Cease

 B         A         G       F#
 Flat top pave-ment com-fort me
          B                      A             G             F#
 Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
            B       A          G    F#
 There=D5s a distant fuzz of a frequency
      B         A             G         F#
 It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
          B          A            G      F#
 And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
 G    A    F#
 Vio-lent-ly
           B      A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
       A          B
 Everything must cease
 B         A         G       F#
 In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
           B                      A             G             F#
 Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people's will
             B       A          G    F#
 There's a shadow stain on the west facade
       B         A             G         F#
 It is spread like a cave to entrap the pod
     B          A            G      F#
 And the decent folks find it oh so odd
 G    A    F#
 Oh so odd
           B      A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
       A          B
 Everything must cease
 (Pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
 B        A        G            F#
 Brave me-mo-rials hewn white stone
            B                      A            G                   F#
 Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
 (Strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
      B          A           G   F#
 It evokes such pain and significance
 B                A           G     F#
 What was once is reduced to remembrance
          B            A           G     F#
 And the generations pass without recompense
 G   A   F#
 Aa-aaaa-hhh...
          B        A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
        A          B
 Everything must cease