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Intro:  G5   H5   G5  H5  
 G5Porcelain and  H5alabaster, G5decaying  H5ever faster
 G5unaware of H5imminent disaster G5open up your H5eyes.
As you A5ruminate the hopeless sands of H5time, 
did you A5wander out your days lost and reH5signed?
   D5  A5Or E5re-F#5cre-G5ate the uniF#5versals in your Emind?
 G5Everybody  H5is bastard  G5my world is H5like plaster
 G5crumbling apart from H5pressure of the blaster G5Waiting for a H5sign
And the A5momentary pleasures take their H5turn 
as a A5wistful boy runs out of things to H5learn,
   D5  A5The E5e--F#5pi--G5sodes of yore are F#5never to E5return.
H5Scare up some hope, you're gonna D5need it just to cope
You are the deA5cision, numbers don't H5lie
H5When you bite the dust, was it for D5purpose or for trust?
You'll never reA5live it, think before you H5die. 
Yeah,G5think! D5Think beA5fore you H5die
                solo
 G5Deficit and  H5depravation - G5in the wake of  H5desperation
 G5Rewrite the morals, H5rectify the nation. G5Now may be your H5time
As you A5ruminate the hopeless sands of H5time, 
do you A5wonder how your life has been deH5fined?
   D5  A5You E5know F#5eterG5nity can't eveF#5r change your miE5nd.
   D5  A5You E5know F#5eterG5nity can't eveF#5r change your minE5d
So G5think! D5Think beA5fore you H5die
Yeah, G5think!D5Think beA5fore you H5die

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Before You Die

by Bad Religion

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F#5

G5 H5 G5 H5

Intro:

G5 H5 G5 H5

Porcelain and alabaster, decaying ever faster

G5 H5 G5 H5

unaware of imminent disaster open up your eyes.

A5 H5

As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time,

A5 H5

did you wander out your days lost and resigned?

D5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E

Or re-cre-ate the universals in your mind?

G5 H5 G5 H5

Everybody is bastard my world is like plaster

G5 H5 G5 H5

crumbling apart from pressure of the blaster Waiting for a sign

A5 H5

And the momentary pleasures take their turn

A5 H5

as a wistful boy runs out of things to learn,

D5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5

The e--pi--sodes of yore are never to return.

H5 D5

Scare up some hope, you're gonna need it just to cope

A5 H5

You are the decision, numbers don't lie

H5 D5

When you bite the dust, was it for purpose or for trust?

A5 H5

You'll never relive it, think before you die.

G5 D5 A5 H5

Yeah,think! Think before you die

solo

G5 H5 G5 H5

Deficit and depravation - in the wake of desperation

G5 H5 G5 H5

Rewrite the morals, rectify the nation. Now may be your time

A5 H5

As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time,

A5 H5

do you wonder how your life has been defined?

D5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5

You know eternity can't ever change your mind.

D5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5

You know eternity can't ever change your mind

G5 D5 A5 H5

So think! Think before you die

G5 D5 A5 H5

Yeah, think!Think before you die

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