Verse I:

C Gsharp C

Come and see the brilliant lights

Don't let your emotions mask your sight

It's a manifestation of a deeper fight

Bflat G

That effects me and you

C Gsharp C

My optimism was running high

A new world order was on my mind

But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say

Bflat G

They're throwing it away . . . (highG)

Chorus I:

Eflat Bflat c Bflat C

And the fertile crescent is burning today

Eflat Bflat F highG

And baby my emotions are too

Eflat Bflat C Bflat C

The cradle of humanity has led us all astray

Gsharp Bflat G

and we're all in this together don't you know

Gharp Bflat

cause our species has nowhere else to go.

Verse II:

Aggression rears its ugly head, retaliation brings further dread

the two are linked by unseen threads that wind back through time

I don't agree with this out-dated trend, nationalism's but an evil friend

Hatred's instilled by invisible lines drawn in our minds

Chorus II:

And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today

And baby our instincts are too

The ghost of humanity is warning us this way

And I think we all should heed it don't you know,

Cause we don't know where else to go.

Solo:

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

B--1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------9--------------
G----------------3-1-0-0-1-0------------------3-1-0-0-1-0----8-(B)----------
D----------------------------3----------------------------------------------

A---------------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------11--11-10--------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------------------------------

G---5---5-5---8---8-8-------------------------------------------------------

D---------------------------------------------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus III:

And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today

And baby our instincts are too

The ghost of humanity is warning us this way

And I think we all should heed it don't you know

Cause we've got nowhere else to go.

Chords:

All chords are barre chords. "highG" = -----------------

					--8--------------
					--7----or----12--
					--5----------12--
					-------------10--

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In the intro, (p.s.) = pick slide.

In the solo, (b) = bend.

ENJOY. --GEOFF.