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Kyoto Now

Bad Religion
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Band: Bad Religion

Song: Kyoto now

Taber: Todo-Gusar

Tab explanation:

/ - slide

p – pull-off

h – hammer-on

b – bend

~ - vibrato

x – the string shouldn´t be played

Use this tab for this song, other are incorrect. Listen

closely to the strumming of both guitarist and the ryhthm.

INTRO (Part one)

Listen closely how he does these

two slides in the first part of

the intro. Only downstrokes are used.

This riff is played 2x.

e --------------------------------|------------------------------------0-|
B --3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-10-10-10/11-10|-8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-1-1-3-3/4-3--------3-|
G --2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-9--9--9-/10-9-|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-0-0-2-2/3-2--(2x)--2-|
D --------------------------------|------------------------------------0-|
A --------------------------------|------------------------------------0-|
E --------------------------------|------------------------------------x-|

INTRO (Part two)

It's a matter of prescience. No, not the science fiction kind.

It's all about ignorance, and greed, and miracles for the blind.

the media parading, disjointed politics.

Founded on petrochemical plunder and we're its hostages.

D Fmaj C D

e –x---0---0---x---|
B -3---1---1---3---|
G -2---2---0---2---|  (5x)
D -0---3---2---0---|
A -0---x---3---0---|
E -x---x---x---x---|

2nd guitar – feedback in the background

RIFF ONE

If you stand to reason

you're in the game

the rules might be elusive

but our pieces are the same

and you know if one goes down

we all go down as well

the balance is precarious

as anyone can tell

this world's going to hell

e --------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B --------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G -------6-----6--8—---(4X)-------|-----------------------------|
D -3--6--6--6--6--8---------------|--10--6--8-------------------|
A -3--6--4--6--4--6---------------|--8---4--6-------------------|
E -1--4-----4---------------------|-----------------------------|

CHORUS

Don't allow

this mythologic hopeful

monster to exact its price

Kyoto now!

We can't do nothing and think

someone else will make it right

e ----------------------|--------------------------|
B ----------------------|--------------------------|
G -----6-----8---(4x)---|--10-11-10---5-6-5--------|
D --8--6--6--8----------|--10-11-10---5-6-5--------|
A --8--4--6--6----------|--8--9--8----3-4-3--------|
E --6-----4-------------|--------------------------|

FILL + RIFF TWO

D Fmaj C D

e –x---0---0---x---|
B -3---1---1---3---|
G -2---2---0---2---|  (1x)
D -0---3---2---0---|
A -0---x---3---0---|
E -x---x---x---x---|

You might not think it matters now,

But what if you are wrong.

You might not think there's

any wisdom in a fucked up punkrock song.

But the way it is,

cannot persist for long.

A brutal sun is rising on a sick horizon

e ---------------|
B ---------------|
G --7--10--5--7--|  (4X)
D --7--10--5--7--|
A --5--8---3--5--|
E ---------------|

RIFF ONE

It's in the way

we live our lives

exactly like the double-edge of

a cold familiar knife

and supremacy weighs heavy on the day

it's never really what you own

but what you threw away

and how much did you pay?

e --------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B --------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G -------6-----6--8—---(4X)-------|-----------------------------|
D -3--6--6--6--6--8---------------|--10--6--8-------------------|
A -3--6--4--6--4--6---------------|--8---4--6-------------------|
E -1--4-----4---------------------|-----------------------------|

CHORUS

Don't allow

this mythologic hopeful

monster to exact its price

Kyoto now!

We can't do nothing and think

someone else will make it right

In your dreams

You saw a steady state a bounty for eternity

Silent screams

but now the wisdom that sustains

us is in full retreat

e ----------------------|--------------------------|
B ----------------------|--------------------------|
G -----6-----8---(8x)---|--------------------------|
D --8--6--6--8----------|--3----3--3--4--5---------|
A --8--4--6--6----------|--3----3--3--4--5---------|
E --6-----4-------------|--1----1--2--3--4---------|

SOLO RIFF

e ----------------------|--------------------------|
B ----------------------|--------------------------|
G --------6--8---(3X)---|--------6--8--10---6------|
D --8--6--6--8----------|--8--6--6--8--10---6--6---|
A --8--6--4--6----------|--8--6--4--6--8----4--6---|
E --6--4----------------|--6--4----------------4---|

SOLO

e ------6-6-9p6---6------6h9p6---6------6-6-|------9----11-9-8----------|
B ------6-------9----9p6-------9-6------6---|-9/11---11----9-9~---------|
G –8b10----------------------------8b10-----|---------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E –-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
e ------------6-------------------------|
B –9b11~~-8h9---9p8p6---6---------------|
G --------------------9---9p8p6---6-----|
D ------------------------------8---8-8-|
A --------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------|
e ----------------------6-8-9/11-9-8-8h9p8-6------------------------|
B –---------------6-8-9----------------------9-8-6------------------|
G ----6-8-6-5-6-8----------------------------------8b9r8p6/5-6-5----|
D --8------------------------------------------------------------6~-|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS

Don't allow

this mythologic hopeful monster

isn't worth the risk

Kyoto now!

We can't have vision for the

future if it can't be fixed

Alien

We need a fresh and new

religion to run our lives

Hand in hand

the arid torpor of inaction will be our demise

Oh, Kyoto now!

e ----------------------|--------------------------|
B ----------------------|--------------------------|
G -----6-----8---(8x)---|---10--6--8---------------|
D --8--6--6--8----------|---10--6--8--8------------|
A --8--4--6--6----------|---8---4--6--8------------|
E --6-----4-------------|-------------6------------|

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