Cease
Greg GraffinVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Black top pave-ment cover me
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz and low frequency
It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Vio-lent-ly
What pretention everlasting peace
Everything must cease
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to unite the people's will
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
It has spray like decay to enshroud the fraud
and the descendents find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What pretention everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once reduced to rememberence
And the generations pass without recompense
What pretention everlasting peace
Everything must cease.
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Readable chord sheet for Cease by Greg Graffin
[Am] [G] [F] [E] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am]Black top p[G]ave-ment [F]cover [C]me Like a ch[Am]emical reaction or a st[Dm]eamroller, spr[F]eading rand[E]omly There's a d[Am]istant bu[G]zz and low [F]frequ[C]ency It ti[Am]ckles my ea[G]rs, rustles u[F]nder my f[E]eet And it sh[Dm]akes the lea[F]ves off of e[C]very tr[G]ee [Dm]Vio-le[C]nt-l[G]y What prete[Am]ntion ev[G]erlasting pe[Dm]ace Ever[F]ythin[G]g mu[Ab]st [Em]cease[Am] [Am] [G] [F] [E] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am]In-st[G]i-tu-tio[F]n on the h[C]ill [Am]Like a beacon in the min[Dm]d of an ancestor to un[F]ite the people's[E] will [Am]There's a shado[G]w stain on the[F] west fac[C]ade [Am]It has spray lik[G]e decay to en[F]shroud the[E] fraud and the d[Dm]escendents f[F]ind it oh [C]so odd[G] [Dm]Oh so [C]odd [G] What pre[C]tention e[G]verlasting p[Dm]eace [F]Everythi[G]ng mus[Ab]t c[Em]ease [Am] [G] [F] [E] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am]Grave mem[G]orial, hew[F]n white [C]stone Like the co[Am]mforting caress of a[Dm] mother or a fr[F]iend you've alwa[E]ys known [Am]It evokes su[G]ch pain and si[F]gnificanc[C]e [Am]What was onc[G]e reduced to rem[F]emberence [E] [Dm]And the generat[F]ions pass witho[C]ut recompen[G]se [Dm] [C] [G] [C]What pretent[G]ion everlast[Dm]ing peace [F]Ever[G]ythin[Ab]g m[Em]ust c[Am]ease. [Am] [G] [F] [E] [Am] [Dm] [G] [Am]