The Separation Of Church And Skate - NOFX

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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

     

     


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