Fertile Crescent Bad Religion

Fertile Crescent

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 G# C C G# C C G# C Bb G (p.s.)

Come and see the brilliant lights

Don't let your emotions mask your sight

It's a manifestation of a deeper fight

That effects me and you

My optimism was running high

A new world order was on my mind

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

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

Chorus I:

And the fertile crescent is burning today

Eb Bb F highG

And baby my emotions are too

The cradle of humanity has led us all astray

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

Cause our species has nowhere else to go.

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

Eb Bb F highG

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.

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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----------------------------------------------

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

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

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

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

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Chorus III:

And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today

Eb Bb F highG

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.

High G =

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(p.s.) = pick slide.

(B) = bend.