# #Artist: Bad Religion #Song: To Another Abyss #Album: The Empire Strikes First # #This an awesome song off The Empire Strikes First album that was a little #to difficult for me to just tab it, so I wrote out the chords to help you #guys understand the song a little bit better. You'll need to listen to the #song to figure out the strumming patterns, but it's a very easy song to play. # #Chords used in this song: # # E|------------------------------| # B|------------------------------| # G|-------5----7----8----3-------| # D|--5----5----7----8----3----3--| # A|--5----3----5----6----1----3--| # E|--3------------------------1--| GCDEBF G C Not long ago, and yet the image is so vague D Eb Bb F I hesitate to label it a memory G C There was a show of local color and I felt astray D Eb Bb F Cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency Eb F And you know that it's a bitch Eb F When you learn to scratch that itch Eb F Of blatant fallibility Eb F Sooner to some, but eventually Eb F All gets pointed in the same direction Eb F While the human masses and their vague conceptions Eb F Obliterate each other with impunity Eb F D And you wonder, "What's in this for me?" G BF To another abyss G BF To no avail G Bb F The search is bound to fail D G BF To another abyss G BF To no avail G Bb F So long ago I set sail Eb D And it chills me to the bone C F G EBF That I'm so far away from home GEBF To another abyss Post Chorus: Play 2x // b=bend // h=hammer on // p=pull off E|-6b------------66-55-------------------| B|-----8---8---6-------66--8-------------| G|-------7---7---------------7--7h8p7-5--| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| G C So what should I do now? What should I celebrate? D Eb Bb F Given finite means and a penchant to depreciate G C How can I still avow and depend upon a state D Eb Bb F That cares nothing for my happiness, welfare, or fate? Eb F And I know I can't explain Eb F The commotion in my brain Eb F Like a terrifying reality Eb F Deconstructed but inadequately Eb F All gets pointed in the same direction Eb F While the human masses and their vague conceptions Eb F Obliterate each other with impunity Eb F D and release the weight of history G BF To another abyss G BF To no avail G Bb F The search is bound to fail D G BF To another abyss G BF To no avail G Bb F So long ago I set sail Eb D And it chills me to the bone C F G EBF That I'm so far away from home GEBF To another abyss G Eb Bb F GEb So long ago, so long ago Bb FGEBF Oh, I set sail G Eb And I'm struggling on the way Bb F And I'm waiting for the day (to another abyss) G Eb Bb F GEb And I'm looking for the way back home (to another abyss) Bb F So far away (to another abyss) Bb F GEBF So far away (to another abyss) GEb (to another abyss) Bb F So far away G Eb Bb F End on: G (to another abyss)