Bad Religion

Bad Religion chords and lyrics

Free chords for Bad Religion by Godsmack. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

My guitar's tuned down to D standard, but in the style of e,B,G,D,A,E. 
Since this song has a "dark" sound, it helps to tune down for effect, plus 
it's easier to play solos and you BREAK A LOT LESS STRINGS. This was 
written while playing my Dean "Black Mamba" acoustic with "Black Diamond" 
coated strings. 
(I hate messing with alternate tunings, . . .keeping it in tune is 
hard enough) Played this way, you can play the complete song including the 
instumemtal, which I added for you enjoyment!
Intro: If you know the song, just pound out the drum beat on an open E chord! . . . "Get back!"
In between verses play the drum beat by raking muted strings
[E]Can you feel I'm not like you anymore
[E]I can't see, I can't breathe
[E]See you quiver like the dogs on the streets
[E]Looking down on as I beat you
[D]It's a bad religion
[E]From a broken nation
[D]It's a contradiction
[E]And I can't take it anymore, Yeah
Repeat the same chords and strum the same beat!
Who's to say I won't like you anyway?                   
Take a deep breath I'm alive
Can you hear me? I'm alive inside you
Agony creeps up behind you
[D]It's a bad religion
[E]From a broken nation
[D]It's a contradiction,
[E]And I can't take it anymore,anymore (repeat chorus with word overlapping
[D] It's a bad relig-bad religion
[E] From a broken nation, A BROKEN NATION
[D] And it's contradiction . . .[B] yeah (A string 3,2,0pen,2)
repeat the instrumental a few times before kicking into the "coda" 
[E]Can you feel it
[E]I've gotta live with it every day.
[E]And I can't take the pressure, 
[E]I'm goin' insane. Now go away
[E]Go away . . . [E] Yeah! (while holding a screamed "yeah" pound 
out 16 more powerful drum beat open E chords . . .I counted them!)