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Religion by Ten Years After
Bar the A chord at the 5th fret and keep it for the D  
Use 4th finger to play the C note (8)  
|A----------------|D----------------|D----------------|A---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|7----------7----|---7------------|---------------|
|7---------------|7----------7----|---7-----7------|7--------------|
|7-------5\7-----|5----------5----|---5-----5-6p5--|7------5\5-----|
|5-------3\5---8-|--------8-------|8------8------8-|5------3\7-----| 
I Anever really understood relDigion  
ExDcept it seems a good excuse to Akill  
I Anever really could make a deDcision  
I Ddon't suppose I ever really Awill
I can't relate to any power structure  
Where ego is the driving energy  
I let mine go a long, long time ago, now  
When I decided that I would be free 
The only thing I understand is living 
The biggest sacrifice is death 
And once you're dead there's nothing left for giving 
So life means fighting for your every breath

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Religion

by Ten Years After

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Religion by Ten Years After

Bar the A chord at the 5th fret and keep it for the D

Use 4th finger to play the C note (8)

A D D A

|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

|----------------|7----------7----|---7------------|---------------|

|7---------------|7----------7----|---7-----7------|7--------------|

|7-------5\7-----|5----------5----|---5-----5-6p5--|7------5\5-----|

|5-------3\5---8-|--------8-------|8------8------8-|5------3\7-----|

A D

I never really understood religion

D A

Except it seems a good excuse to kill

A D

I never really could make a decision

D A

I don't suppose I ever really will

I can't relate to any power structure

Where ego is the driving energy

I let mine go a long, long time ago, now

When I decided that I would be free

The only thing I understand is living

The biggest sacrifice is death

And once you're dead there's nothing left for giving

So life means fighting for your every breath

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