Skyscraper Bad Religion
This is how I play it using full chords. You can use Power Chords if you like and/or
transpose as needed.
Chords used:
[Bm] [C] [G] [D] [Ebm] [Em] [D/F#]
e:-2---0--3--2--6----0--2---| b:-3---1--0--3--7----0--3---| G:-4---0--0--2--8----0--2---| D:-4---2--0--0--8----2--0---| A:-2---3--2--x--6----2--0---| E:-x---x--3--x--x----0--2---|
Verse1:
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[Bm] [C] [G] [D] [Ebm]
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G]___[D]___[C]______________
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[Bm] C[C]ome let us make bricks and [G]burn them [D]hard[Ebm]
[Em]We'll build a [C]city with a [G]tower for the [D]world
and [G]climb so we can [D]reach [Em]anything we may [C]propose
[G]Anyt[D]hing at [C]all
Chorus:
___________________
[C] [Em] [D] [C]
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D] [Bm] [C]
[G]___[D]_____[C]___________
...C Em D C
Build me up, Tear me down like a skyscraper
[G]Build [D/F#]me up[Em], then [D]tear down those [Bm]joining [C]Walls
[G]So they can't [D]climb at [C]all
Verse2:
I know why you tore it down that day
You thought, if you got caught
we'd all go away
Like a spoiled little baby
who can't come out to play
You had your revenge
Chorus: x1
Bridge:
Well [G]madness reigned and paradise drown
When [D]Babel's walls came crashing down
Now the [Em]echoes roar for a story writ
That was [C]hardly understood
and [G]never [D]any [C]good
Chorus repeats and fades
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