The Separation of Church and Skate NOFX
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:
[Am] Lost in a [F]sea of [C]combat
[G]boots[Am] flush the boun[F]cers
with [C]wasted [G]youth[Am] [Am] when
did punk rock become
so [F]safe when did the
scene become a [C]joke
the kids who used to
live for [G]beer and speed
now [G#]want their fries and
[Am]coke cursing and flipping
birds are not al[F]lowed
in fact let's [C]keep
noise levels [A]down[Em]
Chorus 1:
[F] I must separate
Am x4
the church and skate
Verse 2:
[Am] when don't we [F]put pad
[C]on the [G]kids[Am] [Am] helmets
head [F]gear and [C]mouth
pie[G]ces[Am] [Am] they we could
pad the floor and [F]walls
put cameras inside
bathroom s[C]talls we make
sure only nice bands
[G]play back keeping
[G#]sour Madden [Am]Brothers
These kids could be
and we could [F]be
And we could [C]sing
my country [A]Tiffany[Em]
Chorus 2:
[F] thee sweet land
of liberty whoa
Bridge:
[C] when did punk rock
become so [Dm]safe i
know it [G]wasn't Duane
or Fletcher[Am] who put
up the barri[F]cades
like a skate in the
[C]heart[Am] somehow we
got driven a[F]part
Guitar Solo:
Dm?Am??F?C?? x2, Dm??F??
Interlude: Am?? x8
Verse 3:
[Am] i want con[F]flict i [C]want
dis[G]sent[Am] [Am] i want the
[F]scene to [C]repre[G]sent[Am] our
hatred of authori[F]ty our
fight against complacen[C]cy
stop singing songs about
girls and [G]love you killed
the owl you [G#]freed the [Am]dove
confrontation and poli[F]tics
replaced with harmonies
and s[C]ticks when did punk
rock become so [G]tame these
f**king [G#]bands all sound
the [Am]same we want our fights
we want our [F]thugs we want
our burns we want our [C]drungs
where is the violent
apa[G]thy these f**king
[G#]records are rated [Am]G[Em]
Chorus 3:
[F] When did Punk Rock
Am G F# Am G F# Am G F# Am Am x2
become so safe
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