The Separation Of Church And Skate - NOFX
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x32010
- 320003
- x02210
- 133211
- 466544
- x02220
- xx0231
- 022000
- 244322
Intro:
Fat Mike: Hey Kids
Kids: Hey Dad
Fat Mike: What you wanna do today?
Kids: We Don't Know
Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to madden day?
Kids: No
Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to the amusement park?
Kids: No
Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to the punk rock show?
Kids: Yes! Let's go to the punk rock show!
then Am-- x8,
Am-C-G-Dm
Am----G-G#-Am(hold)
Verse 1:
Lost in a se
a of combat
boots flush t
he bouncers
with wasted yo
uth when
did punk rock become
so safe when d
id the
scene become a
joke
the kids who used to
live for beer
and speed
now want their
fries and
coke cursing a
nd flipping
birds are not
allowed
in fact let's
keep
noise levels d
own
Chorus 1:
I must separ
ate
Am x4
the church and skate
Verse 2:
when don't w
e put pad
on the kids
helmets
head gear and
mouth
pieces the
y we could
pad the floor
and walls
put cameras inside
bathroom stall
s we make
sure only nice bands
play back keep
ing
sour Madden Br
others
These kids could be
and we could b
e
And we could s
ing
my country Tif
fany
Chorus 2:
thee sweet l
and
of liberty whoa
Bridge:
when did pun
k rock
become so safe
i
know it wasn't
Duane
or Fletcher w
ho put
up the barrica
des
like a skate in the
heart somehow
we
got driven apa
rt
Guitar Solo:
Dm-Am--F-C-- x2, Dm--F--
Interlude: Am-- x8
Verse 3:
i want confl
ict i want
dissent i
want the
scene to repre
sent our
hatred of auth
ority our
fight against
complacency
stop singing songs about
girls and love
you killed
the owl you fr
eed the dove
confrontation
and politics
replaced with harmonies
and sticks whe
n did punk
rock become so
tame these
fucking bands
all sound
the same we wa
nt our fights
we want our th
ugs we want
our burns we w
ant our drungs
where is the violent
apathy these f
ucking
records are ra
ted G
Chorus 3:
When did Pun
k Rock
become so safe