Tom: B
   
 B         A         G       Gb
 Flat top pave-ment com-fort me
          B                      A             G             Gb
 Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
            B       A          G    Gb
 There=Ds a distant fuzz of a frequency
      B         A             G         Gb
 It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
          B          A            G      Gb
 And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
 G    A    Gb
 Vio-lent-ly
           B      A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
       A          B
 Everything must cease
           B                      A             G             Gb
 Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people's will
             
B       A          G    Gb
 There's a shadow stain on the west facade
       
B         A             G         Gb
 It is spread like a cave to entrap the pod
     
B          A            G      Gb
 And the decent folks find it oh so odd
 
G    A    Gb
 Oh so odd
           
B      A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
       
A          B
 Everything must cease
 (Pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
 
B        A        G            Gb
 Brave me-mo-rials hewn white stone
            
B                      A            G                   Gb
 Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
 (Strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
      
B          A           G   Gb
 It evokes such pain and significance
 
B                A           G     Gb
 What was once is reduced to remembrance
          
B            A           G     Gb
 And the generations pass without recompense
          
B        A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
        
A          B
 Everything must cease