Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 02:27:36 -0400
"The Science of Myth"
performed by Screeching Weasel
written by Ben Weasel
(C) 1991 Screeching Weasel
from the Lookout! Records release My Brain Hurts (LK 50 LP/CS/CD)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger ([email protected])
(Notes)
All F# chords refer to X-9-11-11-X-X-X, not 2-4-4-X-X-X.
("The Science of Myth")
(Intro chord: F#)
[F#] If you've ever questioned beliefs that you hold you're [B]not alone
But [F#]you oughta realize that every religion is a [B]methaphor
[D#] [C#]In the case of [B]Christianity [D#] and Juda[C#]ism there [B]exists the belief
That [D#]spiritual [C#]matters are [B]enslaved to history
The [F#]Buddhists believe that the functional aspects over[B]ride the myth
While [F#]other religions use the literal core to build foun[B]dations with
[D#] See half the [C#]world sees the [B]myth as fact
And it's [D#]seen as a [C#]lie by the [B]other half and
[D#] The simple [C#]truth is that it's [B]none of that cause
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
[F#] Somehow we get by without [C#]ever learning
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
[F#] Somehow we get by without [C#]ever learning
[D#] Science and [F#]religion are not [B]mutually ex[C#]clusive
[D#] In fact for better under[F#]standing
We take the [B]facts of science [C#]and apply them
[D#] And as both factors keep [F#]evolving then we con[B]tinue getting [C#]information
[D#] But closing off possi[F#]bilities makes it [B]hard to see the [C#]bigger picture
Con[F#]sider the case of the woman whose faith helped her [B]make it through
When she was [F#]raped and cut up, left for dead in a trunk,
But her be[B]liefs held true
[D#] It doesn't [C#]matter if it's [B]real or not
Cause [D#]some things are [C#]better left with[B]out a doubt and
[D#] If it [C#]works and it [B]gets the job done...
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
[F#] Somehow we get by without [C#]ever learning
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
"The Science of Myth"
performed by Screeching Weasel
written by Ben Weasel
(C) 1991 Screeching Weasel
from the Lookout! Records release My Brain Hurts (LK 50 LP/CS/CD)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger ([email protected])
(Notes)
All F# chords refer to X-9-11-11-X-X-X, not 2-4-4-X-X-X.
("The Science of Myth")
(Intro chord: F#)
[F#] If you've ever questioned beliefs that you hold you're [B]not alone
But [F#]you oughta realize that every religion is a [B]methaphor
[D#] [C#]In the case of [B]Christianity [D#] and Juda[C#]ism there [B]exists the belief
That [D#]spiritual [C#]matters are [B]enslaved to history
The [F#]Buddhists believe that the functional aspects over[B]ride the myth
While [F#]other religions use the literal core to build foun[B]dations with
[D#] See half the [C#]world sees the [B]myth as fact
And it's [D#]seen as a [C#]lie by the [B]other half and
[D#] The simple [C#]truth is that it's [B]none of that cause
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
[F#] Somehow we get by without [C#]ever learning
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
[F#] Somehow we get by without [C#]ever learning
[D#] Science and [F#]religion are not [B]mutually ex[C#]clusive
[D#] In fact for better under[F#]standing
We take the [B]facts of science [C#]and apply them
[D#] And as both factors keep [F#]evolving then we con[B]tinue getting [C#]information
[D#] But closing off possi[F#]bilities makes it [B]hard to see the [C#]bigger picture
Con[F#]sider the case of the woman whose faith helped her [B]make it through
When she was [F#]raped and cut up, left for dead in a trunk,
But her be[B]liefs held true
[D#] It doesn't [C#]matter if it's [B]real or not
Cause [D#]some things are [C#]better left with[B]out a doubt and
[D#] If it [C#]works and it [B]gets the job done...
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
[F#] Somehow we get by without [C#]ever learning
[D#] Somehow no matter what the [B]world keeps turning
